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Automation and the Learning Resources Center.
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Dohrman, Barbara K.; Weiss, Jack A. – Library Trends, 1985
Presents overview of two studies (1981, 1984) investigating the status of automation in U.S. community college learning resources centers (LRCs). Factors leading to automation, current level of automation, LRC organizational structure, attitudes toward and perceived constraints on automated services, consortium participation, hardware options, and…
Descriptors: Academic Libraries, Community Colleges, Interviews, Learning Resources Centers
The Organization and Administration of Two-Year College Learning Resources.
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Person, Ruth J. – Library Trends, 1985
This examination of trends and issues that have shaped two-year college learning resources centers (LRCs) focuses on functions within domain of LRC itself. Highlights include factors affecting organizational structure and design, changes in development of the LRC as an organization over the last decade, and LRC structure in practice. (52…
Descriptors: Academic Libraries, Administrative Organization, History, Learning Resources Centers
Library Education and Youth Services: A Survey of Faculty, Course Offerings, and Related Activities in Accredited Library Schools.
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Allen, Melody Lloyd; Bush, Margaret – Library Trends, 1987
Describes a survey of accredited library schools' current education for children's, young adult, and school librarianship. Data and results are presented for course offerings, enrollment, faculty teaching responsibilities and research activities, and continuing education programs, and the findings are related to recent concerns about a lack of…
Descriptors: Course Content, Elementary Secondary Education, Enrollment Influences, Faculty Workload
A Survey of Media Facilities in Academic Libraries.
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Ahlsted, Phyllis Geraldine – Library Trends, 1985
Reports results of survey of 363 academic libraries designed to study: (1) media collections (audio formats, visual formats, audiovisual formats) and how they are arranged, accessed, and circulated; (2) staffing configurations; (3) space and funding allocations; and (4) other services offered within the media center. Questionnaire is appended. (8…
Descriptors: Academic Libraries, Audiovisual Aids, Cataloging, Higher Education
The School Library Media Center and the Promotion of Literature for Hispanic Children.
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Allen, Adela Artola – Library Trends, 1993
Reports the findings of a survey of school library media centers in eight large urban areas with large enrollments of Hispanic children that was conducted to determine the availability of Spanish language literature. Highlights include media specialists and support staff; holdings; budget; book selection process; and library events and activities.…
Descriptors: Adolescent Literature, Childrens Literature, Cultural Pluralism, Elementary Secondary Education