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Repository Collection Policies: Is a Liberal and Inclusive Policy Helpful or Harmful?
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Bankier, Jean-Gabriel; Smith, Courtney – Australian Academic & Research Libraries, 2010
Institutional repositories have been established by most university libraries but their level of success has varied. Determining what belongs in such repositories has been the subject of some discussion but research would suggest that a broader rather than narrower compass is a positive approach to adopt. By seeking out a variety of content types,…
Descriptors: Foreign Countries, Archives, Academic Libraries, Research Libraries
Improving the Way We Do Business--Managing the Information Overload
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Hogan, John; West, Andrew – Perspectives: Policy and Practice in Higher Education, 2007
This paper arises from presentations given at a colloquium involving members of the Association of University Administrators (AUA) and staff from the Joint Information Systems Committee (JISC) of the UK Funding Councils held in November 2005. It discusses the increasing reliance on IT in modern higher education administration, and the role of the…
Descriptors: Leadership, College Administration, Information Systems, Research Libraries
Resources for Research Libraries. Minutes of the Meeting of the Association of Research Libraries (98th, New York, New York, May 7-8, 1981).
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Daval, Nicola, Ed. – 1981
The management of research libraries and national resources for the funding of research library activities were the major topics addressed by the speakers and discussion sessions at this meeting of the Association of Research Libraries (ARL). Included are transcripts of the addresses and discussions on higher education's turbulent environment,…
Descriptors: Academic Libraries, College Administration, Educational Change, Federal Aid
The Economics and Financial Management of Research Libraries. A Report on an Exploratory Meeting.
Research Libraries Group, Branford, CT. – 1982
A major conclusion reached by 18 university, academic and administrative officers, library directors, economists and management specialists, who met in October 1981 to explore issues related to the financial management of academic research libraries, is that current approaches to cost reduction are only short-term solutions. These approaches are…
Descriptors: College Administration, College Libraries, Higher Education, Library Administration
Higher Education in Norway. Monographs on Higher Education Series.
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Fetveit, Anne-Marie, Comp. – 1992
This monograph examines the state of higher education in Norway. Fifteen chapters cover: (1) "The Norwegian Background"; (2) "The Educational System"; (3) "Institutional Units of Higher Education"; (4) "The Financing of Higher Education"; (5) "The Administrative Structure"; (6) "The Teaching…
Descriptors: College Administration, College Curriculum, College Instruction, College Students
Higher Education in Turkey. Monographs on Higher Education.
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Barrows, Leland C. Ed. – 1990
This monograph examines the state of higher education in Turkey. Thirteen chapters cover: (1) "General Information on Turkey"; (2) "The Historical Development of Higher Education"; (3) "Administrative Structure"; (4) "The Teaching Staff"; (5) "Access to Higher Education"; (6) "Content and…
Descriptors: Access to Education, College Administration, College Curriculum, College Instruction
Reports of the AAU Task Forces on Acquisition and Distribution of Foreign Language and Area Studies Materials; A National Strategy for Managing Scientific and Technological Information; Intellectual Property Rights in an Electronic Environment.
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Association of American Universities, Washington, DC. – 1994
The Association of American Universities (AAU) Research Libraries Project was designed to involve universities in the process of shaping the new electronic environment faced by research libraries. The project has engaged university expertise to develop recommendations for action at the national and institutional levels to assure that the…
Descriptors: Academic Libraries, Access to Information, Area Studies, College Administration