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Freeman, Geoffrey T.; Bennett, Scott; Demas, Sam; Frischer, Bernard; Peterson, Christina A.; Oliver, Kathleen Burr – Council on Library and Information Resources, 2005
This document is intended to stimulate thinking about the role of the library in the digital age, about the potential--and the imperative--for libraries to meet new needs, and about how these needs will influence the design of physical space. The goal of this document is to expose an array of perspectives on the future of the library and to…
Descriptors: Library Role, College Libraries, Research Libraries, Medical Libraries
Kyrillidou, Martha, Ed.; Young, Mark, Ed. – Association of Research Libraries, 2005
The "ARL Annual Salary Survey 2004-05" reports salary data for all professional staff working in Association of Research Libraries (ARL) libraries. The ARL represents the interests of libraries that serve major North American research institutions. The Association operates as a forum for the exchange of ideas and as an agent for…
Descriptors: Professional Personnel, North Americans, Salaries, Research Libraries
Van Toll, Faith – 1972
The traditional avenue of accessibility to library materials for faculty members of a university has been virtually unlimited circulation of journals. In recent years the provision of facsimile copy service has supplemented and in some instances supplanted the circulation of journals as the mechanism for accessibility to research materials. This…
Descriptors: College Libraries, Comparative Analysis, Cost Effectiveness, Facsimile Transmission
Bourne, Charles P.; Gregor, Dorothy – 1975
To aid in controlling the cost of acquisitions in a research library, techniques were developed for the rational selection of serial titles for cancellation. The context for the proposed methodology was a network or multicampus environment rather than an individual library, and it was tested with a specific body of health sciences serial titles in…
Descriptors: College Libraries, Foreign Language Periodicals, Interlibrary Loans, Library Circulation
Faibisoff, Sylvia G. – 1975
To more adequately provide for newly perceived user needs, New York State libraries have adopted the philosophy of regionalism through which public, academic, and special libraries can cooperate and share resources. The state's 22 public library systems and 9 3R regions (Reference and Research Library Resources Councils) are organized…
Descriptors: College Libraries, Coordination, Geographic Regions, Information Needs
National Commission on Libraries and Information Science, Washington, DC. – 1974
Many librarians, library students, and other concerned citizens accepted the opportunity to write to the National Commission on Libraries and Information Science on the occasion of the Mountain Plains Regional Hearing, September 18, 1974 in Denver, Colorado. There were communications on countless facets of library and information services. Some…
Descriptors: American Indians, College Libraries, County Libraries, Federal Programs