Now that more than 50,000 libraries worldwide have automated one or more of their internal operations, there are not Many corporate; private and community granting agencies prepared to contribute toward the purchase of a basic automated library system; but grants continue to be made to libraries which innovate in some way. Increasingly, information about grants and the agencies which offer them is available via the Internet. The most useful URLs are the following:
Foundation Center http://fdncenter.org/
Grantweb http ://infoserv.rttonet.psu.edu/gweb.html