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'''Library Research Service''' '''(LRS)''' is a nonprofit governmental research organization located in [[Denver]], [[Colorado]]. [http://www.lrs.org LRS] is a part of the | '''Library Research Service''' '''(LRS)''' is a nonprofit governmental research organization located in [[Denver]], [[Colorado]]. [http://www.lrs.org LRS] is a part of the [http://www.cde.state.co.us/index_library.htm Colorado State Library] and was established in 1987 by then Colorado State Librarian, [http://www.infopeople.org/workshop/instructor/8287 Nancy Bolt]. The purpose of LRS is to provide public services related to the research and statistics of [public libraries], [school libraries] and [academic libraries]. LRS is the third-oldest established center of library research in the nation after the Library Research Center at the [http://www.uiuc.edu/ University of Illinois at Urbana-Champaign] and the [http://jupiter.clarion.edu/~csrl/csrlhom.htm Center for the Study of Rural Librarianship] at [http://www.clarion.edu/ Clarion University of Pennsylvania]. It is the only library research center based in a state library agency and the only one west of the Mississippi River. | ||
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Library Research Service (LRS) is a nonprofit governmental research organization located in Denver, Colorado. LRS is a part of the Colorado State Library and was established in 1987 by then Colorado State Librarian, Nancy Bolt. The purpose of LRS is to provide public services related to the research and statistics of [public libraries], [school libraries] and [academic libraries]. LRS is the third-oldest established center of library research in the nation after the Library Research Center at the University of Illinois at Urbana-Champaign and the Center for the Study of Rural Librarianship at Clarion University of Pennsylvania. It is the only library research center based in a state library agency and the only one west of the Mississippi River.