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Congress of the U.S., Washington, DC. House Committee on Education and Labor. – 1979
This publication details the proceedings of an oversight hearing on federal library programs which focused on those programs that (1) make federal funds available to school districts to purchase instructional materials and school library resources, (2) authorize funds for the support of college and university libraries and for the improvement of…
Descriptors: Federal Aid, Federal Programs, Hearings, Learning Resources Centers
Ohio State Library, Columbus. – 1978
The 16 recommendations of the 1978 Ohio White House Conference on Library and Information Services are presented with background information and identification of salient issues. Concerns include the legal structure of public libraries, funding, library services (particularly for those with special needs), public relations, preservation, library…
Descriptors: Change Strategies, Conference Reports, Copyrights, Financial Support
Lynch, Mary Jo; Brier, David J.; Lebbin, Vickery K.; Halstead, Kent; Fox, Bette-Lee; Kremen, Maya L.; Miller, Marilyn L.; Shontz, Marilyn L. – Bowker Annual Library and Book Trade Almanac, 1998
Provides nine articles: research on libraries and librarianship, 1997; changing faces of library education (ALA-accredited graduate program title changes); number of libraries in the U.S., Canada, and Mexico; highlights of NCES surveys; library acquisition expenditures; price indexes for public and academic libraries; state rankings of selected…
Descriptors: Cost Indexes, Facility Improvement, Foreign Countries, Graduate Study
Pearson, Neville P.; Butler, Lucius – 1969
Revolutionary innovation in the traditional school library has produced "the media center", where--in addition to books--films, television, tapes, and multimedia displays are available to increase student learning. This book represents a collection of eighty-three articles from library journals dealing with library science in its modern…
Descriptors: College Libraries, Educational Facilities, Educational Facilities Design, Educational Resources
Shores, Louis – 1973
Nineteen articles by Louis Shores are presented in this volume. These develop the idea of the "generic book" as being the sum total of man's communication possibilities and trace the crusade for media unity which has culminated in the acceptance of the concept of instructional materials, encompassing the narrower concepts of both libraries and…
Descriptors: Audiovisual Aids, Audiovisual Centers, Audiovisual Communications, Books
Sullivan, Peggy – 1971
The administrative problems encountered by librarians and other school media personnel are discussed in this book. Thirty case studies, each representative of a common problem, are presented. The problems range from a librarian's conflict with direct-wide book policy to students caught stealing library materials. The book is based on a nation-wide…
Descriptors: Administrative Problems, Case Studies, Cataloging, Communication Problems