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Utah State Priorities and Goals

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The Utah State Library administers LSTA grants to all eligible public, school, academic, and special libraries in Utah based on the purposes and priorities of LSTA and developed from the goals and outcomes identified in the Utah State Library LSTA Program: Five-Year Plan for 2008-2012.

Priorities

For the grant rounds in spring and fall 2009, the Utah State Library will give priority for granting LSTA funds to projects that address at least one or all of these three goals of LSTA:

Provide Online Access to Materials
Provide electronic and other linkages between and among all types of libraries .

Developing Partnerships
Develop public and private partnerships with other agencies, community-based organizations, and/or multi-type library partnerships.

Supporting an Educated and Informed Citizenry
Targeting library services to individuals of diverse geographical, cultural and socioeconomic backgrounds, individuals with disabilities, and individuals with limited functional literacy or information skills.

In addition, priority will be given to:

Innovative and Creative Projects
Imaginative approaches to meeting target audience needs; projects that are innovative and creative and/or that can serve as models for other Utah libraries or media centers to replicate

Project Sustainability
The ability and commitment by the library to maintain and replace any equipment, technology or materials initially funded by LSTA funds

 

The LSTA Advisory Council, the State Library Board and the State Library will take into consideration other opportunities available within the state from both public and private sources for funding for library services in making funding allocations and grant decisions. Examples include Gates Foundation grants and special appropriations from the State Legislature.

Utah State Goals and Programs for 2008-2012

GOAL I – Networked Information

To support the diffusion of library resources, services, and information via the Internet; to provide public access to unique historical materials related to Utah.

LSTA Related Goals

1) Expand services for learning and access to information and educational resources in a variety of formats, in all types of libraries, for individuals of all ages.

2) Develop library services that provide all users access to information through local, state, regional, national and international electronic networks.

3) Provide electronic and other linkages between and among all types of libraries.

4) Develop public and private partnerships with other agencies and community-based organizations.

Utah Goals and Programs for 2008-2012

1) To provide training and financial support to increase the number of public libraries offering services via the Internet. Services could include:

2) To provide, in collaboration with UEN, information resources through Internet-based services on the Public Pioneer website, promoting equitable access across the state, and serving a wide range of users, to provide training to public library staffs on how to use and market Public Pioneer resources.

3) Provide financial support for the digitization of unique Utah-related historical materials accessed through the Mountain West Digital Library.

GOAL II – Technology Infrastructure

Enable Utah's libraries to maintain an up-to-date and robust technology infrastructure in order to assure that Utahns can access networked information efficiently and effectively through their libraries.

LSTA Related Goals

1) Expand services for learning and access to information and educational resources in a variety of formats, in all types of libraries, for individuals of all ages.

2) Develop library services that provide all users access to information through local, state, regional, national and international electronic networks.

3) Provide electronic and other linkages between and among all types of libraries.

Utah Goals and Programs for 2008-2012

1) Provide academic, special, school, and public libraries with any library technology that improves public access to a library’s collections or to other information resources accessible over the Internet. Such technology could include:

2) Library staff will receive guidance and training on the effective operation, management and maintenance of their information technology systems, state and federal funding requirements, and policy and budget implications.

3) Provide financial support for the digitization of unique Utah-related historical materials accessed through the Mountain West Digital Library.

GOAL III – Enhanced Access to Library Resources

Serve targeted populations in Utah that require customized assistance in accessing library and information services and materials by assisting Utah’s libraries to acquire special equipment, hardware and/or software, to build collections in customized formats or in languages other than English, or to offer customized training opportunities, in-house or outreach programs.

LSTA Related Goals

1) Target library services to individuals of diverse geographic, cultural, and socioeconomic backgrounds, to individuals with disabilities, and to individuals with limited functional literacy or information skills.

2) Target library and information services to persons having difficulty using a library and to underserved urban and rural communities, including children from families with incomes below the poverty line.

Utah Goals and Programs for 2008-2012

1) Provide access to library materials in special formats (including large print) to Utah citizens.

2) Provide training, tools, and resources to help public libraries and library media centers serve Spanish speaking clientele.

3) Provide sub-grant funding, training, leadership, and administrative support for customized projects for the following special-needs populations: