The Australian and New Zealand academic library statistics for 1996 provide data on overall staffing, services, collections. expenditures, and population in 43 Australian and 7 New Zealand academic library systems. Includes amendments to the 1995 statistics. (PEN)

This directory of organizations and agencies that survey academic libraries for statistical information on a regular basis includes 104 organizations representing state and federal agencies, college and university administrative bodies, accrediting organizations, all types of library organizations and associations, and publishers. The directory…

This document characterizes libraries in California through statistical tables, profiling each library within the appropriate library type (public, academic and special, academic, special, state agency, and county law). Directory listings are published in a companion volume, California Library Directory. For fiscal year 1984-1985, 990 libraries of…

A cooperative serials project was undertaken by eight members of the Association of Research Libraries to develop a regional resource sharing system for current serials. The goals of the program were to implement a cooperative serials acquisitions and deselection program and to promote a rapid and extensive interlibrary loan program through the…

The data presented in this report from the Association of College and Research Libraries (ACRL) were gathered through a questionnaire for fiscal year 1990-91 that was returned by 106 U.S. and Canadian academic libraries out of the 120 U.S. and 5 Canadian academic libraries that were surveyed. These data are designed to complement the data…

The information reported in this document characterizes libraries in California through statistical tables, profiling each library within its appropriate library type (i.e., public, academic, special, state agency, and county law). The data were gathered through the annual report forms for fiscal year 1987-1988 that were returned by 895 libraries…

Introductory material to this annual report provides listings of the South Carolina State Library Board members and professional staff, an organization chart, and an outline of the responsibilities of each level of the library organization; and a description of the state library that includes a historical synopsis, highlights of 1985-86, and…

The information reported in this document characterizes libraries in California through statistical tables, profiling each library within the appropriate library type (public, academic, special, state agency, and county law). The data were gathered though the annual report forms for fiscal year 1985-1986 that were returned by 967 libraries of an…

Describes resource sharing among Japanese university libraries, including interlending policies, provision of services to external users, the government role, and the national Scientific Information System network. Statistics on library holdings, annual acquisition levels, and expenditures are provided. (15 references) (CLB)

This annual report documents the activities and accomplishments of the South Carolina State Library in 1988-1989. Introductory materials include lists of the members of both the South Carolina State Library Board and the library staff; an organizational chart; the goals and mission statement of the South Carolina State Library; a history of the…

This master plan for Colorado academic libraries assesses current strengths and weaknesses of public and private academic libraries in the state and forecasts the role of academic libraries in support of higher education. The plan consists of a series of recommendations divided into six related and overlapping sections: access, collection…

This report to the Governor and state assembly members reports two major achievements during the year: the opening of a new library facility for the blind and physically handicapped, and the continued growth of the computerized networking system linking the public libraries of the state. Introductory materials include lists of the members of the…

This report provides information that characterizes libraries in California, profiling each library within its appropriate library type, i.e., public, academic, special, state agency, and county law. The data were gathered through the annual report forms for fiscal year 1988-1989 that were returned by 866 libraries of an estimated total of 1,000…

This survey updates a 1976 survey conducted by the Division for Library Services of Wisconsin. The original survey obtained broad information on patterns of participation in cooperative activities by all types of libraries, including volume demands, referral patterns, and needs for interlibrary loan and reference between different types of…

This report provides information that characterizes libraries in California, profiling each library within its appropriate library type, i.e., public, academic, special, state agency, and county law. The data were gathered through the annual report forms for fiscal year 1989-1990 that were returned by 839 libraries out of an estimated total of…