The 2022 Biennial AHEAD Survey is the eighth survey in AHEAD's ongoing work to provide information and benchmarking about college disability resource professionals and the offices and programs they lead on college campuses. The report contains in-depth findings related to disability resource office structures, staffing, budgets, and campus-wide…

This report presents tabulations for the 2006 Academic Libraries Survey (ALS) conducted by the United States Department of Education's National Center for Education Statistics (NCES), within the Institute of Education Sciences. An academic library is defined as an entity in a postsecondary institution that provides all of the following: An…

Each of five issues of this newsletter focuses on one topic. The topics covered are: (1) Employment Outlook for Librarians in Colorado, 1990-1995; (2) Repetitive Strain Injuries among Personnel in Large-Staff Public Libraries in Colorado, 1990 (10 references); (3) Overdue Fine Rates Charged by Public Libraries in the Metro Denver Area, 1991; (4)…

Data are presented from a survey of each of 34 New York State community colleges: Adirondack, Broome, Cayuga, Clinton, Columbia-Greene, Corning, Dutchess, Erie/City, Erie/North, Erie/South, Finger Lakes, Fulton-Montgomery, Genesee, Herkimer, Hudson Valley, Jamestown, Jefferson, Mohawk Valley, Monroe, Nassau, Niagara, North Country, Onondaga,…

Reports results of 1981-83 survey of 24 new and 22 remodeled 2-year college Learning Resource Centers, noting gross area, square foot cost, furniture/equipment costs, seats, and types of facilities. Major trends (square foot costs 1965-83, public catalog formats) and the flat roof disaster at Kauai Community College, Hawaii, are discussed. (EJS)

Presents data on the construction and renovation of academic and public libraries and two-year college learning resource centers for 1980-81. Information collected by this annual survey includes costs, area and capacity, and names of architects. Multiyear comparisons, data on Canadian public libraries, and a directory of architects are included.…

Includes seven articles that discuss research on libraries; numbers of libraries in the United States and Canada; library acquisition expenditures; price indexes for academic and school libraries; expenditures in school library media centers; state rankings of public library data; and library building construction. (LRW)

Reports from the California State University, the University of California, and the California community colleges consider their roles in the Pacific Rim region. The Pacific Rim includes all lands with at least a portion of their coastlines fronting on the Pacific Ocean. Of concern are: the need for changes in program offerings and exchange…

This booklet presents statistical tables and graphs which were compiled to assist the delegates to the White House Conference on Library and Information Services in formulating their arguments. The tables and graphs have been assigned to one or more of the 10 topic areas, but may also be applied to the three conference themes of Literacy,…

Primary care physicians in Pennsylvania were asked to give their attitudes and preferences regarding continuing medical education (CME) in an effort to expand and develop physician-oriented CME programs for the Hershey Continuing Education department at Penn State. A 32-item questionnaire was mailed to 952 primary care physicians practicing in…

Developed by the Westinghouse Electric Corporation, Video Audio Compressed (VIDAC) is a compressed time, variable rate, still picture television system. This technology made it possible for a centralized library of audiovisual materials to be transmitted over a television channel in very short periods of time. In order to establish specifications…