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Croneis, Karen S., Comp.; Short, Bradley H., Comp. – SPEC Kit, 2000
This SPEC (Systems and Procedures Exchange Center) Kit reports results of a survey attempting to characterize "branch libraries" and "discrete collections" housed in main academic libraries. The results provide a snapshot of current definitions, subject areas, services, and administration of these collections, as well as…
Descriptors: Academic Libraries, Branch Libraries, Higher Education, Library Networks
PDF pending restorationUrban Libraries Council, Evanston, IL. – 1993
The topic of this Urban Libraries Council (ULC) Frequent Fast Facts Survey is library staffing. These ULC Frequent Fast Facts Surveys are not intended to be scientific studies of the library community but rather "snapshots" on topics of current interest. Further analysis of the results is suggested, and for that reason, the completed…
Descriptors: Library Administration, Library Associations, Library Personnel, Library Policy
Download full textLee, Tamera, Comp.; Jenda, Claudine, Comp. – SPEC Kit, 1998
This survey was conducted to determine how ARL (Association of Research Libraries) libraries are participating in extension/outreach through three objectives: identify the level of involvement; determine the types of outreach service, as well as user populations; and ascertain the impact on the library, including its financial donor programs. A…
Descriptors: Academic Libraries, Distance Education, Higher Education, Library Associations
PDF pending restorationUrban Libraries Council, Evanston, IL. – 1993
The Urban Libraries Council's (ULC) Fast Facts Surveys are not intended to be scientific studies of the library community; rather, they are "snapshots" on topics of current interest. The topic of this survey is fees for library services. A total of 64 surveys were mailed to 1993 ULC member libraries in February 1993; 49 surveys were…
Descriptors: Fees, Library Associations, Library Policy, Library Services
Jenda, Claudine, Comp. – SPEC Kit, 2000
This SPEC (Systems and Procedures Exchange Center) Kit reports results of a survey that examined how many Association of Research Libraries (ARL) libraries offer fee-based services to their external users, the procedures and organizational structures of such services, and the factors that contribute to a successful fee-based service program. For…
Descriptors: Academic Libraries, Fees, Higher Education, Information Policy
Peer reviewedCourtney, Nancy – Journal of Academic Librarianship, 2003
Most of 814 academic libraries surveyed allow onsite access to unaffiliated users, and many give borrowing privileges to certain categories of users. Use of library computers to access library resources and other computer applications is commonly allowed although authentication on library computers is increasing. Five tables show statistics.…
Descriptors: Academic Libraries, Access to Information, Higher Education, Library Equipment
Callison, Daniel; Morris, Jacqueline – 1989
Thirty-two case studies illustrating problem areas and situations that develop in the modern environment of the electronic school library media program are presented for use by library science students and library/media center managers. Based on input from practicing librarians at the elementary and secondary levels, the studies are designed to…
Descriptors: Case Studies, Censorship, Elementary Secondary Education, Information Technology
Usherwood, Bob – 1995
There are many different approaches to the concept of "quality," which focus on both "what" defines the quality of a service and "who" defines quality. A study funded by the British Library (England) sought to define an approach to quality appropriate for the delivery and effective management of public library…
Descriptors: Evaluation Criteria, Foreign Countries, Library Administration, Library Facilities
Soete, George J., Comp. – SPEC Kit, 1998
This survey was conducted to determine to what extent ARL (Association of Research Libraries) libraries permit food and drink to be consumed in library facilities, whether there has been a shift in recent times toward a liberalization of policy and practice, how restrictions are enforced, and whether there are particularly successful strategies…
Descriptors: Academic Libraries, Food, Higher Education, Library Associations
Dearie, Tammy Nickelson; Steel, Virginia – 1992
This Systems and Procedures Exchange Center (SPEC) kit reports results of a survey of 82 Association of Research Libraries (ARL) institutions conducted in early 1992 in order to gather information on interlibrary loan by examining a number of operation and management changes that are occurring and the steps that might be taken to ease the pressure…
Descriptors: Facsimile Transmission, Higher Education, Interlibrary Loans, Library Administration
O'Connor, Lisa, Comp. – SPEC Kit, 2000
The purpose of the survey for this SPEC (Systems and Procedures Exchange Center) Kit was to assess the current print corporate annual report collection practices of ARL (Association of Research Libraries) libraries, describe the effects of these collections, and recommend best practices for preserving these significant historical documents. The…
Descriptors: Annual Reports, Corporations, Higher Education, Library Acquisition
Peer reviewedCarrigan, Dennis P. – Public Libraries, 1995
Narrative text and 6 tables provide information about a survey of 105 libraries on materials spending: number of questionnaires sent and returned; number and percentage of libraries with a materials spending policy; how percentages were determined; average (mean) percentage spent for materials; change in percent spent for materials in recent…
Descriptors: Budgeting, Information Technology, Library Collection Development, Library Expenditures
Blixrud, Julia C., Comp. – SPEC Kit, 2000
This SPEC (Systems and Procedures Exchange Center) Kit reports results of a survey that examined how Association of Research Libraries (ARL) members currently provide printing services to their users and how the costs of those services are covered. Of the 122 members surveyed, 62 responded. Included in the responses was information on main, law,…
Descriptors: Academic Libraries, Computer Printers, Higher Education, Library Equipment
Peer reviewedLynch, Mary Jo – RQ, 1972
The results of a survey of seventy-six academic library members of the Association of Research Libraries revealed that the reference departments in many academic libraries are operating without a formal policy statement. A draft outline of a reference service policy manual produced at the University of Massachusetts library is included. (NH)
Descriptors: College Libraries, Librarians, Library Policy, Library Services
Goetsch, Lori, Comp. – SPEC Kit, 1999
The goals of this SPEC Kit were to report on the extent to which ARL (Association of Research Libraries) libraries provide electronic reference services and to offer a snapshot of the types of users reached, questions received, policies established, data-gathering techniques utilized, and innovations implemented. The first section of the kit…
Descriptors: Academic Libraries, Electronic Libraries, Foreign Countries, Higher Education
