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Association of Research Libraries, Washington, DC. Office of Management Studies. – 1978
In response to Association of Research Libraries (ARL) members' increased interest in the enhancement of manpower resources by greater utilization of paraprofessionals, ARL conducted a survey investigating various aspects of paraprofessional employment in the academic library. For the purposes of the survey, paraprofessional positions were defined…
Descriptors: Academic Libraries, Higher Education, Library Administration, Library Personnel
Association of Research Libraries, Washington, DC. Office of Management Studies. – 1983
In January 1983 the Association of Research Libraries (ARL) surveyed its members regarding their fund raising programs. A response rate of 85% (95 out of 113 libraries surveyed) was obtained. It was found that 85% of ARL member libraries had been involved in university-wide fund campaigns; that over 75% of the respondents had also conducted…
Descriptors: Academic Libraries, Educational Finance, Fund Raising, Higher Education
Jenkins, Darrell L.; And Others – 1982
A Fall 1981 Systems and Procedures Exchange Center (SPEC) survey of Association of Research Libraries (ARL) members found that of 80 respondents, 60 libraries reported 123 specialty positions involving a wide range of activities. The initial document in this kit on specialty positions in ARL libraries provides findings and statistics related to…
Descriptors: Academic Libraries, Higher Education, Librarians, Library Administration
Wyly, Mary – 1986
While there is general agreement regarding the educational and cultural advantages of exhibits, research and academic libraries often adapt the operating guidelines and procedures of exhibit planning and installation from museums and other non-library institutions. To discover procedures and policies developed specifically for research libraries…
Descriptors: Academic Libraries, Administrative Policy, Exhibits, Higher Education
McCool, Donna L. – 1985
To gather information about the nature of photocopy services in academic libraries and issues relating to their management, a survey was mailed to each of the 117 members of the Association for Research Libraries (ARL). The survey focused on two components of photocopy services: the self-service copiers placed at strategic locations within the…
Descriptors: Academic Libraries, Higher Education, Library Administration, Library Expenditures
Godden, Irene P.; Moon, Myra Jo – 1985
Recognizing recent efforts by members of the Association of Research Libraries (ARL) in establishing departments or designating full-time staff for preservation efforts, the Systems and Procedures Exchange Center (SPEC) undertook a survey to identify ways research libraries are reorganizing for these new activities. Telephone interviews were…
Descriptors: Academic Libraries, Higher Education, Job Development, Library Administration
Miller, R. Bruce – 1986
Based on responses solicited from 26 Association of Research Library (ARL) members reflecting a variety of systems office configurations, this report describes the configurations at several ARL institutions and presents some major organizational patterns for systems offices and their relationship to the larger library organization. Original…
Descriptors: Academic Libraries, Annual Reports, Higher Education, Library Administration
Download full textMcCombs, Gillian M. – 1985
To gather information on current catalog maintenance practices, researchers selected institutions from respondents to the September 1984 version of the OMS (Office of Management Studies) Automation Inventory of Research Libraries. A telephone survey of technical services and systems staff at 23 libraries investigated a wide range of issues related…
Descriptors: Academic Libraries, Administrative Organization, Databases, Higher Education
Ray, Tom H., Comp.; Hawthorne, Pat, Comp. – 1993
This flyer and kit were developed by the Systems and Procedures Exchange Center (SPEC) of the Association of Research Libraries (ARL) to examples job descriptions used by academic and research libraries and present examples from various libraries. Job descriptions serve a variety of purposes in personnel management. In addition, current and…
Descriptors: Academic Libraries, Disabilities, Employment Qualifications, Evaluation Methods
