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Department of Housing and Urban Development, Washington, DC. – 1975
This handbook contains policy and procedure guidelines for establishing and maintaining libraries for the Department of Housing and Urban Development (HUD) (in regional, area, and insuring offices). In addition to delineating the relationship between these field libraries to the headquarters HUD Division Library, the text offers guidelines…
Descriptors: Government Libraries, Guides, Library Circulation, Library Collections
Corya, William L.; And Others – 1973
This overview study examines the systems presently used at Purdue University to circulate library and audiovisual materials in the general library, the 28 departmental libraries, and the audiovisual center. Also examined are three basic approaches to the automation of library circulation systems, with examples drawn from systems already in…
Descriptors: Audiovisual Aids, Audiovisual Centers, College Libraries, Library Automation
Little (Arthur D.), Inc., Cambridge, MA. – 1969
The Palm Beach County Library System is evaluated for its program to date and for its existing public library resources in the County. Population trends are examined and a realistic program for the development of library services over a six-year period is recommended. The estimated costs for implementation of these recommendations are outlined in…
Descriptors: County Libraries, Evaluation, Library Collections, Library Expenditures
Clark, Collin, Ed. – 1986
This document characterizes libraries in California through statistical tables, profiling each library within the appropriate library type (public, academic and special, academic, special, state agency, and county law). Directory listings are published in a companion volume, California Library Directory. For fiscal year 1984-1985, 990 libraries of…
Descriptors: Academic Libraries, Annual Reports, Interlibrary Loans, Library Circulation
Long, Sandi – 2002
This annual report of Utah public library services presents data useful for local library planning. This information is presented in two sections: core performance measures and general tables. Statewide summary data and breakouts by the populations of the library jurisdictions are provided for the following core performance measures: (1) visits…
Descriptors: Library Administration, Library Expenditures, Library Funding, Library Materials

Association of Universities and Colleges of Canada, Ottawa (Ontario). – 1969
The aim of this report is to study the feasibility of establishing university library systems, based on cooperation and compatibility, which are capable of utilizing all advances in educational theory and modern technology without sacrificing any relevant features of the traditional library. The application, present problems and cooperative…
Descriptors: College Libraries, Library Automation, Library Cooperation, Library Expenditures
Chute, Adrienne; Kroe, Elaine; Garner, Patricia; Padgett, Regina – 1998
The tables in this report summarize information about public libraries in the 50 states and the District of Columbia for state fiscal year 1995. This report includes information about service measures such as reference transactions, public service hours, interlibrary loans, circulation, library visits, children's program attendance, and…
Descriptors: Childrens Libraries, Comparative Analysis, Electronic Libraries, Library Collections
Chute, Adrienne; Kroe, Elaine – 1996
The tables in this report summarize information about public libraries in the 50 states and the District of Columbia for state fiscal year 1996. This report includes information about service measures such as reference transactions, public service hours, interlibrary loans, circulation, library visits, children's program attendance, and…
Descriptors: Childrens Libraries, Comparative Analysis, Electronic Libraries, Library Collections
Long, Sandi – 2001
This report is an evaluation of public library service in Utah from 1990 to 2000. The introduction summarizes findings; a map of public library jurisdictions is included. The report contains sections the following sections: (1) Utah's Population; (2) Circulation and Interlibrary Loan; (3) Holdings and Subscriptions; (4) Library Staff; (5) Income…
Descriptors: Library Development, Library Expenditures, Library Facilities, Library Funding
Poulos, Angela – 1979
Cooperative collection development is discussed as a method of coping with rising prices for expensive and little used library materials. The experiences of institutions which have had success in overcoming difficulties associated with cooperative ventures are presented, and a program of 12 recommendations is suggested. Twenty references are…
Descriptors: Costs, Library Acquisition, Library Collections, Library Cooperation
Byrd, Robert; And Others – 1984
To enable the William R. Perkins Library to focus attention on its collection development operation, a six-member study committee was appointed to review within the present and future environment of the university current collection development policies and procedures and to suggest changes as appropriate to ensure effective use of the library's…
Descriptors: College Libraries, Higher Education, Library Acquisition, Library Collections
Association of Coll. and Research Libraries, Chicago, IL. – 1992
The data presented in this report from the Association of College and Research Libraries (ACRL) were gathered through a questionnaire for fiscal year 1990-91 that was returned by 106 U.S. and Canadian academic libraries out of the 120 U.S. and 5 Canadian academic libraries that were surveyed. These data are designed to complement the data…
Descriptors: Academic Libraries, Annual Reports, Higher Education, Interlibrary Loans
Clark, Collin, Ed. – 1989
The information reported in this document characterizes libraries in California through statistical tables, profiling each library within its appropriate library type (i.e., public, academic, special, state agency, and county law). The data were gathered through the annual report forms for fiscal year 1987-1988 that were returned by 895 libraries…
Descriptors: Academic Libraries, Annual Reports, Higher Education, Interlibrary Loans
Clark, Collin, Ed. – 1987
The information reported in this document characterizes libraries in California through statistical tables, profiling each library within the appropriate library type (public, academic, special, state agency, and county law). The data were gathered though the annual report forms for fiscal year 1985-1986 that were returned by 967 libraries of an…
Descriptors: Academic Libraries, Annual Reports, Higher Education, Interlibrary Loans
Alabama Public Library Service, Montgomery. – 1996
The Alabama Public Library Service is charged with improving library services throughout Alabama to ensure that all citizens have access to quality library and information services. The agency is responsible for administering federal and state funds for the more than 200 public libraries in Alabama. Building renovations were completed in April…
Descriptors: Annual Reports, Library Automation, Library Expenditures, Library Facilities