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Chepesiuk, Ron – American Libraries, 1991
Describes the impact that the war on drugs in Colombia has had on their library services and on the lives of professional librarians. Topics discussed include political, staffing, budget, resource, and physical plant problems; the serious shortage of professional librarians; and extending library service to rural areas. (LRW)
Descriptors: Developing Nations, Foreign Countries, Librarians, Library Development
Guy, Jewel – 1991
This paper describes the development from 1963 to 1986 of the Clark County (Nevada) Library District, which includes the rapidly growing urban area of Las Vegas. It notes that, besides responding successfully to a population growth of 330% over two decades, the system was also able to fulfill its original goal of developing local libraries that…
Descriptors: Financial Support, History, Interviews, Librarians

Singh, Harry – Orana, 1995
Presents a 50-year history of school library development and national educational programs in Fiji and discusses the future of Fiji's elementary and secondary school libraries. Examines obstacles to school library development including government ignorance, lack of trained librarians, changes in school curriculum, lack of financing, and high costs…
Descriptors: Costs, Curriculum, Elementary Secondary Education, Financial Problems
Crosby, Barbara S. – 1992
This summative evaluation of the Public Library Services to Disadvantaged Populations Grant program describes how the grant program is meeting its stated objectives, how it is contributing to library development in Texas, and how Texas State Library activities and policy impact the program. The Texas State Library initiated this grant program with…
Descriptors: Adults, Disadvantaged, Eligibility, English (Second Language)

Fernandez de Zamora, Rosa Maria – International Library Review, 1990
Describes the effects of economic factors on information services in Mexico. Topics discussed include librarians' salaries; inadequate library budgets; acquisitions in academic libraries; the development of public libraries; library networks; national databases; microcomputers and library automation; library research; effects of devaluation; and…
Descriptors: Academic Libraries, Databases, Economic Factors, Foreign Countries
Diedrichs, Carol Pitts – Library Administration & Management, 1996
Identifies the types of individuals engaged in financial activities with whom an acquisitions librarian at a university library may need to interact. Discusses why financial relationships with these individuals are important to acquisitions librarians and how these relationships can be established and enhanced. (JMV)
Descriptors: Academic Libraries, Higher Education, Human Relations, Librarians

Paine, F., Ed.; Paine, Nancy – Journalism Educator, 1987
Indicates that the (1) largest journalism libraries employ professional librarians, (2) size of acquisition budgets does not correlate with school enrollment, and (3) average library spends two-thirds of is budget on newspapers and periodicals and only one-third on books. Provides useful guidelines for designing a collection development policy for…
Descriptors: Journalism, Librarians, Library Acquisition, Library Collection Development

Stern, David – Journal of the American Society for Information Science and Technology, 2003
Discusses questions to consider as chemistry libraries develop new information storage and retrieval systems. Addresses new integrated tools for data manipulation that will guarantee access to information; differential pricing and package plans and effects on libraries' budgeting; and the changing role of the librarian. (LRW)
Descriptors: Access to Information, Budgeting, Chemistry, Information Retrieval
Berry, John N., III – Library Journal, 1998
Presents Bobby Roberts, director of the Central Arkansas Library System (CALS), and describes some of the changes he has made since 1989: raising public library tax rates, doubling the book budget, library automation, new and renovated buildings, adult public programming, library cooperation, and fund raising. Discusses politics and the…
Descriptors: Adult Programs, Financial Support, Librarians, Library Automation
Siggins, Jack, Comp. – Spec Kit, 1992
This Systems and Procedures Exchange Center (SPEC) kit reports results of a survey of 64 Association of Research Libraries (ARL) institutions conducted in the fall of 1990 to gather information on the performance appraisal of collection development librarians. Data are reported on the frequency of the performance review cycle, reporting…
Descriptors: Academic Libraries, Evaluation Methods, Higher Education, Librarians
Callison, Daniel – School Library Media Quarterly, 1990
The first part of a two-part review of research related to school library media collections summarizes studies with implications for budgets and collection size, the selection process, collection policies, and the librarian as censor. A table compares data on holdings and expenditures for schools providing high-level library service with national…
Descriptors: Censorship, Elementary Secondary Education, Learning Resources Centers, Librarians