ASCLA houses/collects Library Networks, Cooperatives and Consortia project data

Contact: Barbara Macikas


Executive Director, ASCLA


(312)280-4395


bmacikas@ala.org

For Immediate Release


January 2, 2007

ASCLA houses/collects Library Networks, Cooperatives and Consortia project data

CHICAGO - The Association of Specialized and Cooperative Library Agencies (ASCLA), a division of the American Library Association (ALA), will house the Library Networks, Cooperatives and Consortia (LNCC) final report data. The data was collected from more than 200 participating library networks, cooperatives and consortia through a project administered by the ALA Office for Research and Statistics (ORS) and funded in part by a grant from the Institute of Museum and Library Services.




The LNCC survey results provide a wide range of data about how library networks and cooperatives operate and the many ways in which these collaborative organizations help to advance learning communities. ASCLA will encourage participants from the base study to regularly update directory information and the data derived from the surveys to keep the data as up-to-date as possible. A tutorial and podcast are available to help users search, view and export records from the survey database, which can be found here:
www.ala.org/lnccsurvey.




The Association of Specialized and Cooperative Library Agencies (ASCLA)
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