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Download full textMontgomery, K. Leon; And Others – 1985
A joint project of the University of Pittsburgh Library System and the School of Library and Information Science investigated the need for a rapid document delivery service within the University Library System (ULS). Two instruments were designed to answer questions about library patrons' uses of bibliographic citations retrieved in online…
Descriptors: Academic Libraries, Databases, Higher Education, Interlibrary Loans
Griffiths, Jose-Marie; And Others – 1984
This document contains validated activities and competencies needed by information professionals working as records and information managers. The activities of information professionals are listed by function: records and information program management; systems analysis; records center administration; general administration; planning; financial…
Descriptors: Competence, Employment Patterns, Information Scientists, Job Performance
Griffiths, Jose-Marie; And Others – 1984
This document contains validated activities and competencies needed by librarians working in a public library. The activities and competencies are organized according to the functions which public librarians perform: acquisitions; cataloging; circulation and reader services; collection maintenance; interlibrary loan; management; reference; and…
Descriptors: Competence, Employment Patterns, Job Performance, Job Skills
Griffiths, Jose-Marie; And Others – 1984
This document contains validated activities and competencies needed by librarians working in a special library. The activities and competencies are organized according to the functions which special librarians perform: acquisitions; cataloging; circulation and user services; collection maintenance; interlibrary loan; management; reference; and…
Descriptors: Competence, Employment Patterns, Job Performance, Job Skills
Griffiths, Jose-Marie; And Others – 1984
This document contains validated activities and competencies needed by librarians working in a database distributor/service organization. The activities of professionals working in database distributor/service organizations are listed by function: Database Processing; Customer Support; System Administration; and Planning. The competencies are…
Descriptors: Competence, Databases, Employment Patterns, Information Scientists
Griffiths, Jose-Marie; And Others – 1984
This document contains validated activities and competencies needed by librarians working in an academic library. The activities and competencies are organized according to the functions which academic librarians perform: acquisitions; cataloging; circulation and reader services; collection maintenance; interlibrary loan; management; reference;…
Descriptors: Academic Libraries, Competence, Employment Patterns, Higher Education
Griffiths, Jose-Marie; And Others – 1984
This document contains validated activities and competencies needed by information professionals working in a library system supplier organization. The activities and competencies are organized according to the functions which information professionals working in such organizations perform: research and development; marketing; customer support;…
Descriptors: Competence, Employment Patterns, Information Scientists, Job Performance
Institute of Museum and Library Services, Washington, DC. – 2002
Laura Bush hosted a White House Conference on School Libraries on June 4, 2002, to discuss the latest research on libraries, student achievement and successful local programs. Mrs. Bush's cohost was Dr. Robert Martin, Director of the Institute of Museum and Library Services and education, library, government and philanthropic leaders from across…
Descriptors: Conference Proceedings, Elementary Secondary Education, Learning Resources Centers, Library Development
D'Elia, George; And Others – 1984
The University Library System at the University of Minnesota, Twin Cities Campus, is a decentralized system of 35 libraries spread over 3 campuses in 2 cities. This study evaluated the performance of two libraries in the system--Walter Library and the Institute of Technology Libraries--that provide document delivery services to assist faculty…
Descriptors: Academic Libraries, College Faculty, Correlation, Delivery Systems
Griffiths, Jose-Marie; And Others – 1984
This document contains validated activities and competencies needed by librarians working in a school library. The activities and competencies are organized according to the functions which school librarians perform: acquisitions; cataloging; circulation and reader services; collection maintenance; interlibrary loan; management; reference; and…
Descriptors: Competence, Elementary Secondary Education, Employment Patterns, Job Performance
Bills, Linda G. – 1984
From January 1980 through December 1982 the Illinois Valley Library System (IVLS) and 33 of its participating libraries conducted an experimental project to test the costs and benefits of OCLC use in small and medium-sized libraries. A series of 8 reports on the project have been produced, and the tables from the first report, which give…
Descriptors: Academic Libraries, Cataloging, Graphs, Input Output Devices
Connors, Maureen – 1986
A survey of the ten university libraries considered to be most comparable to George Mason University (GMU) in interlibrary loan (ILL) activity was undertaken for comparison purposes. To develop a series of recommendations for GMU with respect to ILL, the following areas were considered and are addressed in this report: (1) Divisional…
Descriptors: Academic Libraries, Higher Education, Interlibrary Loans, Library Cooperation
Pennsylvania State Library, Harrisburg. – 1983
This report of the 95-member Council for the Comprehensive Plan for Libraries, which included representatives from government, libraries, and the public sector, is not intended to answer all the questions for all those concerned about the future of libraries, but rather to bring focus to the issues and to set a direction for solving the problems…
Descriptors: Advisory Committees, Library Administration, Library Cooperation, Library Materials
Peters, Cynthia; And Others – 1984
The need to plan for operating and service patterns and to establish priorities for services to readers in the new Reference and Bibliographical Center at the Newberry Library guided this self-study. From December 1983 to August 1984, 32 staff members (grouped into 1 study team and 4 task forces) investigated the critical issues of bibliographic…
Descriptors: Cataloging, Library Facilities, Library Materials, Library Personnel
PDF pending restorationPhenix, Katharine – 1983
One of a series of annual studies undertaken by the Library Research Center for and on behalf of the Illinois State Library, this report provides a detailed, question-by-question examination of the 143 responses (84% of the 170 Illinois academic libraries polled) to the 1981/82 Higher Education General Information Survey/Library General…
Descriptors: Academic Libraries, Data Analysis, Higher Education, Library Collections
