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Download full textDervin, Brenda; Clark, Kathleen – 1987
Developed as part of a three-year project funded by the Library Services and Construction Act (LSCA), this manual is designed to present librarians in the State of California with an alternative, "sense-making" approach to assessing the information needs of patrons and potential patrons and to assessing accountability, i.e., whether…
Descriptors: Accountability, Evaluation Methods, Interviews, Library Personnel
Peer reviewedPacey, Antony – Canadian Library Journal, 1991
Discussion of selection criteria for special collections in libraries focuses on the development of selection criteria at the National Museum of Science and Technology in Canada. The need for the involvement of staff members is discussed, and criteria for materials are described, including age, rarity, historical significance, and physical…
Descriptors: Criteria, Foreign Countries, Library Collections, Library Material Selection
Euster, Joanne R. – 1981
Based on data from a 1979 survey of ARL member libraries, this study by the Office of Management Studies analyzes the responses of selected libraries which had provided internal studies or planning documents on the subject of internal communication and notes the extent of resulting changes in procedures. The studies yielded information on staff…
Descriptors: Academic Libraries, Change Strategies, Guidelines, Higher Education
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
Association of Research Libraries, Washington, DC. Office of Management Studies. – 1978
A 1977 Association of Research Libraries (ARL) survey investigated how libraries were training personnel for routine tasks. Of the 73 responding libraries, more than 75% (58) reported that manuals and procedural guides, along with on-the-job training, were the main methods of instruction for technical skills. Accordingly, this kit on skills…
Descriptors: Academic Libraries, Guidelines, Higher Education, Job Skills
Association of Research Libraries, Washington, DC. Office of Management Studies. – 1983
This collection of library documents related to the employment of student assistants in member libraries of the Association of Research Libraries (ARL) contains: (1) examples of procedures and policies from the University of Kansas, the University of California at Berkeley, and Michigan State University; (2) recruitment and hiring documents from…
Descriptors: Academic Libraries, Grievance Procedures, Higher Education, Library Personnel
