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LD 793 Fact Sheet: An Act to Provide Essential Library Resources to All Maine Communities
- The success in meeting the demands of statewide resource sharing by 679,000 Maine public library cardholders is placing great strains on library collections. LD 793 meets the demands by increasing funding for library collections.
- Bangor and Portland Public Libraries offer free services to residents of multi-county areas. They loan 1.1 million items, answer 160,000 reference transactions, and handle 42,000 interlibrary loan
requests. LD 793 allows regional libraries to develop stronger, in-depth collections.
- LD 793 expands delivery service to small and rural libraries to get more materials into the hands of more Maine residents.
Access to Information is the Key to an Educated Maine!
LD 793 will put more resources in your hands.
- Over 300,000 print and AV items were shared between Maine’s university, college, public, school and special libraries.
- Over 600,000 library materials were delivered to and from 160 libraries by a private
courier service.
LD 793 - Fact Sheet:
An Act to Provide Essential Library Resources to All Maine Communities
Maine’s history is in fragile or
deteriorating condition ...
LD 793 provides critical funds to allow for the digitization of historic Maine resources
- By digitizing their historic records, Maine libraries can assure the preservation of key elements of Maine history.
- Digitization also supports the electronic access to these resources from anywhere in Maine.
Digitization expands research opportunities and preserves Maine’s past
- Significant historical documents
- Maps and treaties
- Regimental and military histories
- Town reports and histories
- Diaries and journals
- Photographs
LD 793 - Fact Sheet:
An Act to Provide Essential Library Resources to All Maine Communities
Libraries support the growth of Maine’s knowledge-based economy.
Information Costs Money
- Knowledge-based businesses rely on key business and science resources.
- High-end resources are expensive for businesses. Top medical and bio-tech journals can approach $20,000.
- MARVEL, Maine’s Virtual Library, provides Maine’s businesses and residents electronic access to the key resources they need.
- LD 793 will allocate funds to add critical science and business databases that are vital to Maine’s economic competitive edge.
Sharing Library Resources is Efficient
- Libraries fuel Maine’s economy by providing resources that support technology skills and ongoing career development.
- LD 793 supports the development of electronic library collections so businesses don’t have to duplicate the materials.
Essential Library Resources: Free unlimited access from office or home! Free access from libraries in every county in Maine!
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Business Databases
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Business and Company Resource Center
- Business Source Premier
- EconLit
- Reference USA
- Regional Business News
- Value Line
- Wall Street Journal
- Science & Medicine
- Agricola
- Aquatic Sciences
- Biomedical Reference
- Health Source
- Nature
- Nursing and Allied Health
- Oceanic Abstracts
Sponsored by a coalition of: Maine Library Association; Maine Library Commission; Maine Association of School Libraries; Friends of Maine Libraries; Maine Library Trustee Association; the Bates, Bowdoin and Colby College libraries; and Maine Health Science Libraries Information Consortium
