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Roberts, Stephen A., Ed. – Information and Library Manager, 1985
The four papers in this collection consider the attitudes, concepts, and techniques involved in marketing for non-profit organizations, and explore how librarians in higher education can use these ideas to optimize the effectiveness of their service provision in a time of economic constraint. In "Marketing the Academic Library,"…
Descriptors: Academic Libraries, Foreign Countries, Higher Education, Library Research
Download full textSheller, 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
Lynch, Mary Jo; St. Lifer, Evan; Halstead, Kent; Fox, Bette-Lee; Miller, Marilyn L.; Shontz, Marilyn L. – Bowker Annual Library and Book Trade Almanac, 2001
These nine articles discuss research and statistics on libraries and librarianship, including libraries in the United States, Canada, and Mexico; acquisition expenditures in public, academic, special, and government libraries; price indexes; state rankings of public library data; library buildings; expenditures in school library media centers; and…
Descriptors: Academic Libraries, Cost Indexes, Foreign Countries, Government Libraries
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
Sheller, Rebekah, Ed. – Rural Libraries, 1991
These volumes report on investigation, activities, and viewpoints related to rural library service. Topics covered are the role of rural libraries, the needs and characteristics of its users, the characteristics of its trustees, difference in operation and information service between rural and urban libraries, and the role of technology in helping…
Descriptors: Access to Information, Distance Education, Financial Problems, Higher Education
Barrett, G. Jaia, Ed. – ARL, 1995
This bimonthly newsletter offers a forum for discussion of research library issues and actions. Regular features include: Current Issues; Office of Scientific and Academic Publishing; Federal Relations; Coalition for Networked Information; Office of Management Services; ARL Activities; and ARL Calendar. Newsletter highlights include the following…
Descriptors: Federal Programs, Information Networks, Library Administration, Library Services
Blixrud, Julia C., Comp. – SPEC Kit, 2000
This SPEC (Systems and Procedures Exchange Center) Kit reports results of a survey that examined how Association of Research Libraries (ARL) members currently provide printing services to their users and how the costs of those services are covered. Of the 122 members surveyed, 62 responded. Included in the responses was information on main, law,…
Descriptors: Academic Libraries, Computer Printers, Higher Education, Library Equipment
Steele, Patricia Ann, Comp.; Walters, Carolyn, Comp. – SPEC Kit, 2001
This SPEC (Systems and Procedures Exchange Center) Kit presents the results of a survey of Association of Research Libraries (ARL) member libraries designed to provide a description of how they are responding to demands for greater hours of access and service. Survey responses indicate what hours of access and service libraries are providing and…
Descriptors: Academic Libraries, Foreign Countries, Higher Education, Library Associations
Jenda, Claudine, Comp. – SPEC Kit, 2000
This SPEC (Systems and Procedures Exchange Center) Kit reports results of a survey that examined how many Association of Research Libraries (ARL) libraries offer fee-based services to their external users, the procedures and organizational structures of such services, and the factors that contribute to a successful fee-based service program. For…
Descriptors: Academic Libraries, Fees, Higher Education, Information Policy
Barrett, G. Jaia, Ed. – ARL, 2002
This document consists of seven issues of the ARL (Association of Research Libraries) Newsletter, covering February 2002 through December 2002. Most issues include some or all of the following sections: "Current Issues"; "Leadership and Management"; "New Measures Initiative"; "Statistics and Measurement";…
Descriptors: Academic Libraries, Access to Information, Copyrights, Higher Education
Brown, Karen, Comp.; Holmes, Emily, Comp. – SPEC Kit, 2002
This SPEC (Systems and Procedures Exchange Center) Kit presents the results of a survey of Association of Research Libraries (ARL) member libraries designed to explore to what extent preservation activities have been integrated into research library operations by examining the many facets of mature preservation programs and determining how much…
Descriptors: Academic Libraries, Foreign Countries, Higher Education, Library Associations
Fabian, Bernhard – 1998
Based on Bernhard Fabian's "Buch, Bibliothek, und geisteswissenschaftliche Forschung (The Book, the Library, and Humanistic Research)," this study is a commentary on the relationship between library and user. Discussing the characteristics and requirements of research in the humanities, it stresses the interrelationship between…
Descriptors: Foreign Countries, Humanities, Information Retrieval, Information Sources
Novotny, Eric, Comp. – SPEC Kit, 2002
This SPEC (Systems and Procedures Exchange Center) Kit presents the results of a survey of Association of Research Libraries (ARL) member libraries designed to document how ARL member libraries are collecting, using, and modifying their data on reference service transactions. A total of 74 of 124 ARL member libraries responded to the survey. A…
Descriptors: Academic Libraries, Data Collection, Evaluation Methods, Foreign Countries
O'Connor, Lisa, Comp. – SPEC Kit, 2000
The purpose of the survey for this SPEC (Systems and Procedures Exchange Center) Kit was to assess the current print corporate annual report collection practices of ARL (Association of Research Libraries) libraries, describe the effects of these collections, and recommend best practices for preserving these significant historical documents. The…
Descriptors: Annual Reports, Corporations, Higher Education, Library Acquisition
Ronan, Jana, Comp.; Turner, Carol, Comp. – SPEC Kit, 2002
This SPEC (Systems and Procedures Exchange Center) Kit presents the results of a survey of Association of Research Libraries (ARL) member libraries designed to gather data on chat reference service. A total of 66 of 124 ARL member libraries responded to the survey. A copy of the questionnaire with tabulated results is presented. Representative…
Descriptors: Academic Libraries, Electronic Libraries, Foreign Countries, Higher Education
