 
                 CHAPTER 72--MUSEUM AND LIBRARY SERVICES
 
             SUBCHAPTER II--LIBRARY SERVICES AND TECHNOLOGY
 
Sec. 9121. Purpose

    It is the purpose of this subchapter--
        (1) to consolidate Federal library service programs;
        (2) to stimulate excellence and promote access to learning and 
    information resources in all types of libraries for individuals of 
    all ages;
        (3) to promote library services that provide all users access to 
    information through State, regional, national and international 
    electronic networks;
        (4) to provide linkages among and between libraries; and
        (5) to promote targeted library services to people of diverse 
    geographic, cultural, and socioeconomic backgrounds, to individuals 
    with disabilities, and to people with limited functional literacy or 
    information skills.

(Pub. L. 94-462, title II, Sec. 212, as added Pub. L. 104-208, div. A, 
title I, Sec. 101(e) [title VII, Sec. 702], Sept. 30, 1996, 110 Stat. 
3009-233, 3009-295.)
