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Platform for 21st Century Libraries

The Platform for Twenty-First Century Libraries
Pennsylvania's Future Demands Better Libraries
Pennsylvania Libraries in Distress:The Pennsylvania Library Association's Responds

This is a web version of the report issued by PaLA in 1998 in response to the Philadelphia Inquirer's special series "Libraries in Distress." To the greatest extent possible the original format has been retained, but the document has been broken down into four parts to make downloading easier. The document is in Adobe Acrobat format.

Part 1, Introduction: Executive Summary, The Problem, The Challenge: pages 1-4

Part 2, Narrative: pages 5-10

Part 3, Platform At A Glance: pages 11-15Part 4, Frequently Asked Questions: pages 16-25

The documents list the previous address for the Pennsylvania Library Association, the current address is: Pennsylvania Library Association 220 Cumberland Parkway, Suite 10 Mechanicsburg, PA 17055 717-766-7663 FAX 717-766-5440 800-622-3308 (PA only)

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The 2007 PaLA Annual Conference