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Research Team and AcknowledgementsDr. Robert Williams and Dr. Dan Barron, were the primary investigators duringthe study and where joined by other SLIS faculty members, Dr. Stephen Bajjaly and Dr.Jennifer Arns along with their Graduate Research Assistants. A research team wasassembled composed of these faculty along with representatives from the public librarycommunity, Dr. Curtis Rogers, Director of Library Development, State Library of SouthCarolina and Valerie Rowe-Jackson, Associate Director for Strategic Planning, RichlandCounty Public Library. The primary representatives of APLA representatives wereBeverly James, Director, Greenville County Library; Dwight McInvaill, Director,Georgetown County Library; Prudence Taylor, Director, Greenwood County Library; andNorris Wootton, Director, Williamsburg County Library.Todd Stephens, Director, Spartanburg Regional Library and President of APLAassisted the Research Team to remain in close contact with APLA whose participationprovided input and feedback to procedures, data gathering instruments, and field-testingfrom the initial discussion to reporting stages.logo.Padgett Lewis, graphic artist from Richland County Public Library provided theLibby Law of the State Library of South Carolina provided access to the data thatare gathered regularly from all South Carolina Public Libraries for annual statistical andlogistical reports. This includes reporting to the Federal/State Cooperative Survey (FSCS)(http://www.nclis.gov/statsurv/surveys/fscs/aboutFSCS/aboutFSCS.html ).Steven Wilson, Research Assistant, SLIS created the data gathering instruments inFlashlight and provided the initial analysis of the data gathered.Dr. Charles McClure, Francis Eppes Professor and Director, Information UseManagement and Policy Institute of the School of Information Studies, Florida StateUniversity was generous to allow the project to adapt procedures and instruments hedeveloped for a similar study of public libraries in Florida as reported in Charles R.McClure, Jane B. Robbins, and Bruce T. Fraser, Economic Benefits And Impacts From
Public Libraries In The State Of Florida, (http://www.ii.fsu.edu/Projects/St-Lib-FL/index.html).The Division of Library Development, New York State Library reports asomewhat similar study in a brochure that was used by the Project Team for graphic ideasand initial phases of the study. A copy of their brochure may be found athttp://www.nysl.nysed.gov/libdev/stackup.htm .At the national level, the Online Computer Library Center, Inc. (OCLC) releasedLibraries: How They Stack Up in 2003. This “provides a snapshot of the economicimpact of libraries worldwide. The report contains interesting comparisons of libraryeconomics and actives to other sectors, professions and destinations in the globaleconomy.” The brochure may be found athttp://www.oclc.org/reports/2003libsstackup.htm.
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