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Bryant, Bonita – Library Resources and Technical Services, 1987
Reviews the influences of organizational evolution and intentional change, library posture toward collection development, personnel management, and human perspectives on the establishment of an administrative framework for achieving collection development goals. (Author/EM)
Descriptors: Academic Libraries, Higher Education, Library Administration, Library Collection Development

Rochell, Carlton – College and Research Libraries, 1985
Explores issues associated with the imposition of fees on information obtained from sources made available by today's technology. Highlights include the commodification of information, economics of access to information, library costs and user fees, cost benefits of automation, financial support for automation, and implications for collection…
Descriptors: Cost Effectiveness, Fees, Financial Support, Futures (of Society)

Bensman, Stephen J. – College and Research Libraries, 1985
Establishes theoretical framework for solution of problem confronting academic libraries--growth in number of journals and surge in prices--by showing how concentration of usage is function of sociobibliometric laws based on cumulative advantage principle. Use of citation indexes in academic evaluation and library collection development is…
Descriptors: Academic Libraries, Citation Indexes, Citations (References), Higher Education
Lubans, John, Jr. – American Libraries, 1987
Examines the link between the publish or perish issue and the quantity and quality of scholarly publications and explores the costs to libraries resulting from this situation. The use of electronic publishing as an alternative to serial collections and recommendations from the American Council of Learned Societies are discussed. (CLB)
Descriptors: Cost Effectiveness, Databases, Electronic Publishing, Faculty Publishing

Ortopan, LeRoy D.; And Others – Library Resources and Technical Services, 1985
Two articles describe National Shelflist Count project organized 13 years ago under auspices of American Library Association's Resources and Technical Services Division to collect and publish comparative data about strengths and growth of major North American research collections. History, limitations, usefulness, and recommendations of 1983 task…
Descriptors: Academic Libraries, Classification, Data Collection, Higher Education

Carter, Ruth C. – Canadian Library Journal, 1986
Examination of the challenges for serials management posed by rapid changes in technology places particular emphasis on issues relating to the bibliographic control of and access to serial publications. Problem areas are identified as organization for serials work, staffing, and the multiplication and specialization of serial publications.…
Descriptors: Cataloging, Conferences, Databases, Electronic Publishing
Busch, B. J. – 1986
This study explores current trends and practices in functional integration based on site visits to six Association of Research Libraries (ARL) member libraries selected on the basis of their responses to a Fall 1984 ARL questionnaire. The responses indicated that, for all six libraries, some integration of functions existed, staff reorganization…
Descriptors: Academic Libraries, Administrative Organization, Higher Education, Library Administration

Cullars, John – College and Research Libraries, 1988
This study examined the nature and chronological spread of references used by English-speaking scholars writing monographs on foreign literary topics, and compared the findings to an earlier study of the monographic literature of English and American literature and the humanities journal literature. Implications for research library collections…
Descriptors: Citations (References), Comparative Analysis, Foreign Language Books, Foreign Language Periodicals

Hernon, Peter – Government Information Quarterly, 1984
Results of this examination of the information needs and gathering behavior of social scientists, especially historians, suggests that existing library and information services may be based on a misunderstanding of their needs. Factors that need to be studied are identified, and research models are suggested. (CLB)
Descriptors: Academic Libraries, Faculty, Government Publications, Higher Education

Miller, Constance; And Others – RQ, 1985
Seven articles on library reference services highlight reference obsolescence in academic libraries, major studies of unobtrusive reference tests, methods for evaluating reference desk performance, reference interview evaluation, problems of reference desk control, online searching by end users, and reference collection development in…
Descriptors: Interviews, Librarians, Library Administration, Library Collection Development

Nofsinger, Mary M. – Journal of Academic Librarianship, 1988
Describes an exchange program between academic libraries in Sichuan Province and Washington State University, and discusses the Chinese approach to academic librarianship in the areas of management and personnel, access and circulation, automation, reference services, collection development and censorship, and library facilities. (CLB)
Descriptors: Academic Libraries, Access to Information, Cataloging, Censorship