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Trimm, Maureen – 1977
The Mountain-Valley Library System (MVLS), a cooperative of 19 public and academic libraries in nine northern California counties, performed a cost study of its interlibrary delivery system during fall, 1977. This report discusses the results of item count for all 62,000 materials handled in the system during a two-month sample period and projects…
Descriptors: College Libraries, Comparative Analysis, Cost Effectiveness, Delivery Systems
Swank, R. C. – 1967
Objectives of this study were: (1) to review existing library service to the blind and physically handicapped who are unable to use conventional printed materials, concentrating on braille and talking books for non-institutionalized persons, and (2) to suggest approaches to long-term planning for improved services in California, authorized by…
Descriptors: Blindness, Braille, Library Cooperation, Library Materials
Sullivan, Maureen – California State Library, 2006
In 2005 many California Public Library staff members attended focus groups on the status of California Library Services Act (CLSA) cooperative system services, which were held throughout the state in late November and early December and focused on four general questions: (1) What works well now in cooperative library services? (2) What does not…
Descriptors: Library Personnel, Public Libraries, Library Networks, Focus Groups
Clark, Collin, Ed. – 1986
This document characterizes libraries in California through statistical tables, profiling each library within the appropriate library type (public, academic and special, academic, special, state agency, and county law). Directory listings are published in a companion volume, California Library Directory. For fiscal year 1984-1985, 990 libraries of…
Descriptors: Academic Libraries, Annual Reports, Interlibrary Loans, Library Circulation
Bonn, George S. – 1966
This examination of library services to business, commerce and industry in California was based on conferences with State Library personnel, discussions with librarians from five major resource libraries, and a study of library resources and needs in nine California cities which included visits to the public libraries and interviews with public…
Descriptors: Business, Industry, Information Needs, Library Cooperation
Clark, Collin, Ed. – 1989
The information reported in this document characterizes libraries in California through statistical tables, profiling each library within its appropriate library type (i.e., public, academic, special, state agency, and county law). The data were gathered through the annual report forms for fiscal year 1987-1988 that were returned by 895 libraries…
Descriptors: Academic Libraries, Annual Reports, Higher Education, Interlibrary Loans
Clark, Collin, Ed. – 1987
The information reported in this document characterizes libraries in California through statistical tables, profiling each library within the appropriate library type (public, academic, special, state agency, and county law). The data were gathered though the annual report forms for fiscal year 1985-1986 that were returned by 967 libraries of an…
Descriptors: Academic Libraries, Annual Reports, Higher Education, Interlibrary Loans
Clark, Collin, Ed. – 1990
This report provides information that characterizes libraries in California, profiling each library within its appropriate library type, i.e., public, academic, special, state agency, and county law. The data were gathered through the annual report forms for fiscal year 1988-1989 that were returned by 866 libraries of an estimated total of 1,000…
Descriptors: Academic Libraries, Annual Reports, Higher Education, Interlibrary Loans
Clark, Collin, Ed. – 1991
This report provides information that characterizes libraries in California, profiling each library within its appropriate library type, i.e., public, academic, special, state agency, and county law. The data were gathered through the annual report forms for fiscal year 1989-1990 that were returned by 839 libraries out of an estimated total of…
Descriptors: Academic Libraries, Annual Reports, Higher Education, Interlibrary Loans