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Download full textHarvey, John F. – 1968
The document is a sample of the library reports prepared by Iran's Fulbright librarians and as such was distributed widely in Iran by the U.S. Information Service. It is designed to guide Jundi Shahpour University Library development over a period of several years and demonstrates the application of modern western library science to the oldest…
Descriptors: College Libraries, Foreign Countries, Guidelines, Library Planning
Kanevsky, B. P. – 1971
Long-term and short-term planning and programming and budgeting are an important part of the every-day activity of the national libraries in the socialist countries. The libraries extensively apply various types of planning ranging from current annual plans to complicated prognoses for 15-20 years ahead. These libraries display increasing…
Descriptors: Budgeting, Financial Support, Foreign Countries, Library Planning
Peer reviewedHerget, Josef – Review of Information Science, 1996
Explains the nature and usefulness of success factor research in general and in relation to the information and library area. Suggest that an understanding of success factors in Information Resource Units (IRUs) can be beneficial to planning and management. Results of a survey of IRU directors in Germany are presented. (Author/LRW)
Descriptors: Foreign Countries, Information Science, Library Administration, Library Planning
Finnish Government, Helsinki. – 1972
The research libraries in Finland are in the majority of case libraries of universities and other institutions for higher education. Libraries in research institutes and some other special libraries account for some 20-30% of the total operational capacity. It is hoped the necessity of efficient libraries as a support to teaching and research will…
Descriptors: Foreign Countries, Information Science, Information Systems, Librarians
Doyle, Daniel – 1970
The concept of total planning as applied in this presentation refers to planning as a part of library organization. It is felt that greater care should be taken at top-level planning to ensure that some proportion of the income and credit available is allocated to various services to allow departmental planning to be carried out effectively. This…
Descriptors: Financial Support, Foreign Countries, Librarians, Libraries
Sochocky, Christine M. – American Libraries, 1994
Describes the changes that have taken place in librarianship in the former Soviet Union. The discussion covers the advantages and disadvantages of centralized planning, the reorganization of library systems in Russia and the Ukraine, the effects of democratization on organization and librarian attitudes, and the remnants of Russification in…
Descriptors: Democracy, Democratic Values, Foreign Countries, Freedom of Information
Peer reviewedIlyas, Muhammed – Information Development, 1998
Discusses 50 years' worth of development of librarianship in Pakistan and analyzes the policies and plans made. Reviews the role of library schools and their curriculum in the development of the profession and examines the impact of the information revolution, as well as new dimensions in librarianship. Provides a timeline of plans and…
Descriptors: Change, Foreign Countries, Futures (of Society), Information Policy
Kolodziejska, Jadwiga; And Others – 1981
Seven of these ten papers are concerned with library research in specific countries; the remaining three deal with library planning and ethics in research. Titles are "The Library as a Cultural Institution," by Jadwiga Kolodziejska, Poland; "The International Seminar 'Book and Library in Society' of the Polish Book and Readers…
Descriptors: Codes of Ethics, Coordination, Foreign Countries, History
Koltay, Zsuzsa; Parmer, Coleen – 1993
This case study of the Kossuth Lajos Tudomanyeyetem, an academic library in Debrecen (Hungary), conducted in May 1992, describes its functioning and needs. Information gathered through a series of interviews, tours, library reports, and a review of relevant literature forms the basis for the case study. An overview of the library in its historical…
Descriptors: Case Studies, Change, College Libraries, Context Effect
Peer reviewedGils, Wouter J. van – Electronic Library, 1995
Describes the historical development of the Royal Netherlands Academy of Arts and Sciences Library, and examines the future of scientific libraries in a digital era. Discusses technological changes in the library's policies, services, and organization, and presents an economic analysis of these changes. A sidebar summarizes the library's steps…
Descriptors: Academic Libraries, Change Strategies, Economic Research, Electronic Libraries
