Office of Library Services
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The Office of Library Services is a division of the U.S. Institute of Museum and Library Services that administers federal programs and funding to support and develop libraries nationwide.
All labels observed (1)
| Label | Occurrences |
|---|---|
| Office of Library Services canonical | 1 |
How this entity was disambiguated
This entity first appeared as the object of triple T6777867 — resolving that mention is where its identity was fixed. The disambiguator weighed these candidate entities and picked the highlighted one (or “None”, minting a new entity). This is how homonymy is resolved: the same surface form can point to different entities.
NED1
Entity disambiguation (via context triple)
gpt-5-mini-2025-08-07
Target entity: Office of Library Services Context triple: [Institute of Museum and Library Services, supervises, Office of Library Services]
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A.
Information Services Department
The Information Services Department is a specialized office within the ITU General Secretariat responsible for managing and providing information and documentation services to support the organization’s activities.
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B.
Division of Library Development
The Division of Library Development is a unit of the New York State Library that provides leadership, support, and statewide programs to strengthen and advance libraries and library services across New York.
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C.
Centre for Library and Information Services
The Centre for Library and Information Services is a specialized unit within the Norwegian Institute of Public Health that manages and provides access to scientific information resources to support research, policy, and public health practice.
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D.
Library of Congress Acquisitions and Bibliographic Access Directorate
The Library of Congress Acquisitions and Bibliographic Access Directorate is the division of the Library of Congress responsible for acquiring materials and creating the cataloging and bibliographic records that support access to the library’s collections.
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E.
Office of Information Services
The Office of Information Services is the technology and information management division that supports the operations and programs of the Oregon Department of Human Services.
- F. None of above. chosen
- G. Unsure - the case is ambiguous/there is not enough information to decide.
NED2
Entity disambiguation (via description)
gpt-5-mini-2025-08-07
Target entity: Office of Library Services Target entity description: The Office of Library Services is a division of the U.S. Institute of Museum and Library Services that administers federal programs and funding to support and develop libraries nationwide.
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A.
Information Services Department
The Information Services Department is a specialized office within the ITU General Secretariat responsible for managing and providing information and documentation services to support the organization’s activities.
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B.
Division of Library Development
The Division of Library Development is a unit of the New York State Library that provides leadership, support, and statewide programs to strengthen and advance libraries and library services across New York.
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C.
Centre for Library and Information Services
The Centre for Library and Information Services is a specialized unit within the Norwegian Institute of Public Health that manages and provides access to scientific information resources to support research, policy, and public health practice.
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D.
Library of Congress Acquisitions and Bibliographic Access Directorate
The Library of Congress Acquisitions and Bibliographic Access Directorate is the division of the Library of Congress responsible for acquiring materials and creating the cataloging and bibliographic records that support access to the library’s collections.
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E.
Office of Information Services
The Office of Information Services is the technology and information management division that supports the operations and programs of the Oregon Department of Human Services.
- F. None of above. chosen
Statements (49)
| Predicate | Object |
|---|---|
| instanceOf |
government agency division
ⓘ
library services office ⓘ |
| administers |
federal funding for libraries
ⓘ
federal library grant programs ⓘ |
| appliesTo | libraries in the United States ⓘ |
| beneficiary |
academic libraries
ⓘ
public libraries ⓘ school libraries ⓘ special libraries ⓘ state library agencies ⓘ |
| country |
United States
ⓘ
linked to:
United States of America
|
| field |
library and information services
ⓘ
public administration ⓘ |
| focus |
library capacity building
ⓘ
library development ⓘ library innovation support ⓘ |
| function |
grant administration
ⓘ
policy implementation for library services ⓘ program administration ⓘ |
| goal |
improve access to information
ⓘ
promote equitable access to library resources ⓘ strengthen library services ⓘ support lifelong learning through libraries ⓘ |
| hasAbbreviation | OLS ⓘ |
| jurisdiction |
federal government of the United States
ⓘ
linked to:
United States government
|
| language | English ⓘ |
| locatedIn | Washington, D.C. ⓘ |
| mandateSource | U.S. federal law ⓘ |
| oversight | U.S. federal library programs ⓘ |
| parentOrganization | Institute of Museum and Library Services ⓘ |
| partOf | Institute of Museum and Library Services ⓘ |
| purpose |
administer federal library funding
ⓘ
administer federal library programs ⓘ develop libraries nationwide ⓘ support libraries nationwide ⓘ |
| regulates | use of certain federal library funds ⓘ |
| reportsTo | Director of the Institute of Museum and Library Services ⓘ |
| sector | federal government ⓘ |
| subdivisionOf | Institute of Museum and Library Services ⓘ |
| supports |
library workforce development
ⓘ
national library initiatives ⓘ |
| typeOfFunding |
competitive grants
ⓘ
formula-based grants ⓘ project grants ⓘ |
| website | https://www.imls.gov ⓘ |
| worksWith |
library consortia
ⓘ
local library systems ⓘ state library agencies ⓘ tribal libraries ⓘ |
How these facts were elicited
The pipeline generated the facts above by prompting gpt-5.1 with this entity's name + description and the instruction below.
Instruction
You are a knowledge base construction expert. Given a subject entity and a description of it, return factual statements that you know for the subject as a JSON list of dictionaries(triples), where keys must be "subject", "predicate" and "object". The number of facts may be very high, between 25 to 50 or more, for very popular subjects. For less popular subjects, the number of facts can be very low, like 5 or 10. # Requirements - If you don't know the subject at all, return an empty list. - If the subject is not a named entity, return an empty list. - Include at least one triple where predicate is "instanceOf". - Do not get too wordy. - Separate several objects into multiple triples with one object.
Input
Subject: Office of Library Services Description of subject: The Office of Library Services is a division of the U.S. Institute of Museum and Library Services that administers federal programs and funding to support and develop libraries nationwide.
Referenced by (1)
Full triples — surface form annotated when it differs from this entity's canonical label.