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Fry, Bernard M.; White, Herbert S. – Library Acquisitions: Practice and Theory, 1979
This in-depth report discusses findings from a survey of academic, public, and special libraries to determine the effects of budgetary curtailments on acquisition and retention policies for scholarly journals. Effects of budget reallocation, library efforts to alleviate economic pressures, and borrowing/lending activities are described. The…
Descriptors: Economic Factors, Financial Policy, Library Acquisition, Library Administration
Borkowski, Casimir; And Others – Library Journal, 1981
Urges library administrators to reject the findings of the Kent Study concerning the curtailment of library acquisitions and the sharing of library materials. The Pittsburgh Senate Library Committee raises serious questions of flawed methodology in the conduct of the study. Seven references are listed. (RAA)
Descriptors: Academic Libraries, Bias, Cost Effectiveness, Library Acquisition
Peer reviewedSchwarz, Philip – College and Research Libraries, 1983
Data gathered in application of Paul Kantor's demand-adjusted shelf availability model to medium-sized academic library indicate significant differences in shelf availability when data are analyzed by last circulation date, acquisition date, and imprint date, and when they are gathered during periods of low and high use. Ten references are cited.…
Descriptors: Comparative Analysis, Data Analysis, Library Acquisition, Library Administration
Download full textCline, Hugh F.; Sinnott, Loraine T. – 1980
This project examined a series of alternative policies for the management and funding of university libraries as they adopt and adapt to various information science technologies to accomplish the functions of acquisitions, cataloging, circulation, and reference services. Comparative case studies were completed at the University of Chicago,…
Descriptors: Academic Libraries, Bibliographic Utilities, Cataloging, Comparative Analysis
Fischer, Norman M. – 1978
This report presents comprehensive recommendations in the library budget formula area for public 2- and 4-year institutions in Washington based on recommendations adopted by the council in 1976 with some revisions. A review and analysis of statistical data supplied by the 4-year institutions and community college system in the areas of staffing,…
Descriptors: Academic Libraries, Budgeting, Library Acquisition, Library Administration
Burns, Robert W., Jr. – 1974
Three contiguous schools in the upper midwest--a teacher's training college and a private four-year college in one state, and a land-grant university in another--were studied to see if their libraries could merge one of their major divisions--technical services--into a single administrative unit. Potential benefits from such a merger were felt to…
Descriptors: Cataloging, College Libraries, Land Grant Universities, Library Acquisition
Association of Research Libraries, Washington, DC. Office of Management Studies. – 1987
Designed to serve both as an activity report on Office of Management Studies (OMS) progress during 1987 and a catalog of OMS services and products, this annual report focuses on the management of technology in a scholarly environment. Programs and services are reported in five sections: (1) Applied Research and Development (the Institute on…
Descriptors: Academic Libraries, Annual Reports, Clearinghouses, Higher Education
Association of Research Libraries, Washington, DC. Office of Management Studies. – 1989
Designed to serve both as an activity report on Office of Management Services (OMS) progress during 1989 and a catalog of OMS services and products, this annual report focuses on the management of human and technical resources in a scholarly environment. Programs and services are reported in four sections: (1) Applied Research and Development (the…
Descriptors: Academic Libraries, Annual Reports, Clearinghouses, Higher Education
Sutton, Michael J.; Black, John B. – 1976
More effective use of diminishing resources was needed to provide the best possible services at the University of Guelph (Ontario, Canada) library. This required the improved decision-making processes of a Library Management Information System (LMIS) to provide systematic information analysis. An information flow model was created, and an…
Descriptors: Cataloging, College Libraries, Data Collection, Decision Making
