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Horowitz, Sarah M.; Barrett, Colleen W. – College & Research Libraries, 2023
This article seeks to understand the current state of the field of special collections library administration in the United States. Using a dataset gathered through publicly available information about special collections directors from the Association of Research Libraries (ARL), Independent Research Libraries Association (IRLA), and the Oberlin…
Descriptors: Archives, Academic Libraries, Library Administration, Educational Background
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Doty, Chris; Majors, Kristan – Issues in Science and Technology Librarianship, 2019
This study uses qualitative and quantitative data to identify science library trends at Association of Research Libraries (ARL) member institutions. Our recent count found 69% of all ARL academic institutions have at least one science library. Comparing our data to a 2010 study of American ARL institutions, the number of science libraries at…
Descriptors: Research Libraries, Academic Libraries, Library Services, Foreign Countries
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Berg, Selinda Adelle; Jacobs, Heidi L. M.; Cornwall, Dayna – College & Research Libraries, 2013
Within the literature exploring the role of research in academic librarianship, very little attention has been paid to the perspectives of upper library administrators. This perspective is critical because library administrators play a key role in hiring, evaluating, supporting, promoting, and tenuring professional librarians. As a way of bringing…
Descriptors: Foreign Countries, Academic Libraries, Library Administration, Administrators
Baughman, M. Sue, Ed. – Association of Research Libraries, 2013
"Research Library Issues" ("RLI") focuses on current and emerging topics that are strategically important to research libraries. The articles explore issues, share information, pose critical questions, and provide examples. This issue includes the following articles: (1) Special at the Core: Aligning, Integrating, and…
Descriptors: Research Libraries, Library Materials, Library Development, History
Dooley, Jackie M.; Beckett, Rachel; Cullingford, Alison; Sambrook, Katie; Sheppard, Chris; Worrall, Sue – OCLC Online Computer Library Center, Inc., 2013
It has become widely recognised across the academic and research libraries sector that special collections and archives play a key role in differentiating each institution from its peers. In recognition of this, Research Libraries UK (RLUK) established the workstrand "Unique and Distinctive Collections" (UDC) in support of its strategic…
Descriptors: Foreign Countries, Special Libraries, Archives, Surveys
Martin, Susan K., Comp. – SPEC Kit, 2002
This SPEC (Systems and Procedures Exchange Center) Kit presents the results of a survey of Association of Research Libraries (ARL) member libraries designed to investigate what methods are used to value or appraise research library collections, in order to provide librarians with information useful to them in discussing these issues with their…
Descriptors: Academic Libraries, Assessed Valuation, Foreign Countries, Higher Education
Reed-Scott, Jutta, Comp.; And Others – 1993
This Association of Research Libraries (ARL) publication presents data from 119 U.S. and Canadian research libraries that were members of ARL during the 1991-92 fiscal year. The Preservation Statistics Questionnaire was designed to yield statistical information on the current level of preservation efforts in research libraries and on the key…
Descriptors: Academic Libraries, Foreign Countries, Higher Education, Library Administration
Denis, Laurent-G.; Auster, Ethel – 1988
This exploratory study focuses on the management of decline as characterized by shrinking resources and substantial reductions in operating budgets (retrenchment) in academic research libraries in Canada. The first of four major sections of the report addresses the management of retrenchment in Canadian research libraries, including the design of…
Descriptors: Academic Libraries, Data Collection, Foreign Countries, Higher Education
Mohlhenrich, Janice, Comp. – SPEC Kit, 2001
This SPEC (Systems and Procedures Exchange Center) Kit is based on a survey of Association of Research Libraries (ARL) member libraries in June 2000. The goal of the survey was to identify issues to be addressed and actions ARL might take to advance the preservation goals of the members. The survey was designed to gather data on recent changes,…
Descriptors: Academic Libraries, Foreign Countries, Higher Education, Library Administration
Steel, Virginia, Comp. – 1991
This Systems and Exchange Center (SPEC) kit begins with a summary by Virginia Steel of the findings of a survey of Association of Research Libraries (ARL) member libraries that was conducted in 1991 to determine the prevalence of the organizational model of access services--i.e., a department or division responsible for the services and operations…
Descriptors: Academic Libraries, Administrative Organization, Foreign Countries, Higher Education
Blixrud, Julia C., Comp.; Hipps, Kaylyn, Comp.; Kyrillidou, Martha, Comp.; O'Connor, Michael, Comp. – 2001
This document presents data from 118 U.S. and Canadian research libraries that were members of the Association of Research Libraries (ARL) during the 1997-98 fiscal year. Since 1987-88, the number of preservation programs managed by a preservation administrator has grown irregularly from 66 to around 80 in more recent years. A fluctuating growth…
Descriptors: Academic Libraries, Foreign Countries, Higher Education, Library Administration
Young, Mark, Comp.; Kyrillidou, Martha, Comp.; Blixrud, Julia, Comp. – 2002
This document presents data from 122 U.S. and Canadian research libraries that were members of the Association of Research Libraries (ARL) during the 1999-2000 fiscal year. Since 1987-88, the number of preservation programs managed by a preservation administrator has grown irregularly from 66 to around 80 in more recent years. A fluctuating growth…
Descriptors: Academic Libraries, Foreign Countries, Higher Education, Library Administration
Young, Mark, Comp.; Kyrillidou, Martha, Comp.; Blixrud, Julia, Comp. – 2002
This document presents data from 123 U.S. and Canadian research libraries that were members of the Association of Research Libraries (ARL) during the 2000-01 fiscal year. Since 1987-88, the number of preservation programs managed by a preservation administrator has grown irregularly from 66 to around 80 in more recent years. A fluctuating growth…
Descriptors: Academic Libraries, Foreign Countries, Higher Education, Library Administration
Soete, George J., Comp.; Zimmerman, Glen, Comp. – 1999
This SPEC (Systems and Procedures Exchange Center) Kit and Flyer reports results of a survey conducted in January 1999 that examined how ARL (Association of Research Libraries) member libraries assure the safety and security of persons, library materials, physical facilities, furnishings, computer equipment, etc. Forty-five of the 122 ARL member…
Descriptors: Academic Libraries, Computer Security, Foreign Countries, Higher Education
Association of Research Libraries, Washington, DC. Office of Management Studies. – 1980
This collection of documentation from library materials cost studies conducted by members of the Association of Research Libraries (ARL) member libraries in the United States and Canada contains 11 documents divided into the following sections: (1) methodologies and data collection worksheets from the University of California at Berkeley, the…
Descriptors: Academic Libraries, Books, Budgeting, Budgets
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