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Visser, Michelle – Community & Junior College Libraries, 2003
Discusses issues of identifying, storing, handling, and providing access to rare books and materials in institutions without special collections departments. Suggests that although many community colleges do not collect rare materials, they may nonetheless be in possession of books that are rare and that should receive special care. (ontains four…
Descriptors: Academic Libraries, Books, College Libraries, Community Colleges
Simon, Ralph C. – 1972
A solution to a perennial library inventory problem by the application of known and proven systematic techniques used in other non-library areas is proposed. The traditional and new approaches are briefly compared and explained while the actual planning and development are discussed with an eye toward producing as an ultimate goal the ideal…
Descriptors: Books, Information Centers, Information Retrieval, Information Storage
Kaungamno, Ezekiel E. – 1972
The five essential features of any good library plan are objectives, inputs, process, outputs, and evaluation. In developing countries, the following factors affect, and should be considered, in the formulation of library plans: illiteracy, lack of educational facilities, no common language, insufficient funds, and geographical features and the…
Descriptors: African Culture, Books, Branch Libraries, Developing Nations
Baumol, William J.; Marcus, Matityahu – 1973
An analysis is conducted of economic issues pertinent to library planning in higher education in the face of rising costs and diminishing financial support. The individual chapters deal with: 1) growth rates in large university libraries; 2) library costs in colleges and universities; 3) cost trends and long-range plans; 4) library data; and 5) a…
Descriptors: Books, Budgeting, College Libraries, Costs
Voigt, Melvin J. – 1970
There is a direct relationship between the care with which the book collection is developed and the success of the library. Questions which must be answered before developing a selection policy statement include: How large, broad or intensive should the periodical collection be? What should the policy be on back files of periodicals? On periodical…
Descriptors: Books, College Libraries, Library Collections, Library Material Selection
Spyers-Duran, Peter – 1973
The steady growth of the academic libraries reflects a true increase in the body of human knowledge. The average academic library either now has, or will have within the next few years, a severe space problem related to housing of books. The seemingly limitless growth of space needs creates problems compounded by rising costs of buildings and…
Descriptors: Books, College Libraries, Library Collections, Library Facilities
McCullough, Frances – Cath Libr World, 1970
Plans for consolidating the Nursing School Library at Mercy Hospital with other departmental libraries to form one central hospital library. (NH)
Descriptors: Books, Library Planning, Library Services, Medical Libraries
Bruns, Adam – American Libraries, 1999
Demonstrates factors involved in moving a university library to a new location, based on experiences at the University of Kentucky. Some logistics of a move include the following: the collection has to be measured and its destination determined; a book that is relabeled should be handled only five times; book carts must avoid gridlock; getting it…
Descriptors: Academic Libraries, Books, Higher Education, Library Equipment
Mahood, Molly M., Ed. – 1974
A special issue of Overseas Universities devoted to university libraries contains 10 articles concerning developing nations, particularly Africa. Articles cover: an architect's survey of university library problems; planning libraries in the humid tropics, with emphasis on the University of the South Pacific in Suva, Fiji; aid, funding, and…
Descriptors: Books, College Libraries, Developing Nations, Financial Support
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Ernst, William B., Jr. – Library Trends, 1971
Only the imaginative combination of space utilization and collection organization will help solve the problems of the most efficient and effective ways to handle the storage of large masses of little-used books. (NH)
Descriptors: Books, Buildings, Library Collections, Library Facilities
Drake, Miriam A. – 1975
Price trends for the major operating expenditures of the Purdue University Libraries are examined. Four years of price data on books and serials purchased for various academic disciplines are presented. Price trend data are also presented for other library expenditures including salaries, wages, equipment, telephone, and supplies. It is concluded…
Descriptors: Books, College Libraries, Cost Indexes, Costs
Kaungamno, Ezekiel E. – 1972
The Libraries (Deposit of Books) Act 1962 requires printers in Tanzania mainland to deposit one copy of all books printed by them with the librarian of the University of Dar es Salaam and in 1963 the Minister for Education issued the Libraries (Deposit of Books) Order which extended the Act by requiring printers to deposit a further copy with the…
Descriptors: Bibliographies, Books, College Libraries, Directories
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Kivia, Ivarature – Information Development, 1994
Discusses problems of preservation and conservation of library materials in the South Pacific, including environmental factors, insect and animal pests, and mishandling. Describes the situation in national, public, and academic libraries in the region; factors in planning library buildings to promote preservation; and preservation efforts at the…
Descriptors: Academic Libraries, Books, Environmental Influences, Foreign Countries
Nunes, John L. – College Management, 1972
Describes an electronic security device for libraries that may solve book pilferage problems. (PG)
Descriptors: Books, Electronic Equipment, Higher Education, Libraries
Merrill-Oldham, Jan – 1993
Library binding is one of the activities typically included in newly created preservation departments, but librarians continue to discover that transforming a traditional binding program into one that better meets preservation objectives requires considerable investment of time. This resource guide is intended to help libraries review their…
Descriptors: Academic Libraries, Books, Evaluation Methods, Higher Education
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