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Library Research and Statistics. Research on Libraries and Librarianship in 2001; Number of Libraries in the United States and Canada; Highlights of NCES Surveys; Library Acquisition Expenditures, 2000-2001: U.S. Public, Academic, Special, and Government Libraries; LJ Budget Report: The New Wariness; Price Indexes for Public and Academic Libraries; Library Buildings 2001: Keep on Constructin'; Expenditures for Resources in School Library Media Centers, 1999-2000: New Money, Old Books.

Lynch, Mary Jo; Oder, Norman; Halstead, Kent; Fox, Bette-Lee; Miller, Marilyn L.; Schontz, Marilyn L. – Bowker Annual Library and Book Trade Almanac, 2002

Presents eight articles that discuss research on libraries and librarianship; number of libraries in the U.S. and Canada; highlights of NCES (National Center for Education Statistics) surveys; library acquisition expenditures; budgets; price indexes; library buildings construction; and expenditures for school library media center resources. (LRW)

Descriptors: Annual Reports, Budgets, Cost Indexes, Educational Resources

Integrating Preservation Activities. SPEC Kit.

Brown, Karen, Comp.; Holmes, Emily, Comp. – SPEC Kit, 2002

This SPEC (Systems and Procedures Exchange Center) Kit presents the results of a survey of Association of Research Libraries (ARL) member libraries designed to explore to what extent preservation activities have been integrated into research library operations by examining the many facets of mature preservation programs and determining how much…

Descriptors: Academic Libraries, Foreign Countries, Higher Education, Library Associations

In Close Association: Research, Humanities, and the Library. Buch, Bibliothek, und Geisteswissenschaftliche (The Book, the Library, and Research in the Humanities). Occasional Papers No. 208.

Fabian, Bernhard – 1998

Based on Bernhard Fabian's "Buch, Bibliothek, und geisteswissenschaftliche Forschung (The Book, the Library, and Humanistic Research)," this study is a commentary on the relationship between library and user. Discussing the characteristics and requirements of research in the humanities, it stresses the interrelationship between…

Descriptors: Foreign Countries, Humanities, Information Retrieval, Information Sources

Managing Corporate Annual Reports. SPEC Kit 258.

O'Connor, Lisa, Comp. – SPEC Kit, 2000

The purpose of the survey for this SPEC (Systems and Procedures Exchange Center) Kit was to assess the current print corporate annual report collection practices of ARL (Association of Research Libraries) libraries, describe the effects of these collections, and recommend best practices for preserving these significant historical documents. The…

Descriptors: Annual Reports, Corporations, Higher Education, Library Acquisition

Preservation and Digitization in ARL Libraries. SPEC Kit.

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Mohlhenrich, Janice, Comp. – SPEC Kit, 2001

This SPEC (Systems and Procedures Exchange Center) Kit is based on a survey of Association of Research Libraries (ARL) member libraries in June 2000. The goal of the survey was to identify issues to be addressed and actions ARL might take to advance the preservation goals of the members. The survey was designed to gather data on recent changes,…

Descriptors: Academic Libraries, Foreign Countries, Higher Education, Library Administration

Numeric Data Products and Services. SPEC Kit.

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Cook, Michael N., Comp.; Hernandez, John J., Comp.; Nicholson, Shawn, Comp. – SPEC Kit, 2001

This SPEC (Systems and Procedures Exchange Center) Kit presents the results of a survey of Association of Research Libraries (ARL) member libraries. The survey addressed the following questions about numeric data (i.e., any information resource, print or non-print, with considerable numeric content) in academic libraries: (1) What relationships…

Descriptors: Academic Libraries, Access to Information, Foreign Countries, Higher Education

Organization of Document Collections and Services. SPEC Kit 227 and SPEC Flyer 227.

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Clark, Cynthia D., Comp.; Horn, Judy, Comp. – 1998

This survey examined whether recent changes in the accessibility of bibliographic records and electronic access has led to an emerging pattern in the way that documents are organized into four areas: (1) general questions; (2) technical services; (3) collections and public services; and (4) changes in the organization of documents service.…

Descriptors: Academic Libraries, Access to Information, Bibliographic Records, Change