Allaire, B., 28

American Cultural Centre library, 55

American Library Association (ALA), 15, 25

‘An Analysis of Public Library Trends’ 34

Association des Bibliothécaires Français (ABF), 102

Association Française des Volontaires du Progrès (AFVP), 60

Association Internationale pour le développement des Bibliothèques en Afrique (AIDBA), 55

Association Nationale des Bibliothécaires, Archivistes et Documentalistes Sénégalais (ANABADS), 56

Association of French Librarians, 102

Association pour le Développement des Bibliothèques Publiques en Afrique, 54–5

Association Sénégalais des Bibliothécaires, Archivistes et Documentalistes (ASBAD), 57

Australia, 149–57

current framework, 152–3

historical background, 149–51

legislation and legal structure, 153–6

Australian Library and Information Association (ALIA), 154–5

‘Australian Public Libraries Strategic Framework’ 155

authoritarian regimes approach, 131

Babies Love Books Too, 153

Banff Public Library, 34

Berdymukhammedow, G., 133–4

Best Value Performance Indicators, 95

Bibliothèque nationale de France (BnF), 108, 110

Bibliothèque publique d’information (Bpi), 108

Bibliothèques départementales de prêt (BDP), 107–8

bibliothèques intercommunales (public libraries governed by more than one commune), 107

bibliothèques municipales à vocation régionale (BMVR), 107

bibliothèques municipales classées (BMC), 107

bookroom, 141

Bostwick, A. E., 140

Broadband Infraco, 41

Cable Book Library, 68

Canada, 23–36

current framework, 26–31

historical background, 23–6

legislation and legal structure, 31–4

National Core Library Statistics Program, 26

Quebec, 28–9

various library acts, 32

Canadian Legal Information Institute (CanLII), 31

Canadian Urban Libraries Council (CULC), 34

Carnegie, A., 9, 10, 25, 90

Centre de Recherche pour l’Etude et l’Observation des Conditions de Vie, 109

Centre National du Livre (National Book Center), 106

Centre régionaux du livre (CRL), 113

centres de lecture et d’animation culturelle (CLAC), 57

Centres Départementaux d’Education Populaire et Sportive (CEDEPS), 57

Children’s Internet Protection Act (CIPA), 16

China, 139–45, 162

current framework, 141–3

historical background, 139–41

legislation and legal structure, 143–4

China Society for Library Service, 143–4

Clairafrique library, 55

Community Access Program (CAP), 29

Community Literacy and Numeracy (CLING), 44

Comprehensive Area Assessments (CAA), 96

Comprehensive Performance Assessment (CPA), 95

Connecting Canadians policy, 29, 30

Corruption Perception Index, 135

Culver, E.M., 10

Dana, J.C., 10–11

de Portzamparc, C., 112

Department of Arts and Culture (DAC), 46

Devillers, M-J., 60

Dewey, M., 103

Dewey classification system, 104

Direction du Livre et de la Lecture (DLL), 57, 61–2

Directions régionales des affaires culturelles (DRAC), 112

E-Rate, 11, 15, 16, 41

Ecole des Bibliothécaires, Archivistes et Documentalistes (EBAD), 55, 59

European Bureau of Library, Information and Documentation Associations (EBLIDA), 4

Fairfield City Library Service, 153

Federal Communications Commission (FCC), 16

Federation of Law Societies of Canada, 31

FibreCo Telecommunications, 41

Finland, 67–76, 165

current framework, 73–5

historical background, 67–9

legislation and legal structure, 70–3

Finnish Library Policy Programme 2001–2004, 70

Fofana, R., 59

Framework for the Future: Libraries, Learning, and Information in the Next Decade, 94 France, 101–13

