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Alemna, A. A. – International Forum on Information and Documentation, 1995
Presents a report on a study of the organization of oral data in libraries and archives in the United States and Canada. The management, collection, processing, and dissemination of materials in 10 documentation centers was investigated. (Author/JKP)
Descriptors: Administration, Archives, Information Management, Information Processing
PDF pending restorationDowns, Robert B.; Heussman, John W. – 1969
A 1969 survey of 50 leading American and Canadian university libraries collected data in the following categories: resources, personnel, finances, space, public services, administration, and professional school libraries. This summary report provides extensive tabular data in five broad categories: (1) summary tables; (2) institutional rank; (3)…
Descriptors: College Libraries, Higher Education, Law Libraries, Library Administration
Peer reviewedWelwood, Ron J. – Canadian Library Journal, 1982
Presents a set of management indicators intended to serve as guidelines for establishing realistic goals and priorities by learning resource center administrators at British Columbia's colleges and institutes of higher education. Five tables summarize the standards and the method for applying the standards is outlined. (Author/JL)
Descriptors: Colleges, Guidelines, Higher Education, Learning Resources Centers
Molyneux, Robert E., Comp. – 1987
The Association for Research Libraries (ARL) questionnaire was sent to 176 academic libraries in the United States and Canada, including the 95 university libraries previously surveyed for the ACRL University Library Statistics series, and representative college and community and junior college libraries that had responded to the 1984 "100…
Descriptors: Academic Libraries, Foreign Countries, Higher Education, Interlibrary Loans
Download full textDOWNS, ROBERT B. – 1967
ALTHOUGH IT EMPHASIZES ACADEMIC LIBRARIES, THIS STUDY ALSO INCLUDES THE NATIONAL AND PROVINCIAL LIBRARIES, LARGE PUBLIC LIBRARIES, AND SPECIAL LIBRARIES THAT SERVE CANADIAN SCHOLARS, STUDENTS, AND RESEARCH WORKERS. WITH THE DATA OBTAINED FROM A QUESTIONNAIRE ON LIBRARY STATISTICS AND HOLDINGS, VISITS TO THE LIBRARIES, INTERVIEWS WITH LIBRARIANS…
Descriptors: Administration, Automation, College Libraries, Evaluation
Peer reviewedBrimsek, Tobi – Special Libraries, 1989
Provides an introduction to "From the Top: Profiles of U.S. and Canadian Corporate Libraries and Information Centers," a compilation of profiles of selected North American corporations. Areas covered in the profiles include professional profiles of library administrators, history, physical facilities, staff size, user populations,…
Descriptors: Corporate Libraries, Financial Support, Foreign Countries, Information Centers
National Library of Canada, Ottawa (Ontario). – 1974
Utilizing questionnaires, interviews, observations and the study of documents, four survey teams studied 193 federal libraries in Canada, excluding prison, hospital, and diplomatic post libraries. The four teams, consisting of government and nongovernment personnel, covered four topics: library organization and administration, staffing,…
Descriptors: Administration, Administrative Organization, Bilingualism, Government Libraries
