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Association of Research Libraries, Washington, DC. Office of Management Studies. – 1979
An Association of Research Libraries (ARL) telephone survey indicated that staff associations in many large academic and research libraries have developed into distinct action-oriented groups. This appears to be due to a combination of factors including increased staff interest in the library decision-making process, the emergence on changed forms…
Descriptors: Academic Libraries, Higher Education, Library Associations, Library Personnel
Siggins, Jack, Comp.; Sullivan, Maureen, Comp. – 1993
In April 1993, the Association of Research Libraries (ARL) conducted a survey of its members to update information gathered in 1991 about the existence of quality improvement programs and the use of quality improvement processes in research libraries. A total of 91 responses (76 percent) was received to the 13 questions of the survey. Fifteen (16…
Descriptors: Academic Libraries, Higher Education, Improvement Programs, Institutional Characteristics
Brennan, Patricia, Comp.; Reed-Scott, Jutta, Comp. – 1993
In February 1993, the Association of Research Libraries (ARL) conducted a survey of its members to compile information on cooperative collection development programs for the acquisition of foreign materials in ARL libraries. Responses were received from 86 of the 119 libraries surveyed. Twenty-five respondents report that they participate in…
Descriptors: Academic Libraries, Consortia, Foreign Countries, Higher Education
Download full textJakubs, Deborah – 1989
The introduction to this Systems and Procedures Exchange Center (SPEC) kit explains the Conspectus method, which was developed in 1980 by the Research Libraries Group (RLG) as a means of systematically and qualitatively evaluating large library collections. The discussion considers advantages and disadvantages of this tool, which evaluates past…
Descriptors: Academic Libraries, Administrative Policy, Evaluation Criteria, Higher Education
Ray, Tom H., Comp.; Hawthorne, Pat, Comp. – 1993
This flyer and kit were developed by the Systems and Procedures Exchange Center (SPEC) of the Association of Research Libraries (ARL) to examples job descriptions used by academic and research libraries and present examples from various libraries. Job descriptions serve a variety of purposes in personnel management. In addition, current and…
Descriptors: Academic Libraries, Disabilities, Employment Qualifications, Evaluation Methods
