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Gaynor, Nancy L., Ed.; And Others – Illinois Libraries, 1994
Includes 24 articles that discuss off-campus academic library services. Highlights include ACRL (Association of College and Research Libraries) guidelines; sources of information; staffing; descriptions of specific programs at various universities; distance learning; document delivery; interlibrary loan; library cooperation; resource sharing; and…
Descriptors: Academic Libraries, Distance Education, Electronic Libraries, Extension Education
Association of Research Libraries, Washington, DC. Office of Management Studies. – 1978
Resulting from the Association of Research Libraries' (ARL) 1975 survey on user services, this kit presents documentation on and discusses developments in physical access services--services which facilitate the actual delivery of information sources to the user--including circulation, interlibrary loan, book delivery, and new media services. As…
Descriptors: Academic Libraries, Higher Education, Information Needs, Interlibrary Loans
Montanelli, Dale S., Ed.; Stenstrom, Patricia F., Ed. – 1999
This book, emphasizing service to users, includes 10 chapters by different librarians who have had experience as practitioners. Chapters are: (1) "Avoiding the Seven Deadly Sins, or Technology and the Future of Library Service in Academic Libraries" (Michael Gorman); (2) "The Gateway Library: Rethinking Undergraduate Services" (Lizabeth A.…
Descriptors: Academic Libraries, Access to Information, Cataloging, Higher Education
Haynes, Craig, Comp. – 1993
This flyer and kit present results of a survey conducted by the Systems and Procedures Exchange Center (SPEC) of the Association of Research Libraries (ARL) about providing public services to remote users, as well as a variety of documents pertaining to services to remote users. In February 1993, a SPEC survey of 108 ARL members was answered by 75…
Descriptors: Academic Libraries, Bibliographic Databases, Delivery Systems, Higher Education
Office of Educational Research and Improvement (ED), Washington, DC. – 1988
The seven narrative reports featured in this publication detail the accomplishments, in seven key areas, of State Grant Programs (Titles I, II, and III) funded by the Library Services and Construction Act (LSCA). These descriptions of state and local library activities, demonstrating how libraries are meeting a variety of users' needs, are: (1)…
Descriptors: Adult Programs, Computer Assisted Instruction, Disabilities, English (Second Language)
Huling, Nancy; Crisp, Jeanne; Rea, Jay Weston; Milton, Suzanne; Palmer, Gayle – Alki, 1998
Five articles about library cooperation discuss: statewide tiered reference services in California; sharing costs and increasing access through the Washington State Library's database licensing project; the Washington State Cooperative Library Project; FIND-IT! Washington, a World Wide Web site for locating government information; and the impact…
Descriptors: Access to Information, Cooperative Programs, Cost Effectiveness, Electronic Libraries
Donnan, Peter, Ed. – 1996
Five papers examine the adoption of resource based learning at Charles Sturt University (Australia). "Literature Searches and Distance Education: Whose Problem?" (Stephen Parnell) discusses the question of who should accept responsibility for the intellectual content of literature searches; the library is at the center of a resource…
Descriptors: Academic Libraries, Distance Education, Foreign Countries, Futures (of Society)