Projects can be concerned with services, user groups or the organisation of activities and the aim is that the results should be beneficial to the public library sector as a whole. In 1997 The Norwegian Directorate for Public Libraries had totally 6,68 mill. In addition there were 5. 24 new projects were financed in 1996 by the Norwegian Directorate for Public Libraries. The Directorate only gives financial support to projects connected to public libraries or county libraries.
School libraries can only apply if they co-operate with a public library.
The results should be beneficial for the public library sector as a whole. The decision to establish a Norwegian school data network was made in connection with the establishment of the Nordic ODIN network. The objective of the Norwegian school data network is, through the ODIN network, to make information on Norway and the Norwegian educational system available to other Nordic countries and the rest of the world. The NLS, the National Centre for Educational Resources, has been commissioned to operate and develop the Norwegian school data network. The main tasks for the time being are to design a better menu structure, and to introduce more information on Norway and the educational system.