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Internal Uses of the RLG Conspectus.
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Ferguson, Anthony W.; And Others – Journal of Library Administration, 1987
Considers 10 areas of internal operations in which the Research Libraries Group/North American Collection Inventory Project (RLF/NCIP) Conspectus can be used as a management aid: collection priorities, collection management, space utilization, preservation programs, staffing allocations, material fund requests, accreditation, materials selection,…
Descriptors: Budgeting, Financial Support, Library Administration, Library Collection Development
Collection Assessment and Acquisitions Budgets.
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Ferguson, Anthony W. – Journal of Library Administration, 1992
Discussion of collection assessment focuses on academic library experiences. Topics addressed include library accountability; funding shortages; barriers to collection assessment; strategies to aid in assessment, including adequate training and performance incentives; and implications of collection assessment for library budgets, including…
Descriptors: Academic Libraries, Accountability, Budgets, Evaluation Methods
Digital Library Selection: Maximum Access, Not Buying the Best Titles: Libraries Should Become Full-Text Amazon.coms's.
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Ferguson, Anthony W. – Journal of Library Administration, 2000
Discusses new ways of selecting information for digital libraries. Topics include increasing the quantity of information acquired versus item by item selection that is more costly than the value it adds; library-publisher relationships; netLibrary; electronic journals; and the SPARC (Scholarly Publishing and Academic Resources Coalition)…
Descriptors: Academic Libraries, Access to Information, Cost Effectiveness, Electronic Journals
Document Delivery in the Electronic Age: Collecting and Service Implications.
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Ferguson, Anthony W. – Journal of Library Administration, 1996
Examines the role of commercial document delivery. Discusses interlibrary loan (ILL); access versus ownership decision making; degree of use and patron use of commercial document delivery; and use of library materials funds. Concludes that document delivery will not totally replace ownership or ILL, but that it is becoming more important because…
Descriptors: Access to Information, Decision Making, Document Delivery, Futures (of Society)