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Download full textJohnson, Diane E., Ed. – 1985
This conference was held to bring librarians and users from academic, public, school, and special libraries together to discuss how resource sharing among all types of libraries, for the benefit of all types of users, might be enhanced through formal multitype networking. A conference workbook was provided for participants to read ahead of time,…
Descriptors: Academic Libraries, Conferences, Library Cooperation, Library Networks
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
PDF pending restorationClark, Collin, Ed. – 1987
Reproduced directly from annual reports submitted to the California State Library by the state's city, county, and special district public libraries, this annual salary survey includes monthly ranges at the beginning step and final step for eight professional and support positions. Not all surveyed positions are found in all libraries. The survey…
Descriptors: Annual Reports, County Libraries, Library Administration, Library Expenditures
PDF pending restorationClark, Collin, Ed. – 1985
Reproduced directly from annual reports submitted to the California State Library by the state's city, county, and special district public libraries, this annual salary survey includes monthly ranges at the beginning step and final step for eight professional and support positions. Not all surveyed positions are found in all libraries. The survey…
Descriptors: Annual Reports, County Libraries, Library Administration, Library Expenditures
Clark, Collin, Ed. – 1985
Reproduced directly from annual reports submitted to the California State Library by the state's city, county, and special district public libraries, this annual salary survey includes monthly ranges at the beginning step and final step for eight professional and support positions. Not all surveyed positions are found in all libraries. The survey…
Descriptors: Annual Reports, County Libraries, Library Administration, Library Expenditures
Meyer, Robert S.; Rostvold, Gerhard N. – 1969
This study represents a market analysis of the needs, habits and desires of business firms concerning their acquisition and utilization of the information required in their work in order to improve public library services to business and industry through cooperative library action. The key recommendations were: the public library should be the…
Descriptors: Industry, Library Cooperation, Library Planning, Library Services
Preston, Katharine Harris – 1970
The Metropolitan Cooperative Library System in California is a group of 17 autonomous community libraries which have joined together to provide better services to their patrons. This survey of the reference resources and services of the system was conducted by personal interviews at each of the member libraries. The focus is upon reader oriented…
Descriptors: Interlibrary Loans, Library Circulation, Library Cooperation, Library Networks
McGovern, Gail – 1976
A sparsely populated, agricultural area, San Benito County (California) provides library services in conjunction with the Hollister city library and in cooperation with the San Juan Bautista city library. Financing comes from the county general fund. There are no written goals or policy statements and no professionally trained librarians. As…
Descriptors: Community Characteristics, County Libraries, Demography, Financial Support
Brandes, Barbara – 1987
The California State Department of Education conducted a special study of the condition of library media centers in the state's schools during the 1985-86 school year. Coordinated with a concurrent nationwide study conducted by the U.S. Department of Education, this study surveyed a random sample of 1,560 elementary, intermediate, and secondary…
Descriptors: Elementary Secondary Education, Futures (of Society), Learning Resources Centers, Library Collection Development
Bogan, Mary E. – 1975
A survey was conducted to determine if California public libraries and systems serving 150,000 or greater populations met certain audiovisual standards established by the American Library Association (ALA). Fourteen public libraries and 11 systems responded to questions covering the criteria. Half the public libraries and the majority of systems…
Descriptors: Audiovisual Aids, Audiovisual Instruction, Data Analysis, Evaluation Criteria
Plotkin, Jack – 1975
To explain why member libraries were failing to fill interlibrary loan requests, this study surveyed 26 public, school, community college, university, and special libraries throughout the Cooperative Information Network (CIN). The study was designed to discover: which libraries were chosen for loans, how soon patrons wanted loan information, how…
Descriptors: College Libraries, Information Dissemination, Information Systems, Interlibrary Loans
PDF pending restorationBrault, Nancy W. – 1968
This report summarizes data on the holdings of libraries in California, grouped by nine geographical regions. After a summary of statistics for all types of libraries, statistics are given separately for public, college and university, and special libraries. The following information is given for public libraries: (1) name of library, (2) number…
Descriptors: College Libraries, Interlibrary Loans, Librarians, Library Collections
Howell, Marvin – 1968
This is a report on the three-year statewide study of school library facilities, collections, and services maintained by school districts and those maintained by county superintendents of schools, counties, or cities and made available to schools on a contractual basis. Data for the study were collected on questionnaires sent to every elementary,…
Descriptors: College Libraries, Consultants, Elementary Education, Federal Aid
BOWLER, ROBERTA; MARTIN, LOWELL A. – 1965
THIS STUDY OF PUBLIC LIBRARY SERVICE IN CALIFORNIA EXAMINES ITS DEVELOPMENT AND RESOURCES, RECOMMENDS GOALS TO BE ACHIEVED IN ORDER TO MEET PRESENT AND EMERGING NEEDS, SUGGESTS A PROGRAM OF DEVELOPMENT, AND OUTLINES COSTS OF THE PROGRAM. CONDUCTED IN 1965, INFORMATION FOR THIS STUDY WAS OBTAINED FROM 1963-64 PUBLIC LIBRARY STATISTICS GATHERED BY…
Descriptors: Check Lists, Decentralization, Government Role, Library Expenditures
Clark, Collin, Ed. – 1985
This document includes final summary reports from recent federally funded Library Services and Construction Act (LSCA) demonstration projects in California. While some projects reported at length and others provided the bare facts, reports are excerpted but published as received, without editing beyond a uniform first page. The Summary Report Form…
Descriptors: Community Services, Library Cooperation, Library Networks, Library Services
