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Howard, Paul – Drexel Library Quarterly, 1970
The work of the Federal Library Committee indicates that a group of librarians willing to work together on the solution of common problems can obtain the necessary resources and can be reasonably successful, providing they are endowed with goodwill, persistence, energy and imagination. (Author/MF)
Descriptors: Government Libraries, Librarians, Library Cooperation, Library Facilities
Download full textEaton, Deborah A. – 1974
The function of a Federal research library reflects the purpose of the laboratory it serves and the philosophy of the librarian. Libraries at the Fish and Wildlife Service research centers must rely on small specialized collections, supplemented by a large amount of cooperation among agency libraries and other subject-related collections. Due to…
Descriptors: Government Libraries, Information Sources, Librarians, Library Collections
Comptroller General of the U.S., Washington, DC. – 1973
The General Accounting Office reviewed Federal libraries, i.e., executive agency libraries, in Metropolitan Washington to identify problems common to the libraries and to determine how they are being handled. The review revealed that: a central depository could provide numerous benefits; microforms are not used substantially; central direction is…
Descriptors: Administration, Centralization, Copyrights, Federal Government
Trezza, Alphonse F. – 1982
The current interaction among federal libraries and information centers was examined and assessed to determine ways to improve the coordination of resources and services among federal libraries and to increase cooperation between federal and non-federal libraries in order to meet national, state, and local information needs. The more than 400…
Descriptors: Agency Cooperation, Federal Government, Government Libraries, Library Cooperation
Robisheaux, Judy – 1971
The history, goals, organization and achievements of the Federal Library Committee (FLC) are examined in this graduate paper. A brief initial section relates the history of the Committee from the first recognition of its necessity through its planning, official creation and establishment of responsibilities, organization and funding. The body of…
Descriptors: Advisory Committees, Committees, Government Libraries, Information Utilization
Kulisiewicz, Wojciech; Karamac, Barbara – 2000
This paper discusses the most common forms of international cooperation between legislative libraries from the perspective of Eastern European legislative libraries. The focus is on experience sharing and on the present place of these libraries in expanded European and world-wide communities, as is represented by the European Centre for…
Descriptors: Electronic Libraries, Foreign Countries, Government Libraries, Institutional Libraries
Beaudiquez, Marcelle – 1987
Results from questionnaires investigating bibliographic services and related activities in 93 countries belonging to the United Nations Educational, Scientific, and Cultural Organization (Unesco) are presented in this document. The survey was conducted in 1983-1984 and the data compiled in 1985-1986. Compared to a previous and almost identical…
Descriptors: Cataloging, Depository Libraries, Foreign Countries, Government Libraries
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
Department of the Interior, Washington, DC. Office of Library Services. – 1974
Over 50 presentations from a 5-day conference cover all aspects of federal libraries and librarianship. The civil service structures for librarians and information specialists, career ladders within agencies, librarians' associations, and the role of the library technician are discussed. Administrative areas covered include costing formulas,…
Descriptors: Audiovisual Aids, Conference Reports, Government Libraries, Government Publications
International Federation of Library Associations, The Hague (Netherlands). – 1983
Papers on parliamentary and legislative libraries, which were presented at the 1983 International Federation of Library Associations (IFLA) conference, include: (1) "Need for and Use of Parliamentary Papers," a report by Eeva-Maija Tammekann on the results of a 1983 survey of 37 parliamentary libraries (with a 51% response rate) covering…
Descriptors: Foreign Countries, Government Libraries, Government Publications, Information Dissemination
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
International Federation of Library Associations, The Hague (Netherlands). – 1984
Papers on government libraries, public libraries, and research libraries presented at the 1984 IFLA general conference include: (1) "Library Services for Research" (Maria S. Pla de Menendez, Colombia); (2) "Interlibrary Loans, Present and Future: A Consideration for Academic Library Management" (Geoffrey G. Allen, Australia);…
Descriptors: Academic Libraries, Developing Nations, Foreign Countries, Government Libraries
National Library of Canada, Ottawa (Ontario). – 1974
Utilizing questionnaires, interviews, observations and the study of documents, four survey teams studied 193 federal libraries in Canada, excluding prison, hospital, and diplomatic post libraries. The four teams, consisting of government and nongovernment personnel, covered four topics: library organization and administration, staffing,…
Descriptors: Administration, Administrative Organization, Bilingualism, Government Libraries
