| | | Be it enacted by the People of the State of Maine as follows: |
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| | | Sec. 1. Appropriations and allocations. The following appropriations and | | allocations are made. |
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| | | Statewide Library Information System |
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| | | Initiative: Provides funds to negotiate and purchase licenses | | for the publication of copyrighted materials and periodicals to | | create a statewide database for use by state, school, public and | | academic libraries in the State. The licensing agreement must | | include, subject to the availability of funds, a full-text | | reference collection, full-text newspapers, full-text consumer | | health information and full-text periodical databases for general | | research and business research. |
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| | | GENERAL FUND | 2005-06 | 2006-07 |
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| | | All Other | | $450,000 | $450,000 |
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| | | GENERAL FUND TOTAL | $450,000 | $450,000 |
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| | | This bill provides an appropriation to the Maine State Library | | to fund on-line reference materials to provide access to | | information from schools and libraries through statewide | | licensing of reference materials. |
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