Maryland Statutes
Subtitle 8 - Maryland Digital Library
Section 11-802 - Authorization to Encourage Certain Institutions to Meet Certain Goals

On receipt of recommendations from the Maryland Digital Library Advisory Council the Commission may encourage each academic library at a public or private nonprofit institution of postsecondary education to:
        (1)    Increase shared access to information of critical value in Internet-accessible electronic form and in library collections of books, journals, sound recordings, and other traditional forms of material;
        (2)    Optimize effective use of funding in the acquisition and creation of digital resources;
        (3)    Digitize unique collections in the academic library to create Internet and other on-line resources beneficial to elementary, secondary, and higher education;
        (4)    Train librarians and staff to improve services in the information technology environment; and
        (5)    Develop programs that support training library users to access Internet and electronic materials.

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