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Peer reviewedHemp, Susan J.; Montgomery, Jack G., Ed. – Against the Grain, 1996
The population of state and federal prisons quadrupled between 1971 and 1991, increasing demand for library resources. Outlines the history of prison libraries (1700s-1990s); discusses prison libraries and librarians, law collections, reference services, literacy programs, and funding; and provides a bibliography of prison librarianship covering…
Descriptors: Adult Literacy, Bibliographies, Law Libraries, Librarians
Download full textParent, Kathleen D., Ed. – Centennial State Libraries, 1998
This document consists of 12 consecutive issues of the monthly "Centennial State Libraries" newsletter, of the Colorado Department of Education, State Library and Adult Education Office. The issues cover the year 1998. Each issue of the newsletter--except the August issue which is an Annual Report--includes some or all of the following…
Descriptors: Authors, Elementary Secondary Education, Libraries, Library Development
Peer reviewedRatcliffe, Frederick W. – Reference Librarian, 1996
Describes a report (published in 1993) on British university libraries. The report addresses funding problems, the growth in desktop and electronic publishing and resulting archiving and preservation issues, the increased number of university students, the impact of information technology on the transmission and storage of information, and the…
Descriptors: Academic Libraries, Archives, Desktop Publishing, Electronic Publishing
Peer reviewedSmith, Frederick E. – Library Hi Tech, 1996
Outlines New York State's plan for all libraries to provide electronic services to their users by the use of computer and telecommunications technology. Recommendations of the initiative's organizing committee focus on: services and funding; equity and ease of access; profession and education; partnerships; standards and protocols; collection…
Descriptors: Access to Information, Electronic Libraries, Library Automation, Library Collection Development
Reed, Sally Gardner, Ed. – 1996
Librarianship is in a period of great transition. Expanding uses of information technology and a dramatically changing demographic and economic environment are forcing librarians to re-examine their profession and to ask questions about their future relevance and viability. Change is and should be viewed as an ongoing and critical component of…
Descriptors: Academic Libraries, Access to Information, Change Strategies, Futures (of Society)
Bourdon, Cathleen – Bowker Annual Library and Book Trade Almanac, 2001
This selective bibliography of books for librarians includes titles regarding academic libraries; administration and personnel; bibliographic instruction; cataloging and classification; children's and young adult services; collection development; copyright; customer service; distance education; electronic libraries; fund raising; government…
Descriptors: Academic Libraries, Adolescents, Bibliographies, Cataloging
South Carolina State Library, Columbia. – 1995
The South Carolina State Library's plan for use of Library Services and Construction Act (LSCA) Title I, II, and III funds is presented. Highlights include: a profile of the public, including special needs populations; profiles of the state's libraries and their needs; criteria, priorities and procedures for library improvement under Title I…
Descriptors: Academic Libraries, Federal Aid, Higher Education, Individual Needs
