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Emporia State Univ., KS. School of Library and Information Management. – 1989
In September 1988, the Public Library/Trustees Section of the Kansas Library Association, with the support of the School of Library and Information Management at Emporia State University and the Kansas State Library, held a conference on economic vitality. Following a "Review and Preview" by Martha Hale, Dean of the School of Library and…
Descriptors: Community Information Services, Economic Development, Economic Opportunities, Information Needs
National Library of Australia, Canberra. – 1978
Speeches, papers, and summaries of group discussions from Australia's 1978 national seminar on library services for the visually and physically impaired are presented. The opening and keynote addresses are followed by two papers dealing with the present state of services in Australia and other nations, two papers on the library service needs of…
Descriptors: Community Role, Conference Reports, Facility Requirements, Foreign Countries
Steffenson, Martin B., Ed.; Larason, Larry D., Ed. – 1986
A federally funded Library Training Institute was held to explore the user/system interface in academic libraries. The institute was composed of 50 librarians including 20% administrators, 20% educators, and 60% public services librarians. Speakers from a number of disciplines including sociology, psychology, criminal justice, and marketing…
Descriptors: Academic Libraries, Antisocial Behavior, Behavioral Objectives, Environmental Influences
Wilson Library Bulletin, 1980
Summarizes the proceedings of the White House Conference on Libraries and Information Services, held November 15-19, 1979, in Washington, DC. Key issues raised in its five theme areas--meeting personal needs, lifelong learning, service to organizations and the professions, effectively governing society, and international cooperation--are…
Descriptors: Futures (of Society), Individual Development, Information Needs, Information Services
Moeller, T.; Mushonga, B. L. B. – 1981
The aim of this seminar was twofold: to make senior civil servants of Zimbabwe aware of the importance of information and documentation for planning and decision-making, and to introduce the concept of a national information and documentation center (NIDC) as designed by the United Nations Economic Commission for Africa, Pan-African Documentation…
Descriptors: Conference Proceedings, Decision Making, Developing Nations, Documentation
Dobrinina, Natalia Y., Ed.; And Others – 1975
These papers on reading research in the socialist countries were delivered at a conference held in Budapest, Hungary, in October of 1974. Included are the text of the introductory address and papers on the following topics: (1) the library and society; (2) the library as it relates to students, teachers, and engineers; (3) the role and…
Descriptors: Adults, Conference Reports, Fiction, Information Needs
National Library of Australia, Canberra. – 1981
Speeches, papers and summaries of group discussions from Australia's 1981 national seminar on library services for the visually, mentally and physically impaired are presented. The opening speeches are followed by papers on achievement and progress in library services for the handicapped since 1978 (the date of the first national seminar) (W. D.…
Descriptors: Advisory Committees, Audiotape Recordings, Braille, Computers
Friberg, Ingegerd, Ed. – 1982
The Fourth International Research Forum in Information Science (IRFIS 4) focused on two themes: user-oriented research in information science and experimental and practical investigations of the mediation and use of information. An opening speech by Bjorn Tell reviewed information research policy in the United States, France, England, Japan, the…
Descriptors: Action Research, Communication Problems, Databases, Documentation

Department of the Interior, Washington, DC. Office of Library Services. – 1980
Preparatory and follow-up activities as well as proceedings are described in this report of a conference that brought representatives of 103 tribes together to discuss and lay the groundwork for comprehensive improvement of library and information services for Indian communities served by the Bureau of Indian Affairs. Chapters I, II, and III…
Descriptors: American Indian Culture, American Indian Reservations, American Indians, Community Information Services