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Daval, Nicola, Ed.; Merrill-Oldham, Jan, Ed. – 1988
These minutes of the October 1987 ARL (Association of Research Libraries) membership meeting include the following papers on preservation in the research library: (1) "A Challenge for Research Libraries" (David C. Weber); (2) "The Moral Imperative of Conservation" (James H. Billington); (3) "The Role of the Library…
Descriptors: Academic Libraries, Higher Education, Library Administration, Library Associations
Morrow, Carolyn Clark, Ed. – 1991
This report presents some of the prominent features of a national invitational conference whose goal was to provide a national forum to discuss ongoing preservation efforts in individual states; describe the preservation challenge faced by all states in common; review the kinds of materials at risk; and alert administrators to the opportunities…
Descriptors: Archives, Federal State Relationship, Fund Raising, Legislation
Commission on Preservation and Access, Washington, DC. – 1993
On June 7, 1993 the Commission on Preservation and Access convened an international group of scholars, librarians, archivists, and information scientists to explore opportunities for international collaboration in saving the contents of libraries from loss through the embrittlement of the pages of their books. This conference was intended to…
Descriptors: Access to Information, Archives, Books, Economic Factors
Henderson, Kathryn Luther, Ed.; Henderson, William T., Ed. – 1983
Papers presented at the 1981 Allerton Park Institute include: (1) "Conservation: What We should Do Until the Conservator and the Twenty-first Century Arrive," by Robert H. Patterson; (2) "Expanding Preservation Resources: The Corps of Practitioners and the Core of Knowledge," by Pamela W. Darling; (3) "National…
Descriptors: Cooperative Programs, Laboratories, Library Administration, Library Materials
Research Libraries Group, Inc., Stanford, CA. – 1984
This document comprises a program schedule; welcoming remarks by Herman Liebaers (Brussels), entitled "Towards a European Equivalent of the Council on Library Resources"; and conference papers presented at an international conference on cooperation among research libraries. The following papers presented at the conference are (with two…
Descriptors: Academic Libraries, Cataloging, Consortia, Foreign Countries
Nixon, Carol, Comp. – 2001
This book contains the presentations of the 16th annual Computers in Libraries Conference. Contents include: "Creating New Services & Opportunities through Web Databases"; "Influencing Change and Student Learning through Staff Development"; "Top Ten Navigation Tips"; "Library of the Year: Gwinnett County…
Descriptors: Electronic Journals, Information Technology, Libraries, Library Administration
Sparks, Peter G., Ed. – 1992
In September 1991 an invitational roundtable met to discuss issues in mass deacidification of books. The meeting was prompted by the significant increase in mass deacidification activities in recent years and libraries' interest in applying these processes. Contributions included: (1) "Opening Statement" (Duane Webster); (2) "The…
Descriptors: Administration, Books, Cost Effectiveness, Economic Factors
Baldwin, Charlene M., Comp. – 1991
At the first Transborder Library Forum in 1991, 132 librarians from the United States and Mexico gathered to get to know one another, discuss issues of common interest, and begin to build an international network. Conference materials are provided in both English and Spanish. Keynote addresses were delivered by Alberto Alvaro Rios and Jesus Lau.…
Descriptors: Cataloging, Childrens Libraries, Computer Networks, Databases
Young, Diana, Comp. – 1991
This collection of papers from North Carolina's state and regional Conferences on Library and Information Services, which were held over a 6-month period in 1990-1991, includes copies of: (1) the agenda of the state conference (Raleigh, February 6, 1991); (2) a list of the delegates to the national White House Conference on Library and Information…
Descriptors: Academic Libraries, Access to Information, Conferences, Democracy
1992
At the second Transborder Library Forum, 181 participants from the United States and Mexico gathered to discuss topics of international librarianship. The proceedings include the following sections: Discurso de Bienvenida (Welcome Speech) (Carlos Salas); "El Etnocentrismo Mexicano y Los Servicios de Informacion" (Mexican Ethnocentrism…
Descriptors: Cataloging, Computer Networks, Foreign Countries, Freedom of Speech
Iowa State Library, Des Moines. – 1991
This proceedings from the 1991 Iowa Governor's Pre-White House Conference on Library and Information Services contains a conference overview; a list of conference delegates; the conference program; national, state, and local recommendations made at the conference; and the keynote address by Nicky Stanke. The following issues were addressed in the…
Descriptors: Access to Information, Adult Literacy, Elementary Secondary Education, Financial Support