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Trezza, Alphonse F. – 1978
Existing and potential federal funding programs for libraries are discussed in this special conference theme summary. The relation of library funding to the total intergovernmental grant system is explained, and eight existing federal programs are outlined that support (1) public library services, (2) interlibrary cooperation, (3) school libraries…
Descriptors: Federal Legislation, Financial Support, Fund Raising, Library Cooperation
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
Kottelwesch, Clemens – 1979
This paper examines the publication of reports of library research progress in the Federal Republic of Germany and proposes problems of research publication that should be considered by the International Federation of Library Associations. Within Germany, four agencies, the German Library Association, the German Research Association, the German…
Descriptors: Foreign Countries, Library Cooperation, Library Research, Library Science
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McGrath, William E. – Library Trends, 1985
Reviews meaning and theory of library collections and structure and enumerates ways that data on collections can be organized to reveal underlying global structure (links and connections between collections, parts of collections, and users of collections). Definitions of terms applying to eight models described in text are appended. (53…
Descriptors: Evaluation Methods, Library Collection Development, Library Collections, Library Cooperation
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Dalrymple, Prudence W. – Library Trends, 2003
Three fundamental problems underlie most research in health sciences librarianship: determining what therapies are effective and of good quality, delivering information when and where it is needed, and in forms that will increase its use. Developments in health information research will be advanced through collaboration across disciplines and…
Descriptors: Health Materials, Information Science, Information Services, Information Sources
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
Fjallbrant, Nancy, Ed. – IATUL Proceedings, 1983
This issue of the IATUL (International Association of Technological University Libraries) Proceedings focuses on developments in Australian libraries. The first article, "University Librarianship in Australia" (D. H. Borchardt), reviews the growth of librarianship in Australia and examines some current issues. "Information Retrieval…
Descriptors: Academic Libraries, Computer Oriented Programs, Foreign Countries, Government Libraries
Wicker, Sandra J. – 1997
Evaluating library collections by comparing them to bibliographies has a long history in research libraries. This evaluative study examined all 107 titles within the "Women in Botany" section of the Herbarium Library at The Ohio State University (OSU). The Herbarium is not part of the OSU Library system, but functions as a satellite to…
Descriptors: Botany, Higher Education, Horticulture, Library Collection Development