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School Librarians' Experiences with Evidence-Based Library and Information Practice
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Richey, Jennifer; Cahill, Maria – School Library Research, 2014
Evidence-based library and information practice (EBLIP) provides school librarians a systematic means of building, assessing, and revising a library program, thus demonstrating a school library program's worth to the larger school community. Through survey research collecting both qualitative and quantitative data, 111 public school librarians in…
Descriptors: School Libraries, Librarians, Evidence, Library Services
External Communication. SPEC Kit 56.
Association of Research Libraries, Washington, DC. Office of Management Studies. – 1979
One section of a spring 1979 Systems and Procedures Exchange Center (SPEC) survey on communication in Association of Research Libraries (ARL) institutions examined how members exchange information with external groups including the university administration, faculty, users, support groups, other libraries, and the profession in general. According…
Descriptors: Academic Libraries, Committees, Higher Education, Library Administration
Resource Notebook on Staff Development.
Sitts, Maxine K., Ed. – 1983
Based on the comprehensive library self-study method developed by the Association of Research Libraries' (ARL) Office of Management Studies (OMS) and first used as the Management Review and Analysis Project (MRAP), this resource notebook presents surveys and diagnostic aids, OMS self-study reports, and ARL member library documents related to…
Descriptors: Academic Libraries, Higher Education, Improvement Programs, Library Administration
The Gifts and Exchange Function in ARL Libraries. Spec Kit 117.
Nilson, Julieanne V. – 1985
A March 1985 survey of members of the Association of Research Libraries (ARL) netted 63 responses on 4 topics related to gifts and exchange programs: organizational change, the use of automation, changes in priorities, and the impact of the Tax Reform Act of 1984. Comments throughout the responses reflect that materials collected through gifts and…
Descriptors: Academic Libraries, Exchange Programs, Higher Education, Library Acquisition
Information Resources Management Skills for Academic Librarians: Final Report.
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McClure, Charles R.; And Others – 1985
This report summarizes activities conducted from fall 1984 through spring 1985, under a planning grant from the Council on Library Resources for Innovation and Improvement of Basic and Supplementary Education for Academic and Research Libraries. The report includes a review of selected literature related to educational programs for academic…
Descriptors: Academic Libraries, Higher Education, Library Administration, Library Education
Microcomputers in ARL Libraries. SPEC Kit 104.
Association of Research Libraries, Washington, DC. Office of Management Studies. – 1984
This document, the 10th in a series distributed annualy to provide a central source of timely information and materials on the management and operations of large academic and research libraries, presents the results of a 1984 Systems and Procedures Exchange Center (SPEC) survey of microcomputer use in the Association of Research Libraries (ARI)…
Descriptors: Academic Libraries, Equipment Utilization, Higher Education, Library Administration
Cornell University Libraries. A Final Report from the Public Services Research Projects. Appropriate Public Services for Agricultural Research Faculty. One of a Series of Self-Studies and Research Projects.
Olsen, Jan Kennedy; And Others – 1985
This paper reports a self-study undertaken at Cornell University's Albert R. Mann Library to explore appropriate public services for an agricultural research faculty. The study took place over a 22-month period and involved a literature review, development of a questionnaire, administration of the questionnaire, an experimental period of…
Descriptors: Academic Libraries, Agriculture, Higher Education, Library Administration
Michigan State University Library. A Final Report from the Public Services Research Projects. Non-Users of the MSU Libraries: An Assessment of Characteristics, Perceptions, and Needs at Michigan State University. One of a Series of Self-Studies and Research Projects.
Link, Terry; And Others – 1985
This self-study--part of a series of studies conducted at Michigan State University Libraries--was designed to elicit information regarding non-use of the library by members of the academic community. A telephone survey questionnaire was administered to a stratified systematic sample of students and faculty members, and 1,269 students and 211…
Descriptors: Academic Libraries, College Faculty, College Students, Higher Education