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Seylar, Margaret M. – School Library Journal, 1975
An ideal school library and its librarian are described. (PF)
Descriptors: Learning Resources Centers, Librarians, Library Collections, Library Services
PDF pending restorationPennsylvania State Library, Harrisburg. – 1973
The resources and services of academic, special, and large public libraries in Pennsylvania are described in this directory. The information was collected from questionnaires sent to the libraries, and the substance of the directory--mostly personnel, volume and type of collections--reflects the responses to those questionnaires. Separate indexes…
Descriptors: College Libraries, Directories, Librarians, Library Circulation
Download full textShaughnessy, Thomas W. – 1967
In attempting to reappraise the role of Pennsylvania district center libraries, this field study focused on: the actual use made of the libraries, the effects of distance on use, and the relationship between use and the socioeconomic characteristics of library users. Methodology involved the study of 10 representative district library centers,…
Descriptors: Decentralization, Distance, Library Collections, Library Networks
Public Administration Service, Washington, DC. – 1978
This report (1) reviews the concept, development, and effectiveness of the Regional Library Resource Centers (RRC's) of Pennsylvania as a part of the state's organization for public library services; (2) recommends possible desirable changes in their number, scope of services, interlibrary relationships, and funding; and (3) drafts regulations for…
Descriptors: Development, Evaluation, Financial Support, Interlibrary Loans
Kline, Patricia A.; Long, Sandy – 1994
The Lebanon County Family Literacy Program, a project of the Lebanon Community Library (Pennsylvania), targeted intergenerational/families and focused on coalition building, public awareness, training, and collection development. The Lebanon Community Library serves as: a centralized location for storing and disseminating materials and handouts on…
Descriptors: Access to Information, Family Literacy, Federal Programs, Grants
Trace, Sally A.; Mowen, Louise B. – 1976
A study of the Besore Public Library was conducted to determine if the library was meeting the needs of the Greencastle-Antrim area of Pennsylvania, to define areas of unmet needs, and to recommend improved programs and services. Information about the community--demographic characteristics, social structure, commercial characteristics, and future…
Descriptors: Community Characteristics, Demography, Library Circulation, Library Collections
VanHorn, Barbara Hart; And Others – 1987
The result of interviews with literacy coordinators and library directors of literacy programs in representative libraries throughout Pennsylvania, this document encourages local libraries to develop adult literacy activities as an integral component of basic library service and provides program planners with guidelines and suggestions for…
Descriptors: Adult Basic Education, Adult Literacy, Advocacy, Basic Skills
Kent, Allen – 1976
Information Interdependence is an empty concept unless the real user is a dominant element. The individual user of information must be sensitized to the existence of information interdependencies and to the critical need to foster much more of it, if libraries are to survive economically and provide exemplary information service. Three approaches…
Descriptors: Cataloging, Information Needs, Information Systems, Interlibrary Loans
Jaffe, Lawrence; Tassia, Margaret – 1992
The Biglerville Community Library Project was a cooperative effort between the Upper Adams School District and the Adams County Public Library (Pennsylvania). Its goal was to create a library service program for the underserved residents of the Biglerville community. The objectives of the program were: (1) to continue to strengthen the on-going…
Descriptors: Community Education, Community Information Services, Community Programs, Community Services
