The Free Public Library Service (FPLS) was one of two state library agencies in Vermont . It was created in 1894 through an act of the State Legislature. The act mandated the creation of a state board of library commissioners, who would offer advice to existing free public libraries. The commission would also offer $ 100 for towns without libraries to purchase books to start a library, provided they set it up with a trained board of trustees.
5-649: FPLS ran a series of regional libraries, maintained a union catalog , and provided for bookmobile and interlibrary loan services in the state between 1894 and 1970. It also oversaw the Dorothy Canfield Fisher Children's Book Award and provided library services to individuals with print disabilities. It merged with the State Library to become the Department of Libraries on March 31, 1970. FPLS began Vermont's first "book-wagon" service in 1922 funded by
10-635: A range of media, including book format, microform , cards and more recently, networked electronic databases . Print union catalogs are typically arranged by title, author or subject (often employing a controlled vocabulary ); electronic versions typically support keyword and Boolean queries. Union catalogs are useful to librarians , as they assist in locating and requesting materials from other libraries through interlibrary loan service. They also allow researchers to search through collections to which they would not otherwise have access, such as manuscript collections. The largest union catalog ever printed
15-648: Is the American National Union Catalog Pre-1956 Imprints (NUC), completed in 1981. This achievement has since been superseded by the creation of union catalogs in the form of electronic databases, of which the largest is OCLC 's WorldCat . Other examples include K10plus in Germany, Library Hub Discover (formerly COPAC ) provided by Research Libraries UK and AMICUS, provided by Library and Archives Canada . For academic publications, several academic search engines exist to combine
20-504: The State Library to create the Department of Libraries. The State Board of Libraries decided to discontinue state-operated bookmobile service in 1974. This article relating to library science or information science is a stub . You can help Misplaced Pages by expanding it . Union catalog A union catalog is a combined library catalog describing the collections of a number of libraries . Union catalogs have been created in
25-585: The state Federation of Women's Clubs . It delivered book and other materials to small libraries, and loaned materials directly to individuals in towns without libraries. By 1940, FPLS has developed regional library services and divided the state into four regions, each with its own bookwagon funded by the Federation of Women's Clubs. In 1957 as a result of funding received through the new federal Library Services Act , FPLS purchased two larger type bookwagons that could hold materials and patrons. In 1970, FPLS merged with
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