current framework, 105–11

historical background, 101–5

legislation and legal structure, 111–13

Free Libraries Act, 24

Free Library Movement, 151

Freedom House, 134

Friends of Libraries Australia (FOLA), 154, 155

funding, 27, 142–3, 152–3, 155–6

local funding See also local funding

Gallica, 110

gengesh, 134

geographic information survey (GIS), 42

Georgia PINES initiative, 16

Grand People’s Study House, 131

‘Guidelines on Library Legislation and Policy in Europe’ 4

Haldimand, F., 23

Helsinki City Library, 67, 73

Holt, G.E., 165

Ifould, W.H., 151

Imperial Library Act, 119

India, 117–25, 162

current framework, 121–2

historical background, 117–21

legislation and legal structure, 122–4

Indian National Congress, 119

Indian National Digital Library in Science and Technology (INDEST), 121

Industry Canada, 29–30

Intergovernmental Relations Framework Act (2005), 45

International Federation of Library Associations (IFLA), 1, 4

International Monetary Fund (IMF), 57

Julien, H., 30

Katto-Meny, 68

La librarie publique, 103

Lallement, E., 60

L’Heure Joyeuse (Joyful Hour), 104

Library and Information Services Report, 40

Library and Information Services Transformation Charter (2008), 46

library board, 17–18

Library Policy 2015, 70, 72

Library Services Act, 80, 81

Library Services and Technology Act (LSTA), 11, 15

Library Strategy 2010, 70

Lire en Afrique, 60

local funding, 12–13

Madras Library Association (MALA), 119

‘malign neglect’ 92

Masiphumelele Library, 44

Mass Education Movement, 139

McColvin, L., 90

Measure and Evaluate, 84

médiathèque, 106

Médiathèque de la Cité des sciences et de l’industrie, 108

Ministère de la Culture et de la Communication, 111

Montreal Library, 23

Morel, E., 101, 102–4

Mornington Peninsula Hastings Library, 153

Mosaic, 68

Municipal Association of Victoria, 155

Munn, R., 150

Munn-Pitt report, 150–1

Museum and Library Services Act (1996), 15

National Core Library Statistics Program (1996), 26

National Council for Library and Information Services (NCLIS), 46

National Education Policy Investigation, 40

National Knowledge Commission (NKC), 117, 123

National Library, 140

national library policy, 161–6

National Policy on Library and Information System (NAPLIS), 122

national subsidies, 20

Neutrality Arch, 135

Niyazov, S., 129, 130

Ontario Library School, 25

Ontario Public Library Act, 33

Open Archives Initiative Protocol for Metadata Harvesting (OAI-PMH), 110

Palmgren, V., 79, 80

Pam, A.A., 61

Patrimoine Numérique, 110

People’s Network, 94

Pitt, E., 150

Pompidou, G., 105

PricewaterhouseCoopers, 93

Progress in International Reading Literacy Study (2006), 86

Public and Community Library Inventory of South Africa (PaCLISA), 42

Public Lending Right (PLR), 96–7

public libraries, 1–6, 33, 161–6

Australia, 149–57

Canada, 23–36

China, 139–45

Finland, 67–76

France, 101–13

India, 117–25

Senegal, 53–63

South Africa, 39–49

Sweden, 79–86

Turkmenistan, 129–36

United Kingdom, 89–98

United States, 9–20

Public Libraries Act (1850), 90

Public Libraries Act (1964), 92

Public Libraries Australia, 154

Public Library Act (1928), 68

Public Library Fund, 14

public library law (1997), 83

Public Library of the Northern Territory, 154

Public Library Standard, 95, 96

Public Library Victoria Network, 155

Quiñones, V., 60–1

Racine, B., 110

Raja Rammohan Roy Library Foundation (RRRLF), 120

Ranganathan, S.R., 117, 119

‘Regulations for Provincial (Autonomic Region, Municipal) Library Work’ 142

Remington, G. C., 151

‘Renaissance Zones’ 13

‘retard français’ 105

Ruhnama, 133

‘Select Committee on Inquiry into Drunkenness’ 2

Senagalese library network, 62

Senegal, 53–63

current framework, 57–60

historical background, 53–7

legislation and legal structure, 60–2

Senghor, L.S., 54

Service de Coopération et d’Action Culturelle (SCAC), 59–60

‘shack library’ 44

Sinha, K.P., 120

Sinha Committee, 120

South Africa, 39–49

current framework, 42–5

historical background, 39–42

legislation and legal structure, 45–8

South African Community Library and Information Services Bill, 45

‘stagnant pool of books’ 120

Stevenson, S., 31

Stockholm County Library, 84

Sweden, 79–86

current framework, 81–2

historical background, 79–80

legislation and legal structure, 83–5

school library partnerships in two Nordic countries, 82

Swedish Arts Council, 81

Swedish Library Act, 83

Swedish National Council for Cultural Affairs, 83

Swedish Quality Handbook Project, 84

Swedish Royal Library Expert Group, 85

Swift Library Consortium, 155

Takem Tikou, 61

The Libraries Impact Project, 95

The Library Act, 69

The Library of the Alliance Française, 55

‘The Public and its public library’ 11

‘Turkmenbashi’ 130

Turkmenistan, 129–36

current framework, 130–2

historical background, 129–30

legislation and legal structure, 132–5

Tutoring Australasia, 153

United Kingdom, 89–98

current framework, 92–4

historical background, 89–92

legislation and legal structure, 94–7

United Nations Development Program, 43

United Nations Educational, Scientific and Cultural Organisation (UNESCO), 1, 4

United States, 9–20, 162, 163–4

current framework, 11–15

historical background, 9–11

legislation and legal structure, 15–19

library as workshop, 10–11

United States Information Agency (USIA), 56

Universal Service Fund See E-Rate

Villard, A., 54

West Africa Cable System (WACS), 41

World Library and Information Congress, 47

Young, B., 3