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Oklahoma State Dept. of Libraries, Oklahoma City. – 1996
Public library and institutional library statistics are presented in this document. The first section, which focuses on public library statistics, provides an analysis of fiscal year 1995 data on income, expenditures, and resources. Following this analysis are five tables of statistics on operating income, expenditures, library collection and…
Descriptors: Budgets, Facilities, Library Collections, Library Expenditures
Little, Paul L. – 1975
The Oklahoma County (Oklahoma) Library executed a six-month experiment in 1974 on one of its five bookmobiles to determine whether: (1) patrons would accept a primarily paperback book collection; (2) the cost of unreturned paperbound books in a no-fine and no-overdue-notice situation would be cost-effective when compared to the predictable loss of…
Descriptors: Bookmobiles, Cost Effectiveness, County Libraries, Feasibility Studies
South Western Oklahoma Development Authority, Burns Flat. – 1975
This report takes a look at libraries, their facilities and services in the South Western Oklahoma Development Authority (SWODA) district. To provide additional planning data, the population of the SWODA area is analyzed in terms of age, ethnicity, employment, income, education and growth trends. The results of inventory of all existing libraries…
Descriptors: Census Figures, Employment Patterns, Financial Support, Library Collections
Oklahoma State Dept. of Education, Oklahoma City. Library and Learning Resources Section. – 1982
Designed to aid school districts to plan and develop library media programs and to evaluate existing programs in Oklahoma, these guidelines are organized along the four essential components of library media programs: facilities, materials and equipment, personnel, and services. The section on facilities explores the relationship of functions to…
Descriptors: Check Lists, Elementary Secondary Education, Learning Resources Centers, Library Collections
Little, Paul – 1976
An experiment conducted in 1975 tested the effects of two policy changes in five Oklahoma County Library System bookmobiles: (1) conversion to predominantly paperback collections; and (2) relaxation of overdue policies. There were two indicators of success: (1) the bookmobiles experienced a 26% increase in circulation during the year; and (2) the…
Descriptors: Bookmobiles, Cost Effectiveness, County Libraries, Experimental Programs
Meyers, Duane H. – Library Journal, 1977
A description of the four-month period in which Oklahoma County Libraries defended unlimited access to library collections including sex education materials for children. (KP)
Descriptors: Administrative Policy, Books, Censorship, Childrens Literature

Lee, Jimmie L. – 1989
In an effort to better serve their users, the Engineering Library at the University of Oklahoma surveyed 30 public, academic, and state agency libraries to identify libraries with collections of national standards, codes, and handbooks that are accessible to the public. This directory presents data received about the holdings of eight of those…
Descriptors: Academic Libraries, Construction Industry, Depository Libraries, Engineering