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Panella, Deborah S. – 1991
This document is an introductory guide to all aspects of law librarianship. Chapters 1 and 2 provide an overview of the history and nature of law libraries and the nature of the legal field and legal clientele. Collection development is discussed in chapter 3, covering such aspects as acquisitions, alternatives to purchasing materials, selection…
Descriptors: Higher Education, Information Technology, Law Libraries, Library Acquisition
Coughlin, Caroline M.; Gertzog, Alice – 1997
Created in response to requests from library science faculty for a student edition with a focus on the planning and policy issues germane to all academic libraries, this new text is a revised and abridged version of the fifth edition of "Lyle's Administration of the College Library (1992). The ten chapters of this edition include six chapters from…
Descriptors: Academic Libraries, Educational Development, Evaluation Methods, Higher Education
Boadi, Benzies Y.; And Others – 1987
Developed with the support of the German Foundation for International Development (DSE) and the University of Botswana (Africa), this five-week "long vacation" training program includes four modules designed to provide refresher and in-service training for those library assistants who have work experience but have not been able to attend…
Descriptors: Cataloging, Developing Nations, Foreign Countries, Indexing
Rubin, Richard E. – 1998
This book provides information science students and librarians the background and techniques they need to meet the challenges of the library profession today. The book begins with a discussion of the practice of librarianship and the place of libraries within the broader perspective of the information superstructure. Topics covered include the…
Descriptors: Higher Education, Information Policy, Information Services, Information Sources
Wilson, Lizabeth – 1985
This document presents the syllabus, lecture outlines, student assignments, and special guest lectures for a course offered for the second time at the University of Illinois at Urbana-Champaign Graduate School of Library and Information Science during summer semester 1985. The course was designed to provide graduate students with the theoretical…
Descriptors: Academic Libraries, Behavioral Objectives, Course Descriptions, Graduate Students
Nisonger, Thomas E. – 1998
This volume reviews current options for handling serials problems and clarifies fundamental issues in one of the greatest challenges confronting today's library and information science professionals. Focusing on the management of serials in libraries and the role of serials in scholarly communications, this book combines descriptive and…
Descriptors: Access to Information, Budgeting, Citation Analysis, Decision Making
McWeeney, Mark G. – 1986
Many institutions of higher learning are revising course descriptions to include competencies (statements of objectives) and performance indicators (statements of activities the learner must perform to prove that he/she has learned the material). A course syllabus for "Library Organization and Administration," one of nine courses offered…
Descriptors: Competence, Competency Based Education, Course Content, Course Descriptions
Palmer, Joseph W. – 1986
This outline for a graduate library school course at the State University of New York at Buffalo emphasizes trends and developments in North American librarianship with primary emphasis on Canada (especially Ontario). The participation of Canadian authorities as guest lecturers and field trips to Canadian libraries are important elements in the…
Descriptors: Course Descriptions, Cross Cultural Studies, Developed Nations, Foreign Countries
Neely, Teresa Y., Ed.; Abif, Khafre K., Ed. – 1996
This volume contains articles by culturally diverse librarians who share their experiences in the transition from library school to library work. The librarians detail their introduction to librarianship, their encounters with racism, and their desire to succeed in a profession that has not always lived up to its pledge of fairness and equal…
Descriptors: Cultural Background, Equal Opportunities (Jobs), Ethnic Groups, Librarian Attitudes
California Univ., Los Angeles. Graduate School of Education – 1998
This Handbook is divided into five main sections. Section one provides general information, including the Library and Information Science (LIS) calendar for 1998-99; LIS administration; programs sponsored by the LIS Department; facilities and resources; campus facilities and resources; student support/services; other student facilities;…
Descriptors: Course Content, Doctoral Programs, Graduate Students, Higher Education
Rutgers, The State Univ., New Brunswick, NJ. Univ. Libraries. – 1999
Intended for use by foreign students at the Rutgers University Libraries (New Jersey), this guide provides definitions of the following common library terms: abstract, barcode, bibliography, Boolean searching, call number, CD-ROMs, check out, circulation desk, citation, database, due date, electronic journals, electronic workstations, government…
Descriptors: Academic Libraries, Foreign Students, Glossaries, Higher Education
Bard, Therese Bissen – 1987
This curriculum plan for the Diploma Programme in Library/Information Studies at the University of the South Pacific was designed to meet the needs of undergraduate library/information education in the South Pacific region. The program is presented through distance education to students in the Cook Islands, Fiji, Kiribati, Nauru, Niue, Solomon…
Descriptors: College Curriculum, Course Descriptions, Curriculum Design, Degree Requirements
Booth, Pat F.; South, M. L. – 1982
Designed to be a foundation work, this book about information storage and retrieval includes discussions of theory as well as descriptions of practice. It is intended for: (1) students at both the graduate and non-graduate level who are beginning formal studies of librarianship/information science; (2) staff of library/information units who have…
Descriptors: Foreign Countries, Higher Education, Indexes, Indexing
Wynar, Bohdan S., Ed.; Volz, Ed, Ed.; Graff, Shannon M., Ed. – 1998
Answering the call for a standard of bibliographic control and a critical analysis of library and information science publications, this book provides a single-source guide to the current literature in the field. It features 425 in-depth, evaluative reviews of English-language library and information science monographs, reference materials, and…
Descriptors: Cataloging, Computer Software, Doctoral Dissertations, Foreign Countries
Carter, Yvonne B. – 1992
This directory provides a chronological and analytical history of the library and information science research projects funded by the Higher Education Act (HEA) Title II-B, Research and Demonstration Program, from 1976 through 1986. It is noted that this program authorizes grants and contracts to institutions of higher education and other public…
Descriptors: Career Education, Cultural Pluralism, Directories, Disabilities
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