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Smith-Yoshimura, Karen – OCLC Online Computer Library Center, Inc., 2020
The OCLC Research Library Partners Metadata Managers Focus Group, first established in 1993, is one of the longest-standing groups within the OCLC Research Library Partnership (RLP), a transnational network of research libraries. The Focus Group provides a forum for administrators responsible for creating and managing metadata in their…
Descriptors: Metadata, Information Management, Library Services, Data
Smith-Yoshimura, Karen – OCLC Online Computer Library Center, Inc., 2020
This annotated bibliography provides more details on the "Hanging Together" posts referred to in "Transitioning to the Next Generation of Metadata" (see ED617919), primarily summaries of discussions by the OCLC Research Library Partners Metadata Managers Focus Group in 2015-2020. The order of the sections matches that in the…
Descriptors: Metadata, Information Management, Library Services, Data
Manzo, A. V.; And Others
Regional conferences on the Right to Read Effort were held with the purpose of having reading specialists address librarians concerning the peoples' right to read. One paper of this volume surveys reading in America, outlines problems of extending the right to read to all, and indicates possible means of action. Another entry views the library as…
Descriptors: Adult Basic Education, Independent Study, Libraries, Library Role
Brooks, Jean; Maynard, Betty J. – 1973
The impact of the College Level Examination Project (CLEP) upon the total community has been good but not widespread enough to be classified "successful." Within the academic community there has been the overwhelming acceptance of CLEP and a continuing upgrading of credits to the benefit of the student, with a growing standardization of…
Descriptors: Adult Education, Continuing Education Centers, Educational Programs, Evaluation
Reich, David L. – 1971
In January 1970 the Council on Library Resources (CLR) arranged a meeting to introduce the Dallas Public Library to the College-Level Examination Program (CLEP) and to the idea of a project in which the Library would assume the role of acting as a center for CLEP information and providing assistance to CLEP candidates. The historical background of…
Descriptors: Adult Education, Community Involvement, Continuing Education Centers, Educational Programs
Reich, David L. – 1972
A history of the Independent Study Project (ISP) as well as a report of the progress of the Project is presented. The presentation is divided into several parts: the history of the Project, what is actually proposed, what was done during the first six months of the Project, and what is being attempted now. The presentation concludes with an…
Descriptors: Adult Education, Community Involvement, Continuing Education Centers, Educational Programs
Brooks, Jean – 1972
To outline what has been accomplished within the first six months period of the Independent Study Project (ISP) without delineating minute detail is the purpose of this report. While it is a "state of the art" report, it should be recognized that a continual trial and error and evaluation process has been and is still being engaged in by…
Descriptors: Adult Education, Community Involvement, Continuing Education Centers, Educational Programs
Maynard, Betty J. – 1972
The Independent Study Project of the Dallas Public Library has as its primary goal the testing of the feasibility of utilizing an existent public institution, the library, for enabling qualified persons to earn credits toward a degree through independent study and examination. More proximate goals are: (a) the assessment of demand locally for…
Descriptors: Adult Education, Community Involvement, Continuing Education Centers, Educational Programs
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Jackson, Miles M. – International Library Review, 1983
Discusses the use of distance learning, defined as any form of individualized learning which is conducted by a tutor separated from the student by great distances, noting the use of television, radio, correspondence courses, and implications for library services in the Pacific Islands. (EJS)
Descriptors: Audiovisual Instruction, Correspondence Study, Developing Nations, Educational Radio
Lyman, Helen Huguenor – 1977
This manual guides libraries and librarians in the planning, organization, and procedures of literacy programs. After a review of literacy goals, chapters of the book discuss the specific roles of libraries and librarians in literacy programs; essential steps in planning literacy programs; the implementation of literacy programs in public, school,…
Descriptors: Adult Basic Education, Independent Study, Librarians, Libraries
Library and Information Commission, London (England). – 1999
The Library and Information Commission believes that libraries can make a unique contribution to making the vision of lifelong learning a reality in the United Kingdom. Libraries and information services are intimately related to learner needs and already serve as gateways to learning by providing learners with learning materials and personal…
Descriptors: Access to Education, Agency Role, Cooperative Planning, Delivery Systems