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Association of Research Libraries, Washington, DC. Office of Management Studies. – 1977
This kit on the integration of nonprint media into Association of Research Libraries (ARL) institutions contains a concise summary of a 1977 phone survey with ARL members, eight descriptions of programs and services, and five acquisition and processing policies. To collect data on practices regarding the acquisition, processing, and use of…
Descriptors: Academic Libraries, Audiovisual Aids, Higher Education, Library Materials
Pitts, Ben E. – 1978
A study was undertaken to identify the tasks which make up the day of library/media specialists in Mississippi. A jury of library/media specialists and professional administrators reviewed tasks identified by the national model and the Mississippi State Board of Education and developed a questionnaire which identified 21 selected library/media…
Descriptors: Elementary Secondary Education, Job Analysis, Learning Resources Centers, Library Personnel
Dervin, Brenda; And Others – 1985
This study was conducted to determine how library users in California say library use helps them. While most library effectiveness studies infer effectiveness by looking at the movement of materials or reports of user satisfaction, this study proceeds from the assumption that libraries need to know how library use helps in user terms. The study…
Descriptors: Information Needs, Information Seeking, Information Utilization, Library Materials
Association of Research Libraries, Washington, DC. Office of Management Studies. – 1979
An Association of Research Libraries (ARL) telephone survey indicated that staff associations in many large academic and research libraries have developed into distinct action-oriented groups. This appears to be due to a combination of factors including increased staff interest in the library decision-making process, the emergence on changed forms…
Descriptors: Academic Libraries, Higher Education, Library Associations, Library Personnel
Association of Research Libraries, Washington, DC. – 1986
The purposes of this paper are twofold: to present perceptions held within the research library community about changes taking place in the scholarly communication system and through the presentation of these views to stimulate dialog among the major participants in the system. The paper comprises five major sections. A section on the scholarly…
Descriptors: Academic Libraries, Communication (Thought Transfer), Higher Education, Position Papers
Association of Research Libraries, Washington, DC. Office of Management Studies. – 1978
This collection of grievance procedures from member libraries of the Association of Research Libraries (ARL) contains: (1) documents on committee approaches to grievances from University of British Columbia, Center for Research Libraries, University of Connecticut, Harvard University, Michigan State University, and University of Nebraska; (2)…
Descriptors: Academic Libraries, Committees, Grievance Procedures, Higher Education
Association of Research Libraries, Washington, DC. Office of Management Studies. – 1976
This collection contains data from a 1976 survey on organization, staffing, and operation of the gifts and exchange functions of member libraries of the Association of Research Libraries (ARL) and 26 primary source documents. Source documents in the kit include: (1) annual reports from Columbia University, University of North Carolina, and Ohio…
Descriptors: Academic Libraries, Annual Reports, Higher Education, Library Surveys
Association of Research Libraries, Washington, DC. Office of Management Studies. – 1977
This kit on resource allocation in academic and research libraries contains nine primary source documents and a concise summary of a 1976 Association of Research Libraries (ARL) survey on management of fiscal spending activities in ARL libraries. Based on responses from 70 libraries, the summary discusses 3 specific subjects within the general…
Descriptors: Academic Libraries, Budgeting, Fund Raising, Higher Education
Association of Research Libraries, Washington, DC. Office of Management Studies. – 1975
This kit presents the results of a survey conducted by the Association of Research Libraries (ARL) in 1974 to investigate and document various experiences of academic and research libraries in reclassifying portions of collections or entire collections and the relationship between libraries' particular classification schemes on effective…
Descriptors: Academic Libraries, Cataloging, Classification, Higher Education
Association of Research Libraries, Washington, DC. Office of Management Studies. – 1977
This kit on the systems functions in Association of Research Libraries (ARL) member institutions contains 10 source documents from ARL libraries and a summary of data from a 1976 survey on the organization, staffing, and operation of library systems functions. Source documents include: (1) "Library Systems Office Annual Report, 1974-75"…
Descriptors: Academic Libraries, Annual Reports, Higher Education, Library Surveys