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State Library Services outlines programs, construction needs and Braille & Talking Book expansion
Summary
The Minnesota Department of Education’s State Library Services described its responsibilities, staff, grant programs and a renewed focus on library construction and services for blind and print-disabled residents. The presentation highlighted staffing, regional systems and federal LSTA funds.
Tamara Lee, the Minnesota state librarian and director of State Library Services at the Minnesota Department of Education, told the Senate Education Finance Committee that the office operates as the State Library Administrative Agency (SLAA) with a staff of five and no physical statewide library building.
"We are a library development and services agency with a staff of 5. But we manage to, do a lot of stuff with our small staff," Lee said, outlining the office’s work overseeing state and federal aid, professional development, data collection and the Minnesota Braille and Talking Book Library.
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