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Spellman, Rosemary – Journal of Access Services, 2011
At the Libraries Service Center, statistics are generated on a monthly, quarterly, and yearly basis by using four Microsoft Excel workbooks. These statistics provide information about what materials are being requested and by whom. They also give details about why certain requests may not have been filled. Utilizing Excel allows for a shallower…
Descriptors: Academic Libraries, Statistics, Library Networks, Spreadsheets
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Daly, Rebecca; Baker, Liz; McIntosh, Lisa – Journal of Access Services, 2014
In 2011 the University of Wollongong Library undertook a significant review of its Resource Sharing services. This was prompted by constraints in the systems supporting this service, changes to the Library's key suppliers, Infotrieve Australia and the British Library Document Supply Service, and the need to deliver effective library services…
Descriptors: Foreign Countries, Academic Libraries, Library Development, Shared Resources and Services
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Rusk, Michael D.; Cummings, Ellen – Community & Junior College Libraries, 2011
Academic and public libraries are facing the challenge of finding new avenues of service and of creating value for their constituencies. This value is in the form of outcomes that result in bettering the people who use libraries and the community at large. The authors feel that librarians must find creative ways to make their communities better…
Descriptors: Economic Progress, Public Libraries, Professional Associations, Library Networks
Khurshid, Zahiruddin; Al-Baridi, Saleh – Computers in Libraries, 2009
At the end of 2007, SirsiDynix introduced the first version of Symphony, its new flagship Integrated Library System (ILS). This article begins with a look at the evolution of Symphony, user reactions to Symphony, and Symphony's design and functionality. The authors, along with a team of librarians from various functional areas, have completed…
Descriptors: Testing, Academic Libraries, Foreign Countries, Online Catalogs
New York State Education Dept., Albany. Div. of Library Development. – 1979
This edition of a directory to 265 college and university libraries in New York State, compiled from data furnished by the State Education Department, includes address and telephone number, library director, institution president, number of volumes, number of periodical titles received, annual expenditures for library materials, annual total…
Descriptors: Academic Libraries, College Libraries, Higher Education, Librarians
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Creech, Heather E. – Canadian Library Journal, 1982
Discusses the concept of multitype library networks, noting objectives and advantages for both academic and public libraries. System structure and user threats are noted in relation to informal cooperation and formalization. Twelve references are cited. (EJS)
Descriptors: Academic Libraries, Higher Education, Library Cooperation, Library Networks
Lugo, Maria Elena Saucedo – UNESCO Journal of Information Science, Librarianship and Archives Administration, 1983
Provides brief description of recent situation of university libraries in Latin America and Caribbean, noting importance of education, characteristics of universities, and library services in supporting functions of universities. University library systems established in countries including Mexico, Colombia, Venezuela, Brazil, and Cuba are…
Descriptors: Academic Libraries, Developing Nations, Higher Education, Library Cooperation
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Brown, Jovanna – Canadian Library Journal, 1980
Discusses the impact of library networking systems on a small academic library with Evergreen State College's library used as a case study. (CHC)
Descriptors: Academic Libraries, Higher Education, Interlibrary Loans, Library Administration
Association of Research Libraries, Washington, DC. Office of Management Studies. – 1980
This Systems and Procedures Exchange Center (SPEC) kit on retrospective conversion, which replaces a 1975 kit on reclassification, is based on interviews with and documents from Association of Research Libraries (ARL) members participating in retrospective conversion (recon). (Reclassification is almost always conducted as a sub-project of…
Descriptors: Academic Libraries, Higher Education, Library Catalogs, Library Cooperation
Smith, Harold F. – 1979
Although spiraling costs and reduced budgets require that small academic libraries form clusters to share resources and services, consortia and library networks so far have taken only tentative or shallow steps in this direction. Real and meaningful steps can and must be taken to develop joint acquisition policies, effective and timely…
Descriptors: Academic Libraries, Budgets, Consortia, Costs
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Sawyer, Jeanne – Library Resources and Technical Services, 1982
Describes an archive tape processing system which processes tapes received through OCLC-MARC subscription services to construct and maintain a master database of bibliographic records for libraries of each participating institution of the Triangle Research Libraries Network: Duke University; North Carolina State University, Raleigh; and University…
Descriptors: Academic Libraries, Cataloging, Databases, Higher Education
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Fischer, Russell G. – Journal of Academic Librarianship, 1983
This interview with the president of Research Libraries Group who assumed his duties in January 1983 covers past experiences, perceptions of libraries and librarians, management and technical problems experienced by Research Libraries Information Network, financial situation, prospects for growth, new members, online catalogs, technological…
Descriptors: Academic Libraries, Administrator Attitudes, Administrators, Higher Education
Cooper, Douglas – Wilson Library Bulletin, 1983
This overview of academic libraries in Hong Kong highlights Chinese University, Hong Kong University, and Hong Kong Polytechnic. A history of Chinese University and its branch college libraries, library cooperation, and higher education in Hong Kong are noted. (EJS)
Descriptors: Academic Libraries, Branch Libraries, Foreign Countries, Higher Education
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Vyas, S. D. – World Libraries, 1997
Examines the information infrastructure and the impact of information technology in India. Highlights include attempts toward automation; library networking at the national and local level; descriptions of four major networks; library software; and constraints of networking in academic libraries. (LRW)
Descriptors: Academic Libraries, Computer Software, Foreign Countries, Higher Education
Lauer, Jonathan D.; And Others – 1988
A survey of librarians in LIBRAS, a consortium comprising 16 Chicago-area liberal arts college libraries, tested two hypotheses: (1) the salary level of the group with faculty status is significantly greater than that of the group without faculty status; and (2) there is a statistically significant correlation between the amount of professional…
Descriptors: Academic Libraries, Correlation, Employment Patterns, Higher Education
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