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Riechel, Rosemarie – Catholic Library World, 1979
Recommends that public libraries be aware of the need to develop basic preservation policies in order to safeguard local treasures and to extend the life of the collection as a whole. The importance of cooperation is asserted in the light of limited budgets. A selected bibliography is included. (FM)
Descriptors: Library Collections, Library Services, Policy, Preservation
Haro, Robert P. – American Libraries, 1979
Developments in library services to Hispanic Americans include special collection development and outreach services to non-users but change is coming too slowly for America's fastest growing minority. Professional education has responded slowly, if at all to the Hispanic population's needs. (MBR)
Descriptors: Change Strategies, Libraries, Library Collections, Library Education

Feng, Y. T. – Library Resources and Technical Services, 1979
Statement goals for formal collection development policies should include improved library services development. While such statements should be dynamic, and help define the total objectives of the institution, they should provide the necessary rationale for selection rather than serving as a substitute for book selection. (Author/MBR)
Descriptors: Development, Libraries, Library Collections, Library Expenditures
Higginbotham, Jay – Library Journal, 1985
This essay examines American awareness of Soviet literature and writers and vice versa and discusses problems involved in making Soviet literature available to Americans. Highlights include accessibility through public and private libraries and establishing and publicizing a Soviet writings library collection. Some Soviet publications and…
Descriptors: Foreign Countries, Library Collections, Library Role, Library Services

Pontius, Jack E. – Microform Review, 1981
Discusses the public service needs of manuscript, archive, and large monograph microform collections based on the format of the original materials. The need for additional technical service, particularly cataloging, is addressed. References are listed. (CHC)
Descriptors: Archives, Library Acquisition, Library Collections, Library Extension

DeGennaro, Richard – Journal of Academic Librarianship, 1981
Practical advice is offered on managing libraries during a time of declining resources. Librarians are urged to set aside the extravagant and empty rhetoric of the 60s and 70s and take a more realistic view of collections and services for users during the austere 80s. (Author/RAA)
Descriptors: Bibliographies, Librarians, Library Administration, Library Collections

Harris, Roma; And Others – Canadian Library Journal, 1985
Presents information about the psychological impact of unemployment and emphasizes the importance of aiming public library programs and materials at the appropriate level of user need. A needs-analysis approach to providing information services is proposed, and examples of programs and publications developed in Ontario public libraries are given.…
Descriptors: Employment Problems, Foreign Countries, Information Needs, Library Collections

Bender, Ann – Library Resources and Technical Services, 1979
This discussion of fund allocation for library collection development is based on interviews with administrative officers of the Brooklyn and Tompkins County, New York, public libraries. It is concluded that no materials budget can be used effectively without quality service at the level where librarians bring materials and patrons together.…
Descriptors: Budgeting, Development, Library Collections, Library Material Selection

Stratford, Juri – Microform Review, 1988
Examines criteria for the coordination of the administration of government document microform collections, including discussion of bibliographic access, physical access, and collection development. Limitations to the integration of these collections and problems of public access to these less than fully integrated collections are also addressed.…
Descriptors: Access to Information, Government Publications, Library Administration, Library Collection Development

Hansen, Andrew M. – RQ, 1995
The history of the Reference and Adult Services Division (RASD) of the American Library Association is traced from the creation of the individual adult and reference service divisions through the merger that formed RASD. Focuses on the origin, structure, and activities of the division and on the individuals responsible for the development of RASD.…
Descriptors: Activities, Adults, Library Collections, Library Development
Hirshon, Arnold – 1988
This report responds to a proposal for an internal audit of the library collection at Virginia Commonwealth University (VCU) and describes various measures that University Library Services (ULS) has already implemented to automate the inventory process and improve security. Introductory materials provide an executive summary and background…
Descriptors: Academic Libraries, Facility Inventory, Higher Education, Library Automation
Jennerich, Edward J. – 1978
Intended to aid fellow department chairpersons in developing adequate library resources and to suggest ways of motivating departments in their use, this paper proffers suggestions based on the author's experience as a librarian and academic department chairman. It is suggested that (1) guidelines established by the library profession and…
Descriptors: Administrator Role, Curriculum Development, Department Heads, Guidelines

Miranda, Cecilia; Horton, Weldon – Community & Junior College Libraries, 1985
Reports on an evaluation of Midland College's Health Sciences Library as a separate collection with a different classification system, with special focus on the effects of the organizational structure on the efficiency and cost-effectiveness of technical processing. Concludes that the separate library is a viable, cost-effective alternative. (DMM)
Descriptors: College Libraries, Community Colleges, Library Collections, Library Services

Durrance, Joan C. – RQ, 1985
Discussion of implications of highly decentralized nature of local government for collection of local documents highlights meaning of access, effect of local government environment on access to local government information, library responses, and tools that can assist libraries in increasing citizen and government access to local government…
Descriptors: Government Publications, Information Needs, Information Retrieval, Library Collections

Zink, Steven D. – Microform Review, 1982
Discusses a dilemma facing government documents librarians as a result of the multitude and complexity of presently available indexing aids to government publications: how to provide the library users with the means for understanding sophisticated access tools and enhanced collections. A 13-entry reference list is included. (Author/JL)
Descriptors: Federal Government, Government Publications, Indexes, Librarians