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Kocher, Megan – Issues in Science and Technology Librarianship, 2015
Food security is researched and dealt with on local, regional, national, and global levels with solutions ranging from local farmers' market initiatives to increasing crop yields through genetically modified plants to streamlining global supply chains. Because of its broad, interdisciplinary nature, it is necessary to narrow the focus of this…
Descriptors: Food Standards, Educational Resources, Internet, Electronic Libraries
Horner, Margaret L.; And Others – 1987
Designed for the staff of the Onondaga County Public Library (OCPL), this manual provides guidance for the provision of a variety of activities and services common to public libraries. Detailed procedures are included for specific activities organized under the broad headings of Collection, Registration, Circulation, Publicity, Interlibrary Loan,…
Descriptors: Library Administration, Library Catalogs, Library Circulation, Library Collection Development
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Hippenhammer, Craighton – Top of the News, 1986
Reports on output measures that can give children's librarians additional information to better control collections and make better selection and weeding decisions. Statistical comparisons utilizing circulation data (comparing circulation year to year, circulation to patrons served, circulation to number of materials owned) and availability of…
Descriptors: Library Administration, Library Circulation, Library Collection Development, Library Collections
1989
A task force was charged with developing a revised set of guidelines for public library service to children in Vermont. Together with the results of a survey of Vermont public libraries, the help of recommendations from other states, and the expertise of individual libraries, the task force drew up a number of guidelines. In the first section the…
Descriptors: Childrens Libraries, Guidelines, Library Personnel, Library Role
Gardner, Stan, Ed. – 1990
Designed to assist individual public libraries in the development of policies and procedures, these guidelines include examples and/or samples of points that should be considered and addressed in a policy manual. Following a brief introduction, the guide is divided into four sections, each of which contains a set of general policy statements…
Descriptors: Governing Boards, Guidelines, Library Facilities, Library Personnel
Association of Research Libraries, Washington, DC. Office of Management Studies. – 1982
This group of documents presents material on collection development and a list of collection intensity indicators from the Research Libraries Group (RLG), as well as examples of collection assessment techniques from seven members of the Association of Research Libraries (ARL). ARL member documents cover the assessment of art periodical,…
Descriptors: Academic Libraries, Evaluation Methods, Higher Education, Library Acquisition
Ohio State Library, Columbus. – 1988
These guidelines were developed by the bookmobile community that has met in Columbus, Ohio, since 1985 for their annual conference. The guidelines comprise the collaborative effort of hundreds of conference participants and representatives from 79 libraries throughout the United States and Canada, who discussed the guidelines in regional and state…
Descriptors: Administrator Guides, Bookmobiles, Branch Libraries, Design Requirements
Lindsey, Elizabeth – 1983
Intended to serve as suggested guidelines for library and information services in state agencies, this manual was prepared for use by administrators, librarians, and other agency staff. The first section provides information for the agency director on state agency libraries and their administration, personnel, the librarian's role, facilities and…
Descriptors: Guidelines, Library Administration, Library Cooperation, Library Networks
Gordon, Anitra, Comp.; Naughton, Renee, Comp. – 1991
This notebook presents ideas for and readings about producing a well-organized and efficient school library program. The notebook is divided into 15 major sections, each of which begins with an overview of the topic, continues with practical discussions of different aspects of the topic, and is followed by background readings consisting of new…
Descriptors: Budgeting, Elementary Secondary Education, Learning Resources Centers, Librarian Attitudes
Association of Coll. and Research Libraries, Chicago, IL. Education and Behavioral Sciences Section. – 1988
The first of two parts of this document is a basic outline to be used in the preliminary preparation for a library accreditation visit. It is appropriate for use in a range of education/psychology/behavioral sciences libraries in an academic setting, from those of a small college library to those of a departmental library in a university library…
Descriptors: Academic Libraries, Accreditation (Institutions), Annotated Bibliographies, Higher Education
Merrill-Oldham, Jan; And Others – 1991
This report is based in part on an analysis of current preservation practices and of the 1988-89 Association of Research Libraries (ARL) Preservation Statistics. It includes discussion of the 10 components of a comprehensive preservation program to which library administrators must give attention. Organizational models for mature preservation…
Descriptors: Academic Libraries, Higher Education, Library Collections, Library Materials
Virginia State Library, Richmond. – 1984
This booklet, with a physical workout "get-in-shape" theme, is intended to stimulate cooperation between public and school libraries in providing services to elementary and secondary level students. The potential benefits of cooperation are cited, including sharing ideas and materials; reaching a wider audience by sharing publicity for…
Descriptors: Childrens Literature, Elementary Secondary Education, Guidelines, Instructional Materials
Czopek, Vanessa – 1986
The process of establishing the vertical file for a new branch library is traced; suggestions for making the vertical file a better resource are offered; and guidelines covering the general objective, responsibility for selection and maintenance, principles of selection, and scope of the collection for vertical files are presented. A four-item…
Descriptors: Branch Libraries, Filing, Guidelines, Indexing
Association of Research Libraries, Washington, DC. Office of Management Studies. – 1978
A 1977 Association of Research Libraries (ARL) survey investigated how libraries were training personnel for routine tasks. Of the 73 responding libraries, more than 75% (58) reported that manuals and procedural guides, along with on-the-job training, were the main methods of instruction for technical skills. Accordingly, this kit on skills…
Descriptors: Academic Libraries, Guidelines, Higher Education, Job Skills
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Lubans, John, Jr. – Reference Librarian, 1984
Discusses first three steps of a general model for use in planning and implementing innovative programs in organizations: identifying problem, forming task force, finding out more about problems. Application and evaluation of model at large academic library to investigate receptivity of faculty to increased teaching activities by librarians is…
Descriptors: Academic Libraries, Higher Education, Library Instruction, Library Planning
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