I have made a few more corrections in an effort to represent accurately
the status of state funded databases in all 50 states. My latest version
of the information shows only seven states with no such funding:
Illinois, Oregon and Texas whose funds were discontinued in the last
year, and the following states that never had it: California, Colorado,
Florida, and Rhode Island. The chart I prepared also lists some of the
databases provided by each state. In many cases, I did not list all
databases in the interest of space, but rather selected a couple of well
known resources and then added the word "others" to indicate there were
more. If I did not reflect this in a way that you would prefer, please
notify me. The chart can be reviewed at this location:
http://www.shsu.edu/~lis_mah/documents/wheretlc03/dbsinstates.html
I would be very grateful for any feedback! I ended up visiting almost
every state web site. Many state web addresses are not shown yet, but I
do have them--just need to put them in tomorrow when I am on campus to
revise the chart. What I am wanting help with is input about the
resources I listed for each state. It was interesting to visit all the
sites, many with names for their resources that reflect the state's
heritage, such as SLED in Alaska and MAGNOLIA in Mississippi. I am glad
that so many schools and students have these resources, and saddened by
the loss of equity and access in those states without. This has been an
interesting project! Thanks so much to everyone for input.--Mary Ann
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"Try curiosity!" Dorothy Parker
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Dr. Mary Ann Bell
Assistant Professor
School of Library Science
Sam Houston State University
Huntsville, TX
mbe11@earthlink.net
lis_mah@shsu.edu
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