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Buckland, Michael K. – Canadian Library Journal, 1982
Orr's schema for measuring the quality and value of libraries is described and discussed with respect to three paradoxes--the evaluation of catalogs, optimal library size, and Lenin's view of public libraries in the U.S. Seven references are cited. (CHC)
Descriptors: Evaluation Criteria, Library Administration, Library Catalogs, Library Collections

Welwood, R. J. – Canadian Library Journal, 1977
Descriptors: Academic Libraries, Books, Budgeting, College Libraries

Pacey, Antony – Canadian Library Journal, 1991
Discussion of selection criteria for special collections in libraries focuses on the development of selection criteria at the National Museum of Science and Technology in Canada. The need for the involvement of staff members is discussed, and criteria for materials are described, including age, rarity, historical significance, and physical…
Descriptors: Criteria, Foreign Countries, Library Collections, Library Material Selection

Wees, Ian – Canadian Library Journal, 1978
This history covers 1953 through 1978 and outlines the growth of the library's facilities, staff, collection, and participation in national bibliographic efforts and resource sharing. (JAB)
Descriptors: History, Library Collections, Library Facilities, Library Networks

Brown, Nancy A. – Canadian Library Journal, 1981
Discusses the effective use of stack space through weeding, storage, microfilm, and selection; study space based on student population; and service space by reorganization of staff, collections, and study space. Three references are noted. (CHC)
Descriptors: Academic Libraries, Library Administration, Library Automation, Library Collections

Armstrong, Patricia A. – Canadian Library Journal, 1984
Describes experiences of the Cranbrook Public Library (British Columbia) in implementation of an automated circulation system. Background of the library and need for the system, stages of development, use of community volunteers, retrospective conversion, functions of the menu-driven system, benefits from the system, software, and system costs are…
Descriptors: Databases, Foreign Countries, Library Automation, Library Catalogs

Wilkinson, John – Canadian Library Journal, 1977
Survey analysis of Canadian public, regional, and elementary school library juvenile title holdings. (KP)
Descriptors: Books, Childrens Literature, Elementary Schools, Library Collections

Zielinska, Marie – Canadian Library Journal, 1976
The Canadian National Library collects and preserves the serial publications, mostly newspapers, of Canadian cultural communities. Its Multilingual Biblioservice provides books in their own language to Canada's minority language groups. (PF)
Descriptors: Cultural Pluralism, Ethnic Groups, Library Collections, Library Services

MacPherson, Mary – Canadian Library Journal, 1976
An examination of historiography in the context of library collections suggests that there exists between the library and the disciplines it houses a relationship in which the collection structures itself to meet the demands made upon materials of individual disciplines and determines the demands which can be made upon those materials. (Author/PF)
Descriptors: Historiography, History, Library Acquisition, Library Collections

Deline, Nancy E. – Canadian Library Journal, 1977
Descriptors: Library Acquisition, Library Collections, Microforms, School Libraries

Nelson, Yvonne – Canadian Library Journal, 1978
Describes the criteria and methods used in the review and selection of both print and nonprint materials for inclusion in a public school system resource center in British Columbia. (JVP)
Descriptors: Developed Nations, Evaluation, Evaluation Criteria, Library Collections

Rashid, H. – Canadian Library Journal, 1984
Provides background and rationale for formulation and use of the KF Canadian Adaptation Scheme in Canadian law libraries and describes methodological approaches and applications of the scheme to diverse and specific situations. Recent developments in its maintenance and updating and suggestions for its potential use are highlighted. (EJS)
Descriptors: Cataloging, Classification, Foreign Countries, Law Libraries

Stambrook, F. G. – Canadian Library Journal, 1983
This essay discussing the purchasing power of the university library's acquisitions budget insists that intelligent cooperation and coordination between institutions will ensure that libraries continue to be repositories of creative thought and wisdom, though conceding that special collections may have to be pooled and branch services curtailed.…
Descriptors: Academic Libraries, Financial Problems, Futures (of Society), Higher Education

Sabowitz, Norman – Canadian Library Journal, 1979
Describes a method using computer assistance which merges two or more ordered collections, spreads an ordered collection when it has outgrown the space previously assigned it, rearranges an ordered collection, and moves the collection on to a new location. (CWM)
Descriptors: Computer Science, Coordination, Library Automation, Library Collections

Boudreau, Berthe – Canadian Library Journal, 1983
The current status of curriculum materials centers located in schools of education in Canadian universities is described in this study according to name of the center, purpose, administrative status, collection, classification scheme used, and services offered. Survey instruments used are noted, and 13 footnotes are listed. (EJS)
Descriptors: Academic Libraries, Foreign Countries, Higher Education, Instructional Materials