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Montana State Library, Helena. – 2000
Chapter 1 of this handbook of Montana library laws, rules, and public library standards contains excerpts from the Constitution of Montana, including articles on property tax exemptions, educational goals and duties, and code of ethics. Montana library laws covering the following areas are presented in Chapter 2: publication and updating of the…
Descriptors: Elementary Secondary Education, Higher Education, Library Administration, Library Standards

Parrish, Jenni – Legal Reference Services Quarterly, 1986
Discusses principles of law library management and presents three problem solving exercises for law librarianship training. American Bar Association standards for law school libraries are presented, with interpretations, and appendices provide a job description for an assistant law librarian and bylaws of the American Law Schools concerning…
Descriptors: Academic Libraries, Administrative Principles, Law Libraries, Law Schools
Alabama Public Library Service, Montgomery. – 1988
This report presents and explains new standards developed for Alabama public libraries in response to a need for a clearly articulated, easily used, and broadly based public library planning and development tool. Intended to provide an overview of the new standards, the introduction discusses why the standards were developed; their purposes; how…
Descriptors: Library Administration, Library Associations, Library Collection Development, Library Networks
Cylke, Frank Kurt, Ed.; And Others – 1983
Standards are briefly outlined for four general areas. Administrative areas addressed are policies and procedures, legal basis, planning reports--statistical and narrative, budget, funding, personnel (personnel policies and procedures, positions and responsibilities, staff size, training and performance, job description, affirmative action,…
Descriptors: Blindness, Glossaries, Library Administration, Library Materials
Sorgen, Herbert J. – 1986
Following a statement of the purpose of the library, the Rules and Regulations include information on staff, hours, facilities, acquisitions, circulation, reserves, films and videotapes, database searches, interlibrary services, faculty and staff leaves, and penalties. Copies of the library's acquisitions and weeding policies and a statement of…
Descriptors: Academic Libraries, Higher Education, Library Acquisition, Library Administration
Lynch, Beverly P., Ed. – 1986
This statement prepared by the International Federation of Library Associations' Section of University Libraries and Other General Research Libraries presents standards of general principles designed to accomplish the following: (1) provide a means by which the quality of the library serving a university can be assessed; (2) offer guidance for…
Descriptors: Academic Libraries, Global Approach, Higher Education, Library Administration
Wisconsin State Dept. of Public Instruction, Madison. Div. of Library Services. – 1987
Developed by the Task Force on Public Library and Library System Standards and Guidelines, these general standards are designed to give local planners a useful tool with which to assess their own unique programs of service and establish direction for future development. A section on planning and the public library considers (1) imperatives for…
Descriptors: Financial Support, Library Administration, Library Collection Development, Library Facilities
College and Research Libraries News, 1986
This revision of Standards for College Libraries, which was prepared by Association of College and Research Libraries' Ad Hoc College Library Standards Committee, includes an introduction to standards; objectives; collections (print, audiovisual, resource sharing, determination of grade); organization of materials; staff; service; facilities;…
Descriptors: Academic Libraries, Budgets, Cataloging, Higher Education
Texas State Library, Austin. Dept. of Library Development. – 1993
This booklet presents the Texas State Library Systems Act and some supporting documents to help in the operation of a library under the Texas system. The State Library Systems Act establishes and defines the state library system, allowing for its operation and management and defining the member libraries. Information on state grants is provided,…
Descriptors: Accreditation (Institutions), Certification, Criteria, Grants
Texas State Library, Austin. Dept. of Library Development. – 1991
The materials in this manual are intended to provide the introductory information needed by new system advisory council members and staff of the Texas State Library on the history, role, governance, funding, services, and administration of library systems. Included in this handbook are discussions of: (1) The Role of Systems in Public Library…
Descriptors: Advisory Committees, Documentation, Financial Support, Governance
Michigan Library, Lansing. – 1985
Minimum standards are set forth for the 12 member libraries that currently constitute the Library of Michigan/Library for the Blind and Physically Handicapped (LM/LBPH) network to ensure that all LM/LBPH network libraries provide uniform, quality service to patrons in the service area. Introductory material includes listings of the Michigan…
Descriptors: Blindness, Library Administration, Library Collections, Library Equipment
Cummins, Julie; And Others – 1984
This guide is designed to assist librarians and administrators both in assessing the strengths and weaknesses of their public library service to youth and in making immediate and long range plans to reach desired goals. The standards provide a basis for understanding the scope and purpose of youth services. A philosophical statement on service…
Descriptors: Adolescents, Guidelines, Library Administration, Library Collection Development
New York State Library, Albany. Div. of Library Development. – 1988
In 1987, the Regent's Advisory Council on Libraries and the New York State Library Division of Library Development appointed a Committee on Minimum Library Standards for New York State to review and revise existing standards for public libraries, taking into consideration the Board of Regents policy on libraries. This report explains the…
Descriptors: Administrative Policy, Library Administration, Library Collections, Library Education
Iowa State Library, Des Moines. – 1989
This manual is designed to serve as a textbook outlining sound library administrative practices or as an aid in policy development. The basics of good library services are described, and libraries are encouraged to choose services appropriate for their situation, plan for them, and measure their effectiveness. Ninety performance measures outline…
Descriptors: Accreditation (Institutions), Evaluation Methods, Library Administration, Library Expenditures
California State Postsecondary Education Commission, Sacramento. – 1991
This report examines the newly proposed systemwide library plan of the California State University (CSU), which will govern the planning and development of library space on CSU campuses for the next 10 years. The commission's report evaluates the state university's updated library space standards and discusses policy issues that relate to on-site…
Descriptors: Academic Libraries, Higher Education, Information Technology, Library Administration
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