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National Center for Education Statistics (ED), Washington, DC. – 1996
The annual State Library Agencies (STLA) Survey is a cooperative effort between the Chief Officers of State Library Agencies (COSLA), the U.S. National Commission on Libraries and Information Science (NCLIS), and the National Center for Education Statistics (NCES). The survey provides state and federal policy-makers, researchers, and other…
Descriptors: Information Services, Libraries, Library Networks, Library Statistics
Peer reviewedTillett, Barbara B. – Information Technology and Libraries, 1985
Discusses results of opinion poll conducted by Library and Information Technology Association of 334 academic, public, government, and corporate libraries concerning authority control in the online environment. Use of authority files on bibliographic utilities, presence of online catalogs, Library of Congress authority records, and comments from…
Descriptors: Cataloging, Databases, Information Services, Information Systems
Kroe, Elaine – 1998
The State Library Agencies (STLA) Survey is conducted annually and is the product of a cooperative effort between the Chief Officers of State Library Agencies (COSLA), the U.S. National Commission on Libraries and Information Science (NCLIS), and the National Center for Education Statistics (NCES). The Survey provides state and federal…
Descriptors: Information Services, Libraries, Library Networks, Library Services
National Center for Education Statistics (ED), Washington, DC. – 1997
The annual State Library Agencies (STLA) Survey is a cooperative effort between the Chief Officers of State Library Agencies (COSLA), the U.S. National Commission on Libraries and Information Science (NCLIS), and the National Center for Education Statistics (NCES). The survey provides state and federal policy-makers, researchers, and other…
Descriptors: Information Services, Libraries, Library Networks, Library Services
Download full textChen, Ching-chih; Hernon, Peter – 1982
This publication, extracted from a full study report, summarizes the development and utilization of an assessment model for the effectiveness of library and non-library network delivery of consumer information. Consumer information is defined as that needed by the general public to resolve problems within the family or household. The network…
Descriptors: Consumer Education, Consumer Science, Financial Support, Information Networks
Minnesota Higher Education Coordinating Commission, St. Paul. – 1969
The major purpose of this study is to identify the information needs of all Minnesotans involved in some post-secondary educational pursuit and to determine if existing resources and services meet those needs. The study report consists of two parts. The first section includes analysis of library data for the 1967-68 year in the areas of available…
Descriptors: College Libraries, Higher Education, Information Needs, Information Services
McCallum, John D. – 1972
In 1971 the Board of the Midwestern Regional Library System authorized a study of the periodical collections of the major public libraries, the three universities, and one community college within the Region. It was felt that the study would have immediate implications for the Regional library's developing "Information Services Program,"…
Descriptors: Foreign Countries, Indexes, Information Services, Library Collections
International Federation of Library Associations, The Hague (Netherlands). – 1982
Papers on school and children's libraries which were presented at the 1982 International Federation of Library Associations (IFLA) conference include: (1) "Learning to Learn in the Street," a description by B. Lang (France) of "street libraries" and other institutions designed to introduce economically disadvantaged children to…
Descriptors: Children, Economically Disadvantaged, Foreign Countries, Information Services
Bertot, John Carlo; McClure, Charles R.; Fletcher, Patricia Diamond – 1997
The purpose of this study was to obtain descriptive information about the nation's public library connectivity, use, and costs related to the Internet. The study gathered data from a national sample of public libraries from the period between May and July 1997. Unlike the 1994 and 1996 students, the 1997 study drew a new library sample that…
Descriptors: Costs, Government Role, Information Policy, Information Services
Broadbent, Marianne, Ed. – 1980
This booklet brings together papers, reports, and associated material from the seminar on school library resource coordination and librarians' groups in New South Wales held at Summer Hill Public School in Sydney. The collection includes a general introduction to the scope and goals of the seminar; a list of seminar speakers; papers on cooperative…
Descriptors: Administrative Policy, Elementary Secondary Education, Foreign Countries, Information Services
Mills, Gladys H.; Tupper, Pat – 1974
A pilot survey was conducted to determine if a network of existing libraries serving state education agencies would be of value in promoting general exchanges of information on educational programs and on state and federal education legislation. A 47-item questionnaire was sent to directors of legislative reference services and state libraries and…
Descriptors: Educational Legislation, Federal Legislation, Information Networks, Information Services
Council on Library Resources, Inc., Washington, DC. – 1984
This report reviews the background and rationale for a cooperative authority file building system and describes the services, products, and operation of the new Name Authority Cooperative (NACO). The document defines the relationship between NACO, other Library of Congress (LC) cooperative projects, and the Linked Systems Project (LSP). The…
Descriptors: Academic Libraries, Cataloging, Indexing, Information Networks
National Commission on Libraries and Information Science, Washington, DC. – 1974
The National Commission on Libraries and Information Science held a Mountain Plains Regional Hearing in Denver, Colorado, on September 18, 1974. The Commission was particularly interested in the present status of library and information services in the region including: cooperative efforts, state interest in a national program, the use of new…
Descriptors: American Indians, Cable Television, Federal Programs, Financial Support
Dejohn, William, Ed.; Lamont, Bridget L., Ed. – Illinois Libraries, 1975
"Illinois Libraries" for June, 1975, is devoted to interlibrary cooperation and the multitype library network as exemplified by the Illinois Library and Information Network (ILLINET). The history, geographical coverage, member and affiliate libraries, and the workings of the network at various levels are described. A second section…
Descriptors: College Libraries, Computers, Evaluation, Information Networks
Havlik, Robert J.; And Others – 1967
A three part approach was taken in this situation report on the role of the special libraries in the United States. First, several background papers were prepared about the definition and state-of-the-art of the field of special librarianship. These papers are: (1) Shera, Jesse H., "Special Libraries--Why 'Special'?, (2) Ash, Lee,…
Descriptors: Financial Support, Information Centers, Information Services, Labor Needs
