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Download full textApplegate, H. C. – 1974
To improve its response time on interlibrary loan requests within the Metropolitan Cooperative Library System (MCLS), the Glendale Public Library is considering the consolidation of its response process within the Circulation Department (CD). At present this response is a joint effort between the CD, the Readers' Assistance Section, and the…
Descriptors: Interlibrary Loans, Job Simplification, Labor Utilization, Library Circulation
PDF pending restorationGregor, Dorothy – 1974
The feasibility of developing cooperative arrangements for sharing exotic foreign language serial titles among the health sciences libraries of California was investigated. Preliminary circulation counts indicated that 74 percent of the 77 titles counted had circulated twice a year or less and that the health sciences libraries do maintain…
Descriptors: College Libraries, Cost Effectiveness, Foreign Language Periodicals, Information Retrieval
Bourne, Charles P.; Gregor, Dorothy – 1975
To aid in controlling the cost of acquisitions in a research library, techniques were developed for the rational selection of serial titles for cancellation. The context for the proposed methodology was a network or multicampus environment rather than an individual library, and it was tested with a specific body of health sciences serial titles in…
Descriptors: College Libraries, Foreign Language Periodicals, Interlibrary Loans, Library Circulation
Dougherty, Richard M.; Blomquist, Laura L. – 1974
An investigation was conducted to probe faculty attitudes toward library effectiveness, to measure the effect on these attitudes of the dispersion of relevant resources in a system of departmental libraries around the campus, and to determine if a document delivery system produced changes in user attitudes toward the library. Studies were…
Descriptors: Attitudes, Branch Libraries, College Faculty, College Libraries
Goodrum, Charles A. – 1975
From its earliest beginnings to the post war information explosion, this text traces the history of the world's largest library, the Library of Congress (LC). The library's creation in 1800 for use by members of Congress is comprehensively discussed along with its development into a world wide service. Library methodology is covered in chapters on…
Descriptors: Books, Government Libraries, History, Librarians
Martin, Susan K., Ed.; Butler, Brett, Ed. – 1975
Eight papers are included in this report of the Preconference Institute on Library Automation, June 1973. Papers addressing automation in user services, cataloging systems, acquisitions systems, and personnel are presented. Other papers focus on a review of the trends in library automation and computer technology, innovative strategies in systems…
Descriptors: Bibliographies, Cataloging, College Libraries, Conference Reports
