EBSCOhost participants meet Measure 36

The change in database vendors has led to a change in the public library standards program. Any public library that subscribes to EBSCOhost through the State Library has full-text access to thousands of periodicals.

For the FY03 accreditation program, beginning January 15, 2003, any public library that subscribes to EBSCOhost by December 31, 2002 will automatically meet the requirements of Measure 36 of "In Service to Iowa: Public Library Measures of Quality." (Measure 36: The library maintains a collection of current periodicals appropriate to the role(s) the library has chosen.)