Provide a program of services that connects people and libraries to information resources. Eliminate barriers to access to information. Advocate for the public right to information.
Libraries provide a place for people without computers to get access to information.
Libraries must become gateways to information resources. Information seekers will demand the ability to receive what they need when and where they want it and in a form which meets their needs. A cooperatively developed telecommunications backbone and library network is in the best interest of the citizens of New Hampshire. Statewide coordination of automation activities will ensure the greatest return on the investment in library automation technologies. The ability to link library systems is necessary for the development of automated library resource sharing.