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Association of Coll. and Research Libraries, Chicago, IL. Education and Behavioral Sciences Section. – 1988
For years librarians discarded historical curriculum collections because they were not current, and because the libraries did not have adequate space to store them. Therefore, records of trends in subject content taught to generations of children and young people from kindergarten through grade 12 were unwittingly destroyed. In response to this…
Descriptors: Academic Libraries, Archives, Curriculum Guides, Databases
Downes, Valerie J. – 1988
This report presents an American Library Association (ALA) Book Fellow's observations of schools and libraries in Sweden's Vasterbotten County in the fall of 1988. The narrative report discusses Sweden's cultural policy, comprehensive library service, library classification system, databases, audiovisual services, and education policy, as well as…
Descriptors: Classification, Databases, Elementary Secondary Education, Foreign Countries
New York State Library, Albany. Div. of Library Development. – 1990
This overview of New York State's school library systems begins with a New York State map which shows the geographical location of each of the 46 school library systems. The remainder of the pamphlet provides the following: a brief background on school library systems in the state; a "typical" school library system profile; the types of…
Descriptors: Databases, Elementary Secondary Education, Interlibrary Loans, Learning Resources Centers
Peer reviewedFoster, Clifton Dale – Journal of Computing in Higher Education, 1995
A project demonstrated the feasibility of accessing library information (online public access catalogs, commercial online databases, Internet) from a distance using handheld personal digital assistants (PDAs) equipped with cellular communication capability. The study is described, and other uses of wireless communications in libraries and…
Descriptors: Access to Information, Computer Networks, Computer Oriented Programs, Databases
Download full textNational Center for Education Statistics (ED), Washington, DC. – 1985
This directory is designed to give a brief, non-technical synopsis of the data files available at the National Center for Education Statistics (NCES). Information regarding tape prices, technical specifications, and ordering information are provided on the opening page. Eleven surveys are listed under the heading Elementary and Secondary, nine…
Descriptors: Adult Education, Databases, Elementary Secondary Education, Higher Education
Cooke, Deborah M.; And Others – Book Report, 1985
This five-article section discusses changes in the management of the school library resulting from use of the computer. Topics covered include data management programs (record keeping, word processing, and bibliographies); practical applications of a database; evaluation of "Circulation Plus" software; ergonomics and computers; and…
Descriptors: Computer Oriented Programs, Computer Software, Databases, Elementary Secondary Education
John, Patricia La Caille – 1993
This bibliography lists materials available from the National Agricultural Library's (NAL) AGRICOLA database that relate to rural poverty in the United States. The bibliography was derived from a search of books, journal articles, research reports, government documents, conference papers, and audiovisual aids that have been entered into the…
Descriptors: Children, Databases, Economic Development, Educational Attainment
Squire, Deborah L. – School Library Media Annual (SLMA), 1992
Describes the Databases in Schools conferences for 1989, 1990, and 1991, which addressed instruction for and use of CD-ROM and online databases in elementary and secondary school libraries. Highlights include restructured school library media collections, including electronic access and library systems and networks; the need for adequate…
Descriptors: Access to Information, Conferences, Databases, Elementary Secondary Education
International Federation of Library Associations and Institutions, The Hague (Netherlands). – 1991
The 29 papers in this collection were presented at 9 conference workshops: "Inset Maps and Proposals for Their Description" (V. Kusov); "The Utilization of the Old Maps in Modern Researches" (H. Melnikova); (3) "New Series of Maps for Higher Schools: Their Role in the Cartographic Provision for the Higher Education"…
Descriptors: Adolescents, Art, Cartography, Childrens Literature
