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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
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
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
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
Southeastern Wisconsin Regional Planning Commission, Waukesha. – 1974
The Southeastern Wisconsin Regional Planning Commission began a study of regional library planning in 1968. They identified needs and study objectives, and in 1969 inventoried existing library facilities, services, and use. This included public, school, academic, government, and special and institutional libraries both public and private. There…
Descriptors: College Libraries, Institutional Libraries, Library Cooperation, Library Expenditures
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South Carolina State Library, Columbia. – 1979
This annual report reviews state supported library programs and services for FY 1979 and presents a comprehensive summary of the state library system over the past 50 years. A highlight of the year was the South Carolina Governor's Conference on Library and Information Services. Resolutions, debated and enacted, on specific library needs, funding,…
Descriptors: Annual Reports, Legislation, Libraries, Library Collections
Harvard Univ., Cambridge, MA. Univ. Library. – 1966
The decade 1966-1976 and its implications for the Harvard University Library are the subject of this report. The problems examined include library collection policies, the impact of computers and other technical innovations on the Library's operations and services, availability of additional resources and possible savings through interlibrary…
Descriptors: Automation, College Libraries, Facility Expansion, Financial Support
Library Journal, 1971
A decade after the establishment of a library system, Spring Valley's Finkelstein Library has seceded from the system. (Author)
Descriptors: Centralization, Libraries, Library Expenditures, Library Networks
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Weinberg, Charles B. – Management Science, 1974
The operation of the university library is examined. Despite the increase in size of libraries, their standard of service is declining. Reasons for this decline are advanced. The strategic goals of the library are redefined with implications for the library's acquisition, shelving, and retention policies. (Author)
Descriptors: College Libraries, Higher Education, Information Sources, Library Acquisition
Spyers-Duran, Peter – 1973
The Nebraska State College Libraries share a mutual concern over the need for proper development of quantitative standards and library budget formulas. Their concern is categorized into matters relating to: (1) acquisitions, (2) expense and (3) personnel. Considerable institutional research has been developed in recent years to formulate standards…
Descriptors: Budgeting, College Libraries, Librarians, Library Acquisition
Nebraska Public Library Commission, Lincoln. – 1969
The Biennial Reports contain sections on: (1) Nebraska Public Library Commission; (2) Physical Facilities; (3) Personnel; (4) Book and Non-Book Materials; (5) Services and Use; (6) Financial Support; (7) Union Catalog Statistics; (8) Appropriations and Expenditures; (9) Planning and Research; (10) A Survey of the Physically Handicapped of Nebraska…
Descriptors: Library Expenditures, Library Planning, Library Services, Library Surveys
Cramer, Anne – 1971
The objectives of a hospital are to improve patient care, while the objectives of a hospital library are to improve services to the staff which will support their efforts. This handbook dealing with hospital administration is designed to aid the librarian in either implementing a hospital library, or improving services in an existing medical…
Descriptors: Annual Reports, Hospitals, Institutional Libraries, Library Administration
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