1976

• Loans were available through the Farmers Home Administration. These loans were "to develop community facilities [including public libraries] for public use in rural areas and towns of up to 10,000 people" (American Libraries, Jan. 1976, p. 14).
  
• The "Florence Agreement on the Importation of Educational, Scientific, and Cultural Materials" was being reviewed by a committee. This agreement originated in the 1950s and was intended to make it easier for international facilities to cooperate with each other in sharing information (Frase) (American Libraries, Jan. 1976, p. 19).
• An advertisement in the February 1976 issue of American Libraries stated "The Science Press automated library catalog at Mount Sinai Medical Center of Miami Beach, Florida, is the first computerized medical book catalog published in the United States" (p. 86).
• The "Project: Knowledge 2000" conference was held in Virginia to discuss future knowledge needs, creation and access (McKinven) (American Libraries, April 1976, p. 199 - 203).
• In July 1976, "the Library of Congress began¡¦.Braille edition[s] of the NY Times Large Type Weekly" (American Libraries, October 1976, p. 583).

1977

• In June 1977, a law "prohibiting discrimination against the handicapped" was passed. Libraries were one institute having to comply, which meant they would have to become handicap accessible for the public. Additionally, the libraries would have to "make reasonable accommodation[s] ¡¦[for] qualified handicapped applicants or employees unless it can be determined that it would impose undue hardship on the employer" (American Libraries, June 1977, p. 287)
  

Resources

McKinven, M.J. (1976). A Library Spy in the Year 2000. American Libraries, 7 (4), 199-203.