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Ellsbury, Susan H.; Rafferty, Randy – 1984
This script was prepared as part of a program presented by the Library Instruction Roundtable (LIRT) to share ways libraries in Mississippi help patrons use library resources. The program evolved from a 1981 needs assessment survey conducted by the Mississippi Library Association (MLA) Education Committee. At that time requests for information and…
Descriptors: Academic Libraries, Higher Education, Library Instruction, Program Descriptions

Nixon, Joan Lowery; Wood, Joan M. – Journal of Youth Services in Libraries, 1996
Presents two speeches from a library service preconference program. An author discusses her historical fiction for young adults and a Public Service Coordinator at Pekin (Illinois) Public Library focuses on interagency cooperation and her library's first intergenerational program. (AEF)
Descriptors: Adolescents, Authors, Fiction, History
Wentroth, Mary Ann – 1974
Because of the low density of its population and subsequent low property tax support, library service in Oklahoma is based on the multicounty library operating as a single unit. With the help of federal funds, such units now cover one-third of the state and 60 percent of its population utilizing branch libraries and bookmobile service. Service to…
Descriptors: Children, Library Cooperation, Library Networks, Library Services
International Federation of Library Associations, The Hague (Netherlands). – 1985
This document includes papers on public libraries which were presented at the 1985 International Federation of Library Associations (IFLA) conference. The first paper, "International Guidelines for Public Libraries," is the report of an IFLA working group and it includes guidelines in six areas: public library services; media of…
Descriptors: Developing Nations, Foreign Countries, Guidelines, International Organizations
International Federation of Library Associations, The Hague (Netherlands). – 1983
Two papers on mobile libraries were presented at the 1983 International Federation of Library Associations (IFLA) conference. In "The Development, Tasks, and Organization of Mobile Libraries in West Germany," Horst Buschendorf describes the history of mobile libraries in West Germany since 1926 and notes that there are currently 150 such…
Descriptors: Bookmobiles, Design Requirements, Diagrams, Foreign Countries
International Federation of Library Associations and Institutions, The Hague (Netherlands). – 1986
This document includes papers on libraries serving the general public which were presented at the 1986 International Federation of Library Associations (IFLA) conference. The first paper, "Annual Reports of Sections and Round Tables of the Division of Libraries Serving the General Public" includes the following annual reports for fiscal year…
Descriptors: Audiovisual Aids, Disabilities, Disadvantaged, Foreign Countries
International Federation of Library Associations, The Hague (Netherlands). – 1985
Papers on public library service to rural areas, which were presented at the 1985 UNESCO/IFLA (United Nations Educational, Scientific, and Cultural Organization/International Federation of Library Associations) presession seminar are compiled here and include: (1) "Characteristics and Needs of Various Groups, Families, and Other Community…
Descriptors: Developing Nations, Information Needs, International Organizations, Library Associations
International Federation of Library Associations, The Hague (Netherlands). – 1985
This document contains two papers on library services in prisons which were presented at the 1985 International Federation of Library Associations (IFLA) conference. In the paper, "Library Service in Prisons/Correctional Institutions," Phyllis I. Dalton (United States) proposes that the IFLA Section on Libraries Serving Disadvantaged…
Descriptors: Correctional Institutions, Foreign Countries, Information Needs, International Organizations
Wood, R. Kent – 1979
While much progress has been made since the creation of the Utah State Library Commission more than two decades ago, much more remains to be done to improve library and information services in the state. There is a critical need in school media centers for professionally trained library personnel where non-professionals may now be substituting,…
Descriptors: Academic Libraries, Bibliographies, Information Services, Library Role
The Library Committee of the Capitol Consortium for Continuing Higher Education, Richmond, Virginia.
McCabe, Gerard B. – 1979
This report on the work of the Library Committee of the Capitol Consortium for Continuing Higher Education, one of six regional Consortia in Virginia, focuses on cooperative projects, including a proposal for a Periodicals in Richmond Area Libraries List. The proposed list, which is judged essential for resource sharing and for continuing…
Descriptors: Academic Libraries, Adult Education, Consortia, Financial Support
Kelver, Ann E. – 1975
The Arapahoe Regional Library District and the Sheridan School District, in Colorado, cooperated in developing a library to serve both high school students and the general community. Initially funded by a Library Services and Construction Act grant, this cooperative venture succeeded because of the intense preplanning done by school and library…
Descriptors: Cooperative Programs, High Schools, Institutional Cooperation, Library Cooperation
International Federation of Library Associations and Institutions, The Hague (Netherlands). – 1986
Papers on libraries for the blind presented at the 1986 International Federation of Library Associations (IFLA) conference include: (1) "Report on 'Study on the Tools to Improve the Availability of Library Materials for the Blind'" (Winnie Vitzansky, Denmark); (2) "Planning the Third Edition of 'The International Directory of…
Descriptors: Aesthetic Education, Audiodisks, Blindness, Braille
International Federation of Library Associations, The Hague (Netherlands). – 1985
This document contains two papers on library services for children which were presented at the 1985 International Federation of Library Associations (IFLA) conference. In "Children's Services of Public Libraries in the United States," Selma K. Richardson (United States) discusses goals and guidelines which have been prepared nationally for public…
Descriptors: Childhood Interests, Children, Childrens Literature, Developing Nations
Prodrick, Gerald – 1974
An overview is provided of the 170 special libraries in Canada which contain collections on economics and finance. General geographic distribution is noted, and then attention is given separately to the numbers, status, and development of economic libraries in various sectors: universities and community colleges, public libraries, corporations,…
Descriptors: College Libraries, Economic Research, Economics, Government Libraries
International Federation of Library Associations, The Hague (Netherlands). – 1983
Papers on children's services, which were presented at the 1983 International Federation of Library Associations (IFLA) conference, include: (1) "Education and Training of Children's Librarians: An Investigation" by Eva Glistrup (Denmark), which presents preliminary results from a 1982 survey of institutions in 30 countries (30% response…
Descriptors: Adolescents, Children, Computer Assisted Instruction, Developing Nations
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