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Kent, Susan – New Library World, 2002
Describes how recent technological developments have changed the way that information is stored, managed, and accessed and suggests that the impact of the Internet has created a need for public libraries to realign their position in the information marketplace. Addresses challenges facing public library directors in marketing, fund-raising, and…
Descriptors: Access to Information, Fund Raising, Information Management, Information Storage
Theiss, Sally A. – 1993
Librarians must find ways to meet the information needs of patrons with various disabilities. The Americans with Disabilities Act codified what librarians have long espoused: equal access to information for people with any type of disabling condition. This study's objective was to identify and examine current or planned programs dealing with staff…
Descriptors: Access to Information, Accessibility (for Disabled), Attitudes, Content Analysis
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Pungitore, Verna L. – Library Quarterly, 1992
Reports on a study of the diffusion of the Public Library Association's planning process. Two surveys are described: one of state library development agencies that determined techniques used to disseminate planning information; and one of small public libraries that determined the extent to which they had received and were using the planning…
Descriptors: Access to Information, Adoption (Ideas), Analysis of Variance, Correlation
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Lukenbill, W. Bernard – RQ, 1991
Summarizes the results of a survey of 200 public libraries and AIDS service agencies that was conducted to investigate the willingness of library directors to establish AIDS information services and the extent of cooperation between libraries and AIDS service agencies. Community responses are discussed, and implications for future development are…
Descriptors: Access to Information, Acquired Immune Deficiency Syndrome, Administrator Attitudes, Community Attitudes