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 104 STAT. 104 PUBLIC LAW 101-254—MAR. 15, 1990 SEC. 8. EDUCATION RESEARCH LIBRARY. (a) AMENDMENT.—The Library Services and Construction Act is further amended by inserting after section 8 the following new section: "EDUCATION RESEARCH UBRARY 20 USC 35lg. "SEC. 9. None of the activities or functions of the Department of Education Research Library which are utilized, directly or indirectly, by the Secretary in carrying out this Act and which were not performed by contractors as of July 26, 1989, shall be contracted out or otherwise transferred from the Federal Government before September 30, 1991, unless such transfer is expressly authorized by statute, or unless the value of all work performed under the contract and related contracts in each fiscal year does not exceed $50,000.". 03) STUDY REQUIRED.— The Comptroller General shall conduct a Reports. study of the Department of Education Research Library. The Comptroller General shall prepare and submit a report on the study required by this section by no later than January 30, 1991, together with such recommendations and any statutory changes required to carry out such recommendations, as the Comptroller deems necessary. Such study shall include— (1) an assessment of the historic and scholastic value and significance of the library's collection to educators, education researchers, historians, and others; (2) a review of the feasibility and merits of expanding public access to and use of the library's collections and alternative means by which such access could be promoted; and (3) an evaluation of the quality and effectiveness of services provided by the library to Department personnel and recommendations for improving such services. Voluntarism. SEC. 9. INTERGENERATIONAL LIBRARY SERVICES. 20 USC 352. Section 101 of the Act is amended— (1) by redesignating paragraphs (5) and (6) as paragraphs (9) and (10), respectively; and (2) by inserting after paragraph (4) the following new paragraph: "(5) for assisting libraries in developing intergenerational library programs that will match older adult volunteers with libraries interested in developing after school literacy and reading skills programs for unsupervised school children during afterschool hours;". SEC. 10. CHILDCARE LIBRARY OUTREACH. Section 101 of the Act is further amended by inserting after paragraph (5) the following new paragraph: "(6) for assisting libraries in providing mobile library services and programs to child-care providers or child-care centers which are licensed or certified by the State, or otherwise meet the requirements of State law;". SEC. 11. LIBRARY LITERACY CENTERS. Section 101 of the Act is further amended by inserting after paragraph (6) the following new paragraph: "(7) to establish and support model library literacy centers, coordinated by the State library administrative agency with other interested State agencies and nonprofit organizations to

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