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Epstein, Susan Baerg – 1984
In preparation for a 2-day workshop on the potential for library automation in Maine, comments regarding expectations for the workshop, specific questions, and concerns were solicited from librarians throughout Maine. This document comprises written testimony received by the solicitor. Among the issues addressed are: needs and desires in the area…
Descriptors: Academic Libraries, Library Automation, Library Cooperation, Library Networks
Busch, B. J. – 1985
This SPEC (Systems and Procedures Exchange Center) kit is based partially on the results of a fall, 1984 survey of the 117 Association of Research Libraries (ARL) members to determine the extent to which they have reorganized staff and the role played by automation in planning organizational change. Particular attention was paid to the integration…
Descriptors: Academic Libraries, Cataloging, Higher Education, Library Administration
Association of Research Libraries, Washington, DC. Office of Management Studies. – 1978
Of the 64 libraries responding to a 1978 Association of Research Libraries (ARL) survey, 37 indicated that they used automated circulation systems; half of these were commercial systems, and most were batch-process or combination batch process and online. Nearly all libraries without automated systems cited lack of funding as the reason for not…
Descriptors: Academic Libraries, Higher Education, Library Administration, Library Automation
Association of Research Libraries, Washington, DC. Office of Management Studies. – 1978
Results from a 1978 Association of Research Libraries (ARL) survey on planning for, and conversion to automated acquisitions systems, and the effects of such systems on library operations and use, organization and staffing, and management information, indicate that 38 of 77 responding libraries had instituted some kind of automated acquisitions.…
Descriptors: Academic Libraries, Higher Education, Library Acquisition, Library Automation
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
Association of Research Libraries, Washington, DC. Office of Management Studies. – 1975
This kit presents the results of a survey conducted by the Association of Research Libraries (ARL) in 1974 to investigate and document various experiences of academic and research libraries in reclassifying portions of collections or entire collections and the relationship between libraries' particular classification schemes on effective…
Descriptors: Academic Libraries, Cataloging, Classification, Higher Education
Association of Research Libraries, Washington, DC. Office of Management Studies. – 1980
Of the 53 Association of Research Libraries (ARL) member institutions that responded to a 1980 Systems and Procedures Exchange Center (SPEC) call for Anglo American Cataloging Rules Second Edition (AACR 2) implementation studies, 37 had looked at the impact of the new code on library operations, while 16 indicated they had not done a formal study…
Descriptors: Academic Libraries, Cataloging, Higher Education, Information Seeking
Keller, Dean H., Ed. – 1993
The purpose of this collection of essays is to examine academic libraries in Greece at a time when the potential for changes and advance in librarianship is great. The 15 papers are as follows: "International Interlibrary Cooperation: Exchanging Goals, Values and Culture" (Don L. Tolliver); "Academic Libraries in Greece" (James…
Descriptors: Academic Libraries, Foreign Countries, Higher Education, Interlibrary Loans
Association of Research Libraries, Washington, DC. Office of Management Studies. – 1978
A 1978 information survey of Association of Research Libraries (ARL) members indicated that at that time, only a few large libraries were planning to freeze their card catalogs and set up alternative catalog forms as a response to decisions made by the Library of Congress to freeze its card catalog, supply access to its collection through an…
Descriptors: Academic Libraries, Card Catalogs, Higher Education, Library Automation
Pitkin, Gary M., Ed. – 1996
As a reference guide for library professionals, this volume helps librarians prepare for the future in the growing electronic environment by examining the historical and theoretical background of the National Electronic Library and assessing the role of libraries in the past, present, and future. The book is divided in two sections: "The…
Descriptors: Computer Networks, Consortia, Electronic Libraries, Futures (of Society)
Banks, Paul N., Ed.; Pilette, Roberta, Ed. – 2000
A reference guide from leading experts in the field, this book covers the repair, maintenance, and preservation of library or archive collections, providing a definitive and authoritative analysis of how to plan for and ensure the long-term health of an institution's collection in this digital age. Chapters include: (1) "Defining the Library…
Descriptors: Archives, Library Administration, Library Collections, Library Planning
Association of Research Libraries, Washington, DC. Office of Management Studies. – 1977
This kit on the integration of nonprint media into Association of Research Libraries (ARL) institutions contains a concise summary of a 1977 phone survey with ARL members, eight descriptions of programs and services, and five acquisition and processing policies. To collect data on practices regarding the acquisition, processing, and use of…
Descriptors: Academic Libraries, Audiovisual Aids, Higher Education, Library Materials
Katz, Bill, Ed. – 1992
The 25 articles in this book were written by librarians as a guide for reference services personnel working in two-year college libraries. Part I, The Community College Reference Mission, includes "Community College Services," by Derrie B. Roark; "Community College Librarianship: A Changing Frontier," by Marilyn Searson Lary; "Typical Is Atypical:…
Descriptors: Academic Libraries, Bibliographic Databases, Bibliographic Utilities, Community Colleges
Association of Research Libraries, Washington, DC. Office of Management Studies. – 1978
A 1977 Association of Research Libraries (ARL) survey investigated how libraries were training personnel for routine tasks. Of the 73 responding libraries, more than 75% (58) reported that manuals and procedural guides, along with on-the-job training, were the main methods of instruction for technical skills. Accordingly, this kit on skills…
Descriptors: Academic Libraries, Guidelines, Higher Education, Job Skills
Valauskas, Edward J., Ed. – 1987
This report describes the use of Apple Macintosh computers in the Merriam Center Library (MCL) (Illinois), a small, specialized library located on the campus of the University of Chicago. The appropriateness of the Macintosh for library use and the introduction of Macintosh computers to MCL are briefly discussed, current computer applications are…
Descriptors: Computer Software, Electronic Publishing, Library Automation, Library Circulation
