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Bleiler, Richard, Comp.; Plum, Terry, Comp. – SPEC Kit, 1999
This SPEC Kit, published six times per year, examines how Association of Research Libraries (ARL) libraries have structured themselves to identify networked information resources in the market, to evaluate them for purchase, to make purchasing decisions, to publicize them, and to assess their continued utility. In the summer of 1999, the survey…
Descriptors: Academic Libraries, Higher Education, Information Networks, Information Sources
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Medina, Sue O. – College and Research Libraries, 1992
Describes a cooperative collection development program implemented by the Network of Alabama Academic Libraries (NAAL) to strengthen resources available for graduate education and research. Topics discussed include funding collection development, the formula for the equitable distribution of funds, research support, and other related activities.…
Descriptors: Academic Libraries, Educational Equity (Finance), Graduate Study, Higher Education
Association of Research Libraries, Washington, DC. Office of Management Studies. – 1985
A review of cooperative collection development activities among Association of Research Libraries (ARL) member institutions indicates that many are involved with local, statewide, or regional consortia that develop and operate one or more fairly traditional cooperative programs. This kit contains 11 documents illustrating cooperative activities:…
Descriptors: Academic Libraries, Consortia, Guidelines, Higher Education
White, Gary W. – 1991
A survey was conducted in those academic and research libraries that are involved in the OhioLINK project to determine their use of approval plans and their budgetary patterns. Written questionnaires were used to collect data in order to examine approval plan use, approval plan and firm order budgeting, and vendor use. Analyses of the responses…
Descriptors: Academic Libraries, Budgets, Higher Education, Library Acquisition
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Farrell, David – Library Resources and Technical Services, 1986
Describes why and how the North American Collections Inventory Project (NCIP) involving three Indiana research libraries was implemented; how cooperative decisions and planning are proceeding as a result of the project; and benefits and drawbacks of the project. Comments on future are offered as NCIP begins Phase Three. (6 references) (EJS)
Descriptors: College Libraries, Higher Education, Library Administration, Library Associations
Bridegam, Willis E. – 2001
This report offers a case study in the advantages and disadvantages of depository libraries, their economics, and the practical and political issues associated with their creation. As director of the library at Amherst College, the author played a key role in establishing the initial off-site storage facility, as well as in broadening its service…
Descriptors: Academic Libraries, Depository Libraries, Higher Education, Information Storage
Gillespie, Pamela, Ed.; Vaughn, Susan, Ed. – 1992
The six papers in this collection, which were presented at the 1991 Library Association of the City University of New York (CUNY) Institute, focus on the theme of library collection development: (1) "Evolving Knowledge Resource Access Systems: Keynote Address" (Peter R. Young, Executive Director of the U.S. National Commission on Libraries and…
Descriptors: Academic Libraries, Computer Networks, Higher Education, Library Collection Development
Sutherland, Louise V., Comp.; Owens, Janice E., Comp. – 1990
The 32 funded programs described in this report involve bibliographic control, collection development, and preservation of library materials at research libraries, and are designed to make rare materials accessible through bibliographic control and networking. The description of each funded project includes the institution conducting the research…
Descriptors: Academic Libraries, Cataloging, Federal Aid, Financial Support
Sutherland, Louise, Comp.; And Others – 1992
The 35 funded programs described in this report involve bibliographic control, collection development, and preservation of library materials at research libraries, and are designed to make rare materials more accessible through bibliographic control and networking. It is noted that bibliographic control was by far the predominant activity among…
Descriptors: Academic Libraries, Cataloging, Federal Aid, Financial Support
Office of Educational Research and Improvement (ED), Washington, DC. – 1989
The 39 funded programs described in this brochure involve bibliographic control, collection development, and preservation of library materials at research libraries, and are designed to make rare materials accessible through bibliographic control and networking. The description of each funded project includes the responsible agent conducting the…
Descriptors: Academic Libraries, Cataloging, Federal Aid, Financial Support
Schamber, Linda – 1996
Electronic technologies and collection development are two of the top concerns in library and information science today. The challenges of integrating electronic resources and technologies into the process of collection development are many, and many-faceted. Beyond task-oriented considerations, such as the selection process itself, there are…
Descriptors: Academic Libraries, Higher Education, Information Technology, Library Acquisition
Neely, Teresa Y., Ed. – 2000
The 49 papers presented in this volume are evidence of the research, scholarship, and professional nature of the offerings of the third National Conference of African American Librarians, sponsored by the Black Caucus of the American Library Association. The papers are arranged into nine tracks and Pre-Conference topics: I: Library Connections: An…
Descriptors: Academic Libraries, Archives, Blacks, Conferences
Langschied, Linda; And Others – 1991
The Task Force on Numeric Data in Machine-Readable Form at Rutgers University Libraries was formed in February 1991. The group was made up of librarians representing all of the Rutgers campuses and areas of library services such as public services, collection development, and technical services. The charge to the task force was to: (1) recommend…
Descriptors: Access to Information, Cataloging, College Libraries, Computers
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Teach, Beverly – Library Trends, 1985
Three key areas for resource sharing of nonprint materials through information or electronic networks--bibliographic access, interlibrary loan, collection development--are discussed from the perspective of current and proposed media networking activities within a national consortium of film and video libraries and its members. Eighteen sources are…
Descriptors: Academic Libraries, Cataloging, Films, Higher Education
Reed-Scott, Jutta – 1988
The Association of Research Libraries' Office of Management Services (OMS), working with the Research Libraries Group, Inc. (RLG), began the North American Collections Inventory Project (NCIP) in July 1983 as a cooperative effort intended eventually to involve research libraries throughout the United States and Canada. The project's long-term goal…
Descriptors: Academic Libraries, Bibliographic Databases, Foreign Countries, Higher Education
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