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Download full textKotch, Marianne – 2002
This document contains brief answers to some of the most frequently raised issues related to running a small Vermont public library. Areas covered include accessibility, the American Library Association, automation, awards, binding, services for the blind and physically handicapped, the Board of Libraries, the Board of Trustees, book dealers, book…
Descriptors: Library Administration, Library Associations, Library Collection Development, Library Funding
Smith, Ruth S. – 1994
Designed as a simple how-to guide, this revised handbook presents guidelines for setting up a church or synagogue library or revitalizing an existing one. The first section, "Begin with a Purpose," advocates preparing a statement of purpose. The second step, "Be Prepared," discusses the importance of the planning process.…
Descriptors: Guidelines, Library Administration, Library Associations, Library Collection Development
Peer reviewedByczek, Jane R.; Vaillancourt, Renee J. – Voice of Youth Advocates, 1998
Presents guidelines for establishing and maintaining Young Adult services in the library. Discusses identifying the needs of young adults; developing the collection; marketing; programming; school outreach; networking; community visits and raising community awareness; popular culture; staff support and training; and professional associations and…
Descriptors: Adolescents, Community Involvement, Costs, Guidelines
Brown, Gerald R. – 1989
This paper discusses the need for developing provincial/state, regional, and district partnerships to provide critical support for library media programs at the building level. It maintains that the experts who provide leadership at each level must be strong advocates for the integration of the library media program into all aspects of the…
Descriptors: Centralization, Change Strategies, Cooperative Programs, Course Integrated Library Instruction
Brancolini, Kirstine, Comp.; Provine, Rick E., Comp. – 1993
This document reports the preliminary results of a survey conducted in the spring of 1993 to gather information on the status and use of video collections and multimedia in Association of Research Libraries (ARL) libraries. Results from the survey include: 84 percent of the 73 respondents collect videorecordings; the largest collections are on VHS…
Descriptors: Academic Libraries, Access to Information, Copyrights, Educational Media
Librarians Association of the Univ. of California, Santa Barbara. – 1992
The libraries of the University of California recognize the need to transform present collections and services into the library of the 21st century. Doing so will require bridging issues of cultural diversity and enhancing support for existing diversity collections. The Ad Hoc Committee on Regional Workshops of the Library Association of the…
Descriptors: Academic Libraries, Access to Information, Cultural Awareness, Cultural Differences
Texas Education Agency, Austin. – 1993
The mission of today's school library media center is to help prepare students to enter the information age of the 21st century. To carry out this mission, library media specialists, administrators, and teachers must ensure that students can effectively locate, access, interpret, evaluate, and communicate information. The school library media…
Descriptors: Access to Information, Censorship, Copyrights, Cultural Differences
