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Leung, Yau-Ching – Journal of Access Services, 2010
Books are traditionally set aside at the request of teachers from the main, normal loan collection to be put on reserve temporarily for checking out for a much shorter loan period to ensure that, at the expense of convenient, long-term loans for other users, all the students enrolled in a course have an opportunity to use them. Many studies have…
Descriptors: Academic Libraries, Library Administration, Library Materials, Library Services
Hedberg, John G.; Driver, S. Cyril – 1979
This evaluative study reports on the first year of operation of the audiovisual resources center in the Brownless Medical Library of the University of Melbourne. During a representative week in each of three terms in 1978, every user of the center was requested to complete a comprehensive questionnaire. In addition, a staff questionnaire was…
Descriptors: Audiovisual Aids, Evaluation, Foreign Countries, Library Administration

Brember, V. L. – Journal of Documentation, 1985
Presents Checkland's soft systems methodology, discusses it in terms of the systems approach, and illustrates how it was used to relate evidence of user survey to practical problems of library management. Difficulties in using methodology are described and implications for library management and information science research are presented. (8…
Descriptors: Flow Charts, Foreign Countries, Information Needs, Information Systems
Koch, Hans-Albrecht – 1980
A report of the current state of librarianship in the Federal Republic of Germany (FRG) presents a brief history as well as an overview of the prerequisites of and organizations concerned with library research, and the objectives, methods, and results of intermediary but important research projects. Although the practice of library research is new…
Descriptors: Academic Libraries, Evaluation Needs, Foreign Countries, Library Administration

Tameem, Jamal A. – International Library Review, 1988
Considers the status of higher education and academic libraries in Saudi Arabia. Topics covered include the role of academic libraries, use patterns, library education, the availability of professional librarians and administrators, library automation, academic cooperation with the United States, and the impact of social influences on library…
Descriptors: Academic Libraries, Developing Nations, Educational Development, Foreign Countries
Bowden, Russell – 1987
This state-of-the-art report presents the current IFLA position on library education and training and describes some of the experiences that occurred from 1980 to 1987 on which this position is based. These are: (1) IFLA-Unesco (United Nations Educational, Scientific, and Cultural Organization) pre-conference seminars held in Manila (1980),…
Descriptors: Archives, Developing Nations, Documentation, Foreign Countries
Buczynski, James Andrew – Acquisitions Librarian, 2005
Developing a library collection to support the curriculum of Canada's largest computer studies school has debunked many myths about collecting computer science and technology information resources. Computer science students are among the heaviest print book and e-book users in the library. Circulation statistics indicate that the demand for print…
Descriptors: Electronic Learning, Library Materials, Electronic Libraries, Foreign Countries