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Schrock, Kathleen, Ed. – 2000
This book brings together articles that have appeared in "Technology Connection,""Library Talk," and "The Book Report" magazines over the past five years. All of the articles have important tips, tricks, techniques, and suggestions for building a successful library media program. The book is divided into six chapters,…
Descriptors: Elementary Secondary Education, Information Technology, Librarians, Library Administration
Pamela M. Bluh – 2001
If managed well, electronic journals (e-journals) can be extremely efficient, saving money and space while improving access and speeding information delivery. With the help of the Internet, e-journals can also make library collections more accessible to both users and staff. Covering the process of managing electronic serials from licensing,…
Descriptors: Electronic Journals, Information Technology, Internet, Librarians
Johnson, Peggy – 1990
Based on responses to a survey from 79 Association of Research Libraries (ARL) member libraries, this Systems and Procedures Exchange Center (SPEC) kit explores how these libraries are currently addressing management issues associated with materials budgets. The survey addressed the following broad areas: how libraries define their materials…
Descriptors: Academic Libraries, Budgeting, Higher Education, Library Administration
Burns, Robert, Jr. – 1987
Focused on the development of definitions and guidelines for management statistics, this Systems and Procedures Exchange Center (SPEC) kit is based on the responses of 91 academic members of the Association of Research Libraries (ARL) to a survey investigating their internal uses of statistics, external statistics reporting, and tools for…
Descriptors: Academic Libraries, Data Collection, Higher Education, Library Administration
Association of Research Libraries, Washington, DC. Office of Management Studies. – 1977
This kit on resource allocation in academic and research libraries contains nine primary source documents and a concise summary of a 1976 Association of Research Libraries (ARL) survey on management of fiscal spending activities in ARL libraries. Based on responses from 70 libraries, the summary discusses 3 specific subjects within the general…
Descriptors: Academic Libraries, Budgeting, Fund Raising, Higher Education
Association of Research Libraries, Washington, DC. Office of Management Studies. – 1979
One section of a spring 1979 Systems and Procedures Exchange Center (SPEC) survey on communication in Association of Research Libraries (ARL) institutions examined how members exchange information with external groups including the university administration, faculty, users, support groups, other libraries, and the profession in general. According…
Descriptors: Academic Libraries, Committees, Higher Education, Library Administration
Oringdulph, Robert E.; And Others – Library Administration & Management, 1990
Six articles discuss library buildings and construction: (1) library buildings and their parts; (2) the North Campus Library of California State University at Long Beach in 1995; (3) new structures for teaching libraries; (4) construction standards for California public libraries; (5) Sick (Library) Building Syndrome; and (6) using focus-group…
Descriptors: Academic Libraries, Building Design, Facility Guidelines, Futures (of Society)
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
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
Hoerman, Heidi Lee – 1986
Based on a survey of Association of Research Libraries (ARL) member libraries in February 1986, this kit is designed to illustrate a wide range of alternative approaches to analyzing the costs of technical services. The kit consists of the following unedited primary-source documents: (1) SPEC Technical Services Costs Survey (Three-Year Update)…
Descriptors: Cataloging, Costs, Higher Education, Library Administration
Lynden, Frederick C. – 1983
Replacing a January 1980 publication of the same title, this collection of cost tables and other documentation from library materials cost studies conducted by members of the Association of Research Libraries (ARL) or by library vendors contains excerpts from: (1) local cost studies conducted at Colorado State University, Indiana University, Iowa…
Descriptors: Academic Libraries, Books, Cost Indexes, Data Collection
Boadi, Benzies Y.; And Others – 1987
Developed with the support of the German Foundation for International Development (DSE) and the University of Botswana (Africa), this five-week "long vacation" training program includes four modules designed to provide refresher and in-service training for those library assistants who have work experience but have not been able to attend…
Descriptors: Cataloging, Developing Nations, Foreign Countries, Indexing
Lynden, Frederick C. – 1985
To gather data on the extent and nature of union activities in Association of Research Libraries (ARL) member institutions, the Systems and Procedures Exchange Center (SPEC) developed a two-page survey which was distributed in April 1985 to the entire membership. ARL libraries were asked about degree of past and current unionization, types of…
Descriptors: Academic Libraries, Collective Bargaining, Contracts, Grievance Procedures
Arthur, Gwen, Ed. – 2000
Since 1989, the Reference and User Services Association/Management and Operation of User Services Section's Management of Reference Committee has successfully used case studies to foster structured discussions among public service librarians on a wide variety of issues relating to managing change in reference services. The information offered in…
Descriptors: Academic Libraries, Case Studies, Change, Group Discussion
Garten, Edward D., Ed.; Williams, Delmus E., Ed. – 2001
Long regarded as the premier monographic series in its area of coverage, "Advances in Library Administration and Organization" offers research perspectives that are both timely and lively. This 18th volume continues the series' long practice of bringing to its professional and academic readership an eclectic mix of scholarship and longish essays.…
Descriptors: Academic Libraries, Electronic Libraries, Information Services, Learning Resources Centers
