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Eisner, Joseph, Comp. – 1976
In a looseleaf format which permits easy revision, this handbook synthesizes statutes, opinions, and regulations that affect library operation in New York State. The text consists of excerpts and synopses of statutes and opinions from state agencies and courts. Topics include: (1) library types; (2) establishment and dissolution of libraries; (3)…
Descriptors: Budgets, Collective Bargaining, Guides, Laws
Hayes, Robert M. – 1974
A study was made to develop a rationale for determining the economic justification for a national program of library and information services as described in the second draft of the National Commission on Libraries and Information Services Program Document. The economic rationale is based on improved cost effectiveness and improved utilization of…
Descriptors: Capital Outlay (for Fixed Assets), Cost Effectiveness, Economics, Federal Aid
Goldwyn, A. J. – 1975
Regional library cooperation in Ohio operates under two organizational forms, the state-funded Area Library Service Organization (ALSO) and the federally-funded multicounty cooperatives. In 1974, to aid in statewide planning and in the development of each project, the state library commissioned this study of all its multicounty cooperative…
Descriptors: Federal Aid, Library Cooperation, Library Expenditures, Library Networks
Nozik, Barbara A. – 1974
This is a general descriptive and comparative report on alternative forms of library catalogs. The specific problems and factors associated with library catalogs are introduced briefly and then treated with respect to the following physical forms: card catalogs, book catalogs, microforms, and on-line catalogs. Whenever possible, examples of…
Descriptors: Book Catalogs, Cataloging, College Libraries, Costs
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
Oettinger, Anthony G. – 1976
A study on information technology and public policy examined relationships among information providers and their clients in order to determine the economic, institutional, and technological factors that are key in deciding how people get the information they need. The research project was conducted to help the National Commission on Libraries and…
Descriptors: Cost Effectiveness, Costs, Decentralization, Information Centers