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Factor, Olivia Spaid – 1995
Little guidance is given in today's general technical services or cataloging textbooks to assist librarians in making decisions on procedures for the physical preparation of materials prior to placement on the shelves for public access. As small, private academic libraries face automation of circulation, addition of security systems, and debates…
Descriptors: Academic Libraries, Books, Cataloging, Higher Education
Seiser, Virginia; Lockerby, Robert – 1988
Over a 3-year period (1985-1987) site visits were made to selected U.S. libraries that focus on climbing or mountaineering as a specific area for comprehensive collection building to survey their monographic holdings, serial holdings, and special collections. The monographic collections were compared to two lists of outstanding mountaineering…
Descriptors: Academic Libraries, Books, Higher Education, Library Collections

Walker, Gay – College and Research Libraries, 1975
A survey of preservation activities in large academic libraries revealed widespread problems of deterioration of library materials. Some countermeasures are described. (Author/PF)
Descriptors: Books, College Libraries, Library Materials, Library Surveys
Elgin, Ramona R. – 1992
To determine whether videocassettes have become an integral part of library collections, a survey was conducted to compare book and video circulation statistics during a 5-year period in northern Illinois. A survey was sent to directors of the 84 public libraries in the Suburban Library System in northern Illinois requesting the population of each…
Descriptors: Books, Comparative Analysis, Librarians, Library Circulation
Baumol, William J.; Marcus, Matityahu – 1973
An analysis is conducted of economic issues pertinent to library planning in higher education in the face of rising costs and diminishing financial support. The individual chapters deal with: 1) growth rates in large university libraries; 2) library costs in colleges and universities; 3) cost trends and long-range plans; 4) library data; and 5) a…
Descriptors: Books, Budgeting, College Libraries, Costs
Myhre, Martin – 1972
A Survey of Oregon libraries was conducted to supply current background information on libraries. This information was needed for a long range plan to develop libraries in Oregon which is required by Public Law 91-600. In addition, the details about specific libraries are needed to evaluate applications for federal funds and to evaluate the…
Descriptors: Audiodisc Recordings, Books, Community Role, Financial Support
Leonhardt, Thomas W. – 1982
Materials in this collection were submitted by respondents to a survey which sought specific data on the numbers and types of approval plans in Association of Research Libraries (ARL) libraries, whether such plans are meeting expectations, their relative importance in the library, who makes the key decisions, and the kind of thought and study that…
Descriptors: Books, College Libraries, Evaluation Criteria, Guidelines
Hannaford, W. E., Jr. – 1979
This investigation of how ten small, private college libraries go about collecting books focuses on the degree of responsibility and control those libraries exercise over what is included in their collections. The findings and conclusions of the study are based upon interviews with library administrators and acquisitions librarians at Middlebury…
Descriptors: Academic Libraries, Books, College Libraries, Higher Education
Reneker, Maxine H. – 1970
The 156 academic libraries serving student bodies of less than 5,000 students, reported an average loss of 230 volumes per year at a cost of approximately $2,875.00 to replace. This loss of one volume for every five students represents the staggering projected total of 1,440,000 volumes lost in the year 1968/69. There are two ways of viewing the…
Descriptors: Books, College Libraries, Library Collections, Library Expenditures
Hoffert, Barbara – Library Journal, 1998
A Library Journal survey of 2000 public libraries investigated adult book expenditures and circulation. This article presents statistics on purchasing power and circulation, sources used for purchasing decisions, where books are purchased, top circulating genres, topics of increased patron and librarian interest, topics being weeded and replaced,…
Descriptors: Adults, Books, Fiction, Library Circulation

Wilkinson, John – Canadian Library Journal, 1977
Survey analysis of Canadian public, regional, and elementary school library juvenile title holdings. (KP)
Descriptors: Books, Childrens Literature, Elementary Schools, Library Collections
Burns Security Inst., Briarcliff Manor, NY. – 1973
As educational and cultural centers, public libraries are in the mainstream of American life. Persistent library crime, such as pilferage, theft and vandalism, represents much more than financial loss. It deprives the public of access to irreplaceable books, rare manuscripts and other reference materials. Equally important, it inflicts hardships…
Descriptors: Books, Libraries, Library Materials, Library Surveys
Center for Statistics (ED/OERI), Washington, DC. – 1986
The "College and University Libraries" machine-readable data file (MRDF) is one component of the larger "Higher Education General Information Survey" (HEGIS). It contains data on the characteristics and activities of approximately 3,000 academic libraries associated with most of the institutions of higher education in the…
Descriptors: Academic Libraries, Audiovisual Aids, Books, Clerical Workers

Watson, Mark; And Others – College & Undergraduate Libraries, 1996
Describes how undergraduate libraries have responded to change and the changing needs of undergraduate students. Examines statistics from 20 libraries, and summarizes results of a survey of 9 libraries on book versus periodical usage; staff size; reference staff philosophy; library status; and response to increased emphasis on undergraduate…
Descriptors: Academic Libraries, Books, Change, Graphs

Urquhart, John A.; Schofield, J. L. – Journal of Documentation, 1971
A simple survey method is outlined, whereby readers record the non-availability of books known to be held by the library. The survey has been installed at four university libraries, but the results from only one library are considered. (3 references) (Author/NH)
Descriptors: Books, College Libraries, Library Collections, Library Surveys