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Direct linkFry, Jane; Ripp, Chantal – New Review of Academic Librarianship, 2017
While some Canadian universities have a long history in the provision of data services, that was not the norm in Canada, especially in small universities and colleges. To maximize the use of data by students and researchers in academia, it was evident that increased education, resources, and tools were required to support those delivering data…
Descriptors: Foreign Countries, Case Studies, College Libraries, Librarians
Adekunjo, Olalekan Abraham; Adepoju, Samuel Olusegun; Adeola, Anuoluwapo Odebunmi – Educational Research and Reviews, 2015
The study assessed users' information needs and satisfaction in selected seminary libraries in Oyo State, Nigeria. This paper employed the descriptive survey research design, whereby the expost-facto was employed with a sample size of three hundred (300) participants, selected from six seminaries located in Ibadan, Oyo and Ogbomoso, all in Oyo…
Descriptors: Information Needs, Users (Information), Theological Education, Foreign Countries
Download full textKyrillidou, Martha, Comp.; Morris, Shaneka, Comp. – Association of Research Libraries, 2011
This document presents results of the 2008-2009 Association of Research Libraries (ARL) Law Library Statistics Questionnaire. Out of 114 ARL university libraries, 72 responded to this survey. Law libraries reported median values of 355,922 volumes held and 7,274 gross volumes added. Also, these libraries employed the full-time equivalent of 2,057…
Descriptors: Law Libraries, Academic Libraries, Library Materials, Expenditures
Kyrillidou, Martha, Comp.; Bland, Les, Comp. – Association of Research Libraries, 2009
This document presents data that describe collections, expenditures, personnel, and services in 64 medical libraries at Association of Research Libraries (ARL) member institutions throughout North America. In 2007-2008, the reporting health sciences libraries held a median of 240,955 volumes, spent a total of $240,019,298, and employed 2,304…
Descriptors: Medical Libraries, Academic Libraries, Expenditures, Library Materials
Kyrillidou, Martha, Comp.; Bland, Les, Comp. – Association of Research Libraries, 2009
This document presents results of the 2007-2008 Association of Research Libraries (ARL) Law Library Statistics Questionnaire. Of 113 ARL university libraries, 74 responded to the survey. Results for each library are presented in the following data tables: (1) collections (2-parts), including volumes in library, volumes added, monographs purchased,…
Descriptors: Law Libraries, Academic Libraries, Library Materials, Expenditures
Kyrillidou, Martha, Comp.; Bland, Les, Comp. – Association of Research Libraries, 2008
This document presents results of the 2006-2007 Association of Research Libraries (ARL) Law Library Statistics Questionnaire. Of 113 ARL university libraries, 74 responded to the survey. Results for each library are presented in the following data tables: (1) collections (2-parts), including volumes in library, volumes added, monographs purchased,…
Descriptors: Law Libraries, Academic Libraries, Statistical Data, Library Materials
Kyrillidou, Martha, Comp.; Bland, Les, Comp. – Association of Research Libraries, 2008
This document presents data that describe collections, expenditures, personnel, and services in 65 medical libraries at Association of Research Libraries (ARL) member institutions throughout North America. In 2006-2007, the reporting health sciences libraries held a median of 244,188 volumes, spent a total of $244,188,020, and employed 2,395 FTE…
Descriptors: Medical Libraries, Research Libraries, Academic Libraries, Library Materials
Unesco Bulletin for Libraries, 1971
The program in documentation, libraries and archives which Unesco proposes to carry out in the next two years is briefly outlined. (Author)
Descriptors: Archives, Automation, Computers, Copyrights
Goldhor, Herbert, Comp. – 1981
This fact book, compiled to fill the need of practicing librarians and researchers for recent data on public libraries, contains statistics concerning or relevant to the U.S. public library system. Data on all aspects of American public libraries are summarized from such sources as annual reports, journal articles, surveys, books, doctoral theses,…
Descriptors: Foreign Countries, Library Administration, Library Expenditures, Library Facilities
Kaungamno, Ezekiel E. – 1972
The Libraries (Deposit of Books) Act 1962 requires printers in Tanzania mainland to deposit one copy of all books printed by them with the librarian of the University of Dar es Salaam and in 1963 the Minister for Education issued the Libraries (Deposit of Books) Order which extended the Act by requiring printers to deposit a further copy with the…
Descriptors: Bibliographies, Books, College Libraries, Directories
Peer reviewedKalley, Jacqueline A. – Third World Libraries, 1996
Describes the legal and political forces that affected libraries accessible to black South Africans in the apartheid era. Discrepancies between white and black service areas are detailed in terms of usage and bookstock, and analysis is supported by statistics and by reports from librarians. Attention is also given to the impact of relevant…
Descriptors: Access to Education, Apartheid, Discriminatory Legislation, Educational Discrimination
Philipps, Jane – 1995
Most academic libraries undertake the collection and reporting of statistical information on activity levels for many aspects of both technical and public services. Data on reference activity are used for a variety of purposes within the library, primarily to facilitate planning and improve delivery of reference services, and also externally,…
Descriptors: Academic Libraries, Foreign Countries, Higher Education, Library Administration
Humphrey, Charles – Resource Sharing & Information Networks, 2005
New technology and knowledge push organizations to upgrade and improve the skills of their staff. Paying for professional development programming is a common way of providing continuing education. This article describes a collaborative training program introduced to develop baseline competencies in Canadian academic libraries to support data…
Descriptors: Academic Libraries, Foreign Countries, Library Services, Staff Development
International Federation of Library Associations and Institutions, London (England). – 1992
Eleven papers delivered at the annual meeting of the International Federation of Library Associations and Institutions for the Division of Management and Technology are presented. Some were presented at a roundtable on audiovisual media, and others are from sessions on library buildings and equipment, information management, and statistics in…
Descriptors: Audiovisual Aids, Computer Software, Foreign Countries, Information Management
KIDD, J. ROBY – 1967
A STUDY WAS MADE OF THE FEASIBILITY OF CANADIAN ASSISTANCE IN DEVELOPING NATIONS IN THE WORLD LITERACY CAMPAIGN. NEEDS FOR SPECIALIZED PERSONNEL, MASS MEDIA SERVICES, LITERATURE BUREAUS AND LIBRARIES, INSTRUCTIONAL MATERIALS AND SUPPLIES, AUDIOVISUAL AND OTHER EQUIPMENT, AND PROVISION FOR TEACHER EDUCATION, WOMEN'S EDUCATION, AND RESEARCH AND…
Descriptors: Audiovisual Aids, Consultants, Cooperative Planning, Developing Nations
