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Ensor, Pat; And Others – Library Administration & Management, 1988
Description of the process of developing a five-year strategic planning document for the Indiana State University Libraries covers data gathering from a variety of printed sources, staff reports, and interviews with faculty; conceptualizing document content; writing; and editing. A questionnaire for teaching faculty is appended. (10 references)…
Descriptors: College Libraries, Data Collection, Higher Education, Library Administration
Association of Research Libraries, Washington, DC. Office of Management Studies. – 1978
This kit on planning systems updates a 1974 Management Studies Office Systems and Procedures Exchange Center (SPEC) kit in which developments in planning activities among Association of Research Libraries (ARL) were reviewed. At the time of the original study, in 1972, planning techniques and systems were a subject of much interest because rising…
Descriptors: Academic Libraries, Budgeting, Data Analysis, Data Collection
Burns, Robert, Jr. – 1987
Focused on the development of definitions and guidelines for management statistics, this Systems and Procedures Exchange Center (SPEC) kit is based on the responses of 91 academic members of the Association of Research Libraries (ARL) to a survey investigating their internal uses of statistics, external statistics reporting, and tools for…
Descriptors: Academic Libraries, Data Collection, Higher Education, Library Administration
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Larson, Catherine A. – RSR: Reference Services Review, 1998
Describes steps in a process-improvement project for reserve book services at the University of Arizona Library: (1) plan--identify process boundaries and customer requirements, gather/analyze data, prioritize problems; (2) do--encourage divergent thinking, reach convergent thinking, find solutions; (3) check--pilot solutions, compare costs; and…
Descriptors: Academic Libraries, Data Collection, Efficiency, Higher Education
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Sapp, Gregg; Suttle, George – Journal of Academic Librarianship, 1994
Describes an effort to quantify annual collection expansion and shelf space capacities with a computer spreadsheet program. Methods used to quantify the space taken at the beginning of the project; to estimate annual rate of collection growth; and to plot stack space and usage, volume equivalents and usage, and growth capacity are covered.…
Descriptors: College Libraries, Computer Oriented Programs, Data Collection, Data Processing
McClure, Charles R.; And Others – 1991
This report presents a summary of activities, findings, and recommendations from Phase I of a project to improve the effectiveness of academic health science libraries and their provision of information services. The objectives for Phase I of the project are given: (1) to identify academic health science library requirements in the areas of…
Descriptors: Academic Libraries, Data Collection, Data Interpretation, Databases
Bush, Earl; And Others – 1994
During 1993-94 the University Libraries of the University of Tennessee, Knoxville, began formal needs assessment to collect data that reflect the information needs of university students, faculty, and staff. The program was implemented by a Needs Assessment Coordinating Group, an assessment consultant, and staff members. Data from the…
Descriptors: Academic Libraries, College Faculty, College Students, Data Collection