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Download full textConaway, O. B., Jr. – 1970
The committee's primary objectives were to evaluate the adequacy of the relationship of Federal libraries to other information activities in the government and to determine the role of the library in a total, integrated information system. A statement in considerable detail of the origin and development of extra-library information programs was…
Descriptors: Federal Government, Government Libraries, Information Services, Information Systems
Simmler, O. A. – 1980
This paper examines the characteristics and functions of governmental libraries and information systems which contribute to the decision making activities of governmental institutions. It explores the governmental planning process to outline sources of information, subject specialities, information formats, classes of users, and information…
Descriptors: Decision Making, Government Libraries, Government Role, Information Seeking
Kullmer, Hans K. – 1980
Defined in terms of their institutional role and historical development, national statistical libraries are discussed in the context of present structures, size, personnel situation, technical equipment, financial structure, general and specific activities, areas of specialization, and growth rate, as well as the interlibrary cooperative efforts…
Descriptors: Government Libraries, Information Systems, Library Cooperation, Library Role
Al-Zahrani, Rashed S. – 2001
Since its establishment in 1960, the Institute of Public Administration (IPA) in Riyadh, Saudi Arabia has had responsibility for documenting Saudi administrative literature, the official publications of Saudi Arabia, and the literature of regional and international organizations through establishment of the Document Center in 1961. This paper…
Descriptors: Foreign Countries, Government Libraries, Government Publications, Information Retrieval
Torres, Patricio Aranda – 1999
This paper formulates the means for an improved role for all citizens through a dynamic and interactive parliamentary library and information system. It illustrates the success of such a proposal to strengthen the legitimacy of parliaments by referring to the experience of the Congress of the Republic of Peru and explains what is being done to…
Descriptors: Access to Information, Citizen Role, Democracy, Foreign Countries
International Federation of Library Associations, The Hague (Netherlands). – 1982
Papers on parliamentary and legislative libraries presented at the 1982 International Federation of Library Associations (IFLA) conference include: (1) "Parliamentary Libraries and Networks," a brief overview by Dermot Englefield (United Kingdom) of the position of legislative libraries in national networks, the extent of legislative…
Descriptors: Databases, Foreign Countries, Government Libraries, Information Systems
