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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
Johnson, Diane E., Ed. – 1985
This conference was held to bring librarians and users from academic, public, school, and special libraries together to discuss how resource sharing among all types of libraries, for the benefit of all types of users, might be enhanced through formal multitype networking. A conference workbook was provided for participants to read ahead of time,…
Descriptors: Academic Libraries, Conferences, Library Cooperation, Library Networks
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
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
Sheller, Rebekah, Ed. – Rural Libraries, 1990
The two issues of the journal "Rural Libraries" for 1990 contain a total of seven articles. "Cooperation and Rural Libraries," by Jackie Schmitt, reports on a nationwide survey of 119 rural libraries' participation in intrastate library cooperatives. "Rural Public Library Service to Native Americans," by Susan…
Descriptors: Illiteracy, Libraries, Library Administration, Library Cooperation
Mitchell, Thornton W. – 1983
This study develops a chronological summary of the relationship between the development of library service in North Carolina--particularly public library service--and the State Library and the North Carolina Library Commission. The study was the first step in a long-range planning enterprise (to the year 2000) which encompasses not only…
Descriptors: Academic Libraries, Development, Federal Aid, Financial Support

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
Association of Research Libraries, Washington, DC. Office of Management Studies. – 1977
This Association of Research Libraries (ARL) kit on preservation of library materials contains: (1) descriptions of preservation programs and objectives from Boston University, the University of Michigan, University of Wisconsin, and University of California at Los Angeles; (2) a description of the Library of Congress' National Preservation…
Descriptors: Academic Libraries, Higher Education, Library Materials, Library Planning
Council on Library Resources, Inc., Washington, DC. – 1970
In this report of the Council's fourteenth year, a sum of $1,722,375 was appropriated for the support of 29 new projects and work was continued or completed on a good many more. It has become increasingly evident that the average library will never be able to "go it alone" in some aspects of the new technology--automation, for example.…
Descriptors: Information Utilization, Libraries, Library Collections, Library Cooperation
Epstein, Susan Baerg – 1984
This document contains the full transcript of a 2-day workshop on library automation. The first day of the workshop was devoted to a review of the state-of-the-art of library automation and the second day included presentation of testimony by Maine librarians. The transcript of the first day includes discussions of the historical development of…
Descriptors: Academic Libraries, Library Automation, Library Cooperation, Library Networks
D'Olier, J. H.; Delmas, B. – 1975
Designed for governmental planners, documentalists, librarians, and archivists, these two United Nations studies examine integration of the planning of libraries and archives services with the planning of economic and social development. In Study 1, the planning of documentation centers and libraries is investigated. An appendix includes survey…
Descriptors: Archives, College Libraries, Documentation, Libraries
Council of Ontario Universities, Toronto. Office of Library Coordination. – 1975
The Monograph Demonstration Project, an experiment in cooperative library development, was conducted by the Council of Ontario Universities from July, 1973 through April, 1975. Objectives of the project were to establish that an automated, on-line cataloging support system is practical within the Ontario University library community, to provide…
Descriptors: Cataloging, College Libraries, Computers, Demonstration Programs
Bourne, Charles P.; Gregor, Dorothy – 1975
To aid in controlling the cost of acquisitions in a research library, techniques were developed for the rational selection of serial titles for cancellation. The context for the proposed methodology was a network or multicampus environment rather than an individual library, and it was tested with a specific body of health sciences serial titles in…
Descriptors: College Libraries, Foreign Language Periodicals, Interlibrary Loans, Library Circulation
Bausser, Jaye – 1984
This document explores the various issues and concerns related to the development of online systems in libraries and, in particular, online catalogs. Following a preface, foreword, and introduction, chapters are devoted to each of the following topics: (l) providing for special interests including the disabled; (2) authority control; (3) subject…
Descriptors: Indexing, Library Administration, Library Automation, Library Catalogs
Library Association of Australia, Sidney. – 1977
This collection of 34 papers and speeches presented at the conference covers a wide range of topics pertaining to the role of libraries in contemporary society, including issues in library education, library/community relations, library planning and policy-making, technological trends, library services, and library administration. While several…
Descriptors: Administrative Policy, Library Administration, Library Education, Library Planning