Purpose
- Advise the President and the Congress on the implementation of policy.
- Conduct surveys and studies relative to library and information needs.
- Develop plans to meet national library and information needs.
- Advise federal, state, local, and private agencies regarding library and information sciences.
Read more about this topic: National Commission On Libraries And Information Science
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“Politics should share one purpose with religion: the steady emancipation of the individual through the education of his passions.”
—George F. Will (b. 1941)
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