I see the lack of uniform national structure (and national funding!) as being a strength, although it can also be a weakness. Given stuff in the UK, I especially see a lack of Federal funding/control as a strength.

And thanks for the final paragraph. You’re the first in a little while to say so publicly.

So who was this Lied? The Carnegie of Nebraska? (I’ve gone through the Ls, and am now finishing up the Ms…)

I have worked as a degreed librarian in Arizona, Connecticut, Wisconsin, and now Louisiana. I have had library cards also in Massachusetts, Rhode Island, New Hampshire, and Illinois. From my personal observation, “wildly varied” describes both the states and the libraries in them.

I look forward to seeing the completed work.

Oh, and I’ll publicly say that I care about Cites and Insights, and hope that you will continue to produce it.

I’ve run into the second of the two when doing Google searches for libraries. I hadn’t run into the first–not surprisingly, since I’m working on a library-by-library basis from the state library’s spreadsheet of library names and LSA population (and lots of other stuff). Thanks.

Just wanted to make sure you found http://libraries.ne.gov/ (click on participating libraries) and http://nlc.nebraska.gov/libraries/internet.asp. If there’s anything I can do to assist with your work here in Nebraska just give me a shout.

Michael Sauers