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Peer reviewedMagrill, Rose Mary; Rinehart, Constance – Library Resources and Technical Services, 1980
Reports on a study to estimate the proportion of the University of Michigan's library collection needing preservation efforts and describes the rating scale used. (FM)
Descriptors: Books, Library Materials, Library Research, Preservation
Peters, Cynthia; And Others – 1984
The need to plan for operating and service patterns and to establish priorities for services to readers in the new Reference and Bibliographical Center at the Newberry Library guided this self-study. From December 1983 to August 1984, 32 staff members (grouped into 1 study team and 4 task forces) investigated the critical issues of bibliographic…
Descriptors: Cataloging, Library Facilities, Library Materials, Library Personnel
Download full textEducational Priorities Panel, New York, NY. – 1985
The Educational Priorities Panel (EPP) conducted a mail survey of New York City school library staff, a telephone survey of community school districts, and an analysis of budget and payroll data for library services. Additionally, two member agencies, the Citizen's Committee for Children and the Women's City Club, undertook a cooperative study on…
Descriptors: Elementary Secondary Education, Learning Resources Centers, Library Expenditures, Library Instruction
Smith, Abby – 2001
In April 2000, the Digital Library Federation commissioned three reports to address broader concerns about digital collections in research libraries. This report synthesizes the nearly 10 years' experience that libraries have had digitizing items from their rare, special, and general collections, and making them available online. The report…
Descriptors: Access to Information, Information Technology, Library Collection Development, Library Materials
Merrill-Oldham, Jan; And Others – 1991
This report is based in part on an analysis of current preservation practices and of the 1988-89 Association of Research Libraries (ARL) Preservation Statistics. It includes discussion of the 10 components of a comprehensive preservation program to which library administrators must give attention. Organizational models for mature preservation…
Descriptors: Academic Libraries, Higher Education, Library Collections, Library Materials
Merrill-Oldham, Jan – 1985
This kit is the result of a written request for sample materials from 35 ARL (Association of Research Libraries) members known to have active preservation programs. Twenty-three libraries responded, and of those, 16 contributed documents--some of which are included here. This kit contains: four preservation-related policy statements; 32 examples…
Descriptors: Academic Libraries, Communications, Emergency Programs, Guidelines
Byrne, Sherry – 1993
This resource guide provides information about the range of activities that can be implemented to maintain and improve the condition of research collections to ensure that they remain usable as long as possible. After an introduction that describes the major activities and a review of an investigation process that gives an overview of good…
Descriptors: Academic Libraries, Archives, Audiotape Recordings, Books
