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Dranov, Paula – 1976
A literature review and mail and telephone surveys of librarians led to the following conclusions: 1) despite the increased availability of materials on microfilm, there is no shift to acquire original publications on microform; 2) microfiche has emerged to challenge 35mm rollfilm as a significant format; 3) microform reading equipment is an…
Descriptors: Equipment Evaluation, Libraries, Library Acquisition, Library Circulation
Peer reviewedMiller, William; Rockwood, D. Stephen – College and Research Libraries, 1979
Contends that the college library is primarily an illustrative collection of materials designed to support undergraduate teaching and suggests advisable directions for college collection development in light of this concept. (Author)
Descriptors: College Libraries, Library Acquisition, Library Collections, Literature Reviews
Frankie, Suzanne, Comp. – 1978
This paper compiles the 1977 to 1978 academic library statistics and rank order tables from 105 members of the Association of Research Libraries (ARL) in the areas of collections, interlibrary loans, expenditures, personnel, microform holdings, and university enrollments and doctorate information. Review of the ARL statistics for 1978 indicates…
Descriptors: Academic Libraries, Library Acquisition, Library Collections, Library Expenditures
Federal Interagency Field Librarians Workshop, Washington, DC. – 1972
The thrust behind the necessity for these workshops was the apparent interdependence of libraries having mutual problems and solving these problems by close cooperation and communication. The workshops have outlined agency programs and policies; emphasized better agency-wide service; promoted efficiency and economy of operations; encouraged…
Descriptors: Administration, Agencies, Budgets, Cataloging
Casserly, Mary – 1982
In this document the collection goals of the William Paterson New Jersey State College library are enumerated and the policies and procedures of the library regarding the selection and acquisition of different types of materials are summarized. Following a short introduction to the function of collection development policies is a general statement…
Descriptors: Academic Freedom, Archives, College Libraries, Glossaries
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The Library Association of the City University of New York provides a bibliography of information sources, books, and articles to aid the library in its role as a consumer of materials and equipment. Some subjects covered include furniture, product evaluations, book selection and acquisition, media materials and equipment, periodicals, book costs,…
Descriptors: Bibliographies, Book Reviews, Books, Budgets
Center for Statistics (ED/OERI), Washington, DC. – 1986
The "College and University Libraries" machine-readable data file (MRDF) is one component of the larger "Higher Education General Information Survey" (HEGIS). It contains data on the characteristics and activities of approximately 3,000 academic libraries associated with most of the institutions of higher education in the…
Descriptors: Academic Libraries, Audiovisual Aids, Books, Clerical Workers
