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Peer reviewedChaplan, Margaret – Library Quarterly, 1971
Many of the goals expressed by German public librarians today seem to be influenced by the American model, including proposals for the education of public librarians, the passage of special tax legislation for libraries, the formation of regional library systems, and the adoption of standards for public libraries. (Author)
Descriptors: Foreign Countries, Librarians, Library Education, Library Standards
Download full textDunstan, Douglas Warwick – 1970
Public library service in the Barossa region of southern Australia is surveyed with a view to considering the form and implementation of future policies. The region is briefly described and a history of its public libraries and library services is provided. Present library services are analyzed and suggestions made for improvement. For better…
Descriptors: Foreign Countries, History, Library Planning, Library Services
Library Council of Victoria, Melbourne (Australia). – 1970
The master plan for public library reform and development as drawn up by the Library Council of Victoria is discussed in this report to the state government. Recommendations are made for the improvement of service, facilities and organizations. Suggestions for moving the archives section to a new Public Records Authority are discussed. Minimum…
Descriptors: Archives, Foreign Countries, Library Planning, Library Services
Knight, Robert – 2000
This paper discusses public library services to remote communities in Australia, focusing on New South Wales (NSW). The first section presents background on the public library network in NSW, including statistics, descriptors/characteristics of public libraries, and funding to establish public Internet access. The second section addresses regional…
Descriptors: Access to Information, Foreign Countries, Internet, Library Funding
McCallum, John D. – 1972
In 1971 the Board of the Midwestern Regional Library System authorized a study of the periodical collections of the major public libraries, the three universities, and one community college within the Region. It was felt that the study would have immediate implications for the Regional library's developing "Information Services Program,"…
Descriptors: Foreign Countries, Indexes, Information Services, Library Collections
Transvaal Provincial Administration, Pretoria (South Africa). Transvaal Provincial Library Advisory Board. – 1972
All facets of library services activities are reported. Each of thirteen regional libraries is represented by brief individual reports. Statistics of library services activities are given in tabular form. (NH)
Descriptors: Audiovisual Aids, Ethnic Groups, Foreign Countries, Interlibrary Loans
International Federation of Library Associations, The Hague (Netherlands). – 1990
The 12 papers in this collection were presented during the meetings of three sections of the Division of Regional Activities: (1) "Which Way African Librarianship?" (Kingo Mchombu); (2) "The Expansion of the University of the Air of Japan and the Changing Function of Regional University Libraries" (Katsuhiro Jinzaki); (3)…
Descriptors: Academic Libraries, Community Information Services, Developing Nations, Distance Education
Nova Scotia Dept. of Education, Halifax. – 1981
A survey of the school library situation in Nova Scotia found an uneven distribution of such library services. Results of the study support (1) the establishment of library service on a district or regional basis with a coordinator of library services and a library resource center as a minimum for each district; (2) a stated policy, guidelines,…
Descriptors: Audiovisual Aids, Elementary Secondary Education, Financial Support, Foreign Countries
International Federation of Library Associations, The Hague (Netherlands). – 1987
Six of the seven papers in this collection focus on regional library activities in Africa, Asia and Oceania, and Latin America and the Caribbean: (1) "Libraries and Information Services in a Changing World: The Challenges African Information Services Face at the End of the 1980s" (Dejen Abate, Ethiopia); (2) "The Computer and…
Descriptors: Academic Libraries, Computers, Developed Nations, Developing Nations
