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New York State Education Dept., Albany. Div. of Library Development. – 1991
Noting that information is needed about libraries' roles in literacy activities in terms of the outcomes, the Library Programs Office of the U.S. Department of Education awarded the Division of Library Development a grant to develop a model that would evaluate literacy activities in such a fashion. A result of this effort, this library literacy…
Descriptors: Evaluation Criteria, Evaluation Methods, Evaluation Needs, Evaluation Research
Massey, Susan A.; Sheble, Mary Ann – 1995
Although librarians in approximately one-third of Association of Research Libraries (ARL) have a rank or status similar to other faculty, their activities, responsibilities and involvement vary considerably. A survey was conducted to determine the autonomy of library faculty organizations and their role in library and university governance, and…
Descriptors: Administrative Organization, Comparative Analysis, Faculty Organizations, Governance
Mississippi State Dept. of Education, Jackson. – 1984
This primer for Mississippi school librarians is designed for use as a planning guide by teachers, librarians, administrators, and supervisors involved in developing school library programs. The ten chapters of the bulletin cover: philosophy of the school library; standards; school library facilities; library collection development, including…
Descriptors: Cataloging, Classification, Elementary Secondary Education, Library Acquisition
Gardner, Stan, Ed. – 1990
Designed to assist individual public libraries in the development of policies and procedures, these guidelines include examples and/or samples of points that should be considered and addressed in a policy manual. Following a brief introduction, the guide is divided into four sections, each of which contains a set of general policy statements…
Descriptors: Governing Boards, Guidelines, Library Facilities, Library Personnel
Jacobs, James A.; Baber, Carolyn D. – 1984
The results of three surveys conducted in 1983--one of Texas Tech University students, one of the library staff, and one of faculty members--indicated that all three populations surveyed agreed that the library should provide bibliographic instruction for students. Preliminary profiles of user needs were developed on the basis of responses to the…
Descriptors: Academic Libraries, College Students, Higher Education, Library Instruction
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
Rubin, Rhea Joyce; And Others – 1983
This comprehensive evaluation report is based on site visits to 13 adult and 8 juvenile correctional centers and interviews with library staff, prison staff, and residents in 1982. An introduction presents a historical overview of library services to Illinois correctional institutions, a literature review, and a discussion of the methodology of…
Descriptors: Administrator Responsibility, Correctional Institutions, Interviews, Law Libraries
North Carolina State Dept. of Public Instruction, Raleigh. Div. of School Media Programs. – 1988
Created for use in a workshop designed to increase knowledge and improve understanding of the role of the media coordinator, this manual details the process, and provides the instrument, to be used in the evaluation of school media coordinators in North Carolina. Guidelines provide brief descriptions of each of the six major functional…
Descriptors: Elementary Secondary Education, Evaluation Criteria, Learning Resources Centers, Library Administration
Van House, Nancy A.; Childers, Thomas A. – 1993
The purpose of the Public Library Effectiveness Study was to define effectiveness for the public library institution. The research was designed not to measure effectiveness or evaluate particular libraries or groups of libraries, but rather to identify the feature or features of a public library that most directly attest to its effectiveness. The…
Descriptors: Efficiency, Evaluation Criteria, Evaluation Methods, Evaluation Research
van Zijl, Philippus Lodewikus van S. – 1986
This study on the development of Southern African Third World States' academic libraries embraces three broad areas: (1) the multimedia library; (2) the development of university libraries in the Third World; and (3) the potential usefulness of the multimedia library in the conditions prevailing in the Third World. Searches of the literature on…
Descriptors: Academic Libraries, Developing Nations, Foreign Countries, Higher Education
Kascus, Marie A., Ed.; Hale, Dawn, Ed. – 1995
Due to automation technology, financial restrictions, and resultant downsizing, library managers have increasingly relied on the services of contractors, rather than in-house staff, to accomplish different technical services operations. Contracted services may range from a small project for a selected group of materials to a large project for…
Descriptors: Authority Control (Information), Cataloging, Check Lists, Classification
Johnson, Debra Wilcox; Soule, Jennifer A. – 1985
Designed to help librarians and trustees make informed planning decisions concerning the development or improvement of library literacy services, this manual discusses the following topics: (1) the problem of illiteracy; (2) identifying adult new learners; (3) providers of literacy services; (4) the library's role in literacy activities; (5)…
Descriptors: Adult Education, Adult Literacy, Community Attitudes, Community Support
Mississippi State Dept. of Education, Jackson. – 1985
This new publication, which replaces A Primer for Mississippi School Librarians published in 1967, is designed for use in planning, implementing, and evaluating school library media programs. For the administrator, there are competencies which must be met to develop the library media program as an integral part of the total instructional program.…
Descriptors: Elementary Secondary Education, Guidelines, Learning Resources Centers, Library Acquisition
Hardesty, Larry L.; And Others – 1982
This report consists of a series of recommendations for the improvement of the services and facilities of the DePauw University libraries in three areas--personnel, both professional and support staff; administration and management; and buildings and equipment--with an appended set of supporting documents for the most important recommendations,…
Descriptors: College Libraries, Higher Education, Library Administration, Library Facilities
Jacob, Lisa Hall; And Others – 1990
This paper presents the results of a pilot study of University of Illinois at Chicago faculty members, their assistants who use the library for them, and the role of the Library of the Health Sciences in that process. The Library of the Health Sciences public services staff members, College of Pharmacy faculty, and their assistants were…
Descriptors: Academic Libraries, College Faculty, Higher Education, Library Instruction
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