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Shaughnessy, Thomas W. – Journal of Academic Librarianship, 1995
Discusses ways to achieve peak performance in academic libraries by emphasizing staff development. Highlights include self-assessment; conflict of commitment; self-absorption; institutional loyalty; focusing on the future; and understanding the library's strategic plan, mission statement, and policies. (AEF)
Descriptors: Academic Libraries, Conflict of Interest, Library Development, Library Policy
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Benefiel, Candace R.; Gass, Elaine; Arant, Wendi – Journal of Academic Librarianship, 1999
To give students a direct voice in library user policy and the library a point of contact with the student body, the Evans Libraries at Texas A&M University formed a Student Advisory Committee. The committee meetings provide a forum for student representatives, library administrators, and student liaisons to discuss concerns and proposed…
Descriptors: Academic Libraries, Cooperative Planning, Higher Education, Information Policy
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Doherty, John J. – Journal of Academic Librarianship, 1998
Discusses academic library collection-development theory and policy. Suggests that a standard collection of works specific to each discipline (a canon), is a powerful tool because such canons can censor the works that fall outside of the prevailing norms, the hegemony of the discipline. (LRW)
Descriptors: Academic Libraries, Censorship, Higher Education, Library Collection Development
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Crawford, Gregory A.; White, Gary W. – Journal of Academic Librarianship, 1999
Formulas from the "Standards for College Libraries" were used to compare the recommended collection size and number of professional librarians with the actual size of the collections and number of librarians for a random sample of Baccalaureate I and II colleges. Results revealed that significant numbers are not meeting the "Standards" in these…
Descriptors: Academic Libraries, Comparative Analysis, Higher Education, Librarians
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Brier, David J.; Lebbin, Vickery Kaye – Journal of Academic Librarianship, 1999
Provides a methodology for evaluating title coverage of full-text periodical databases in relation to a library's print journal collection. Presents a pretest of that methodology along with a discussion of collection development principles for an effective evaluation of full-text databases. (Author)
Descriptors: Comparative Analysis, Evaluation Methods, Full Text Databases, Library Collection Development
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Snow, Richard – Journal of Academic Librarianship, 1996
Even though endorsements of written collection development policies abound in the professional literature, many academic libraries do not have them in place. Interviews with several Louisiana librarians reveal possible reasons for that disparity. Instead of spending time devising policies that quickly become inflexible and outdated, bibliographers…
Descriptors: Academic Libraries, Higher Education, Interviews, Librarian Attitudes
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Lee, Hur-Li – Journal of Academic Librarianship, 2003
This case study examines social influences in research libraries' collection development. It shows that individuals' ideologies and political agenda shape their impression of user needs and their decision making. The study also reveals how the institution's operating structures, campus politics of interdisciplinarity, personnel deployment, and…
Descriptors: Academic Libraries, Case Studies, Decision Making, Higher Education
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Kirk, Thomas G. – Journal of Academic Librarianship, 1991
Discussion of the development of periodical collections in college libraries describes strategies for building the collection, including collection use studies, collection development policies, and bibliographic instruction programs. It is suggested that access to the collection be enhanced by improvement of available indexing such as CD-ROM…
Descriptors: Academic Libraries, Access to Information, Databases, Higher Education
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Porter, G. Margaret; Bayard, Laura – Journal of Academic Librarianship, 1999
Describes a pilot project at the University of Notre Dame library that included fully cataloged Web sites in the library's online catalog. Discusses Web site selection criteria and guidelines, access, implications for policies and practices in cataloging and collection development, and bibliographer's resources. (Author/LRW)
Descriptors: Academic Libraries, Access to Information, Cataloging, Evaluation Criteria