Ada North

Ada North was the seventh Librarian for the State of Iowa, first female Librarian of the state, and the first person to hold the title of State Librarian (created in 1872, along with the creation of the State Library board of trustees), and the founder of the Iowa Library Association .

Johnson Brigham, 2002

Brief history of Johnson Brigham, State Librarian for the state of Iowa from 1898-1936. He was an influential leader in the library community and champion of the State Library.

Footnotes, January - February - March 2010, Vol.35, no.1-3

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Footnotes, January-March 2011, Vol.36, no.1-3

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Pieces of the Past, March 9, 2011

In 1938, the Iowa State Library consisted of four departments: the general library, the library of sociology and economics, the law library, and the medical library. The south end of the law library was being used for the library of sociology and economics.

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Second Report on the Public Archives,1907

This is a second report, submitted by Benjamin F. Shaughbum, on the Public Archives for the time period of September 18, 1906 to May 11, 1907. As a "program for immediate action" six recommendations were submitted to the Trustees of the State Library and Historical Department of Iowa under the date of September 18, 1906.

Footnotes, March 2012, Vol.37, no.1-3

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LSTA Five Year Plan Evaluation Report 2008-2012, March 29, 2012

The evaluation’s overarching question was “Did the activities undertaken through the state’s LSTA plan achieve results related to priorities identified in the Act?” The evaluation was conducted and is organized according to the six LSTA priorities. The research design employed two major methodologies: 1. Data sources from Iowa Library Services / State Library of Iowa2 as well as U.S and state sources were indentified for quantitative analysis. These sources, which primarily reflect outputs for various projects, included: Statistics from the Public Library Annual Survey Statistics collected internally by Iowa Library Services such as number of libraries subscribing to sponsored databases, number of database searches, attendance at continuing education events, number of interlibrary loan transactions Evaluation surveys from library training sessions, professional development workshops and other programs supported by LSTA funds Internal databases maintained by Iowa Library Services Impact results from post training evaluations conducted by Iowa Library Services 2010 Iowa census data from the U.S. Census Bureau LSTA State Program Reports for the grant period 2. Following the quantitative analysis, the evaluator gathered qualitative data through interviews with key employees, a telephone focus group with district library consultants and two surveys: LSTA Evaluation Survey (Public Libraries) and LSTA Evaluation Survey (Academic Libraries). Both surveys provided sound samples with 43 representatives of Iowa’s 77 academic libraries and 371 representatives of Iowa’s 544 public libraries participating. Respondents represented libraries of all sizes and geographical areas. Both surveys included multiple choice and rating scale items as well as open-ended questions from which results were coded to identify trends, issues and recommendations.

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