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Download full textDenning, Catherine, Comp. – 1999
This SPEC Kit and Flyer focus on the gifts and exchange function in Association of Research (ARL) libraries. The survey was sent to 119 ARL institutions via e-mail; 62 usable replies were received. Results, discussed in the SPEC Flyer, highlight trends and effects of changes in library automation, staffing decreases, administrative reorganization,…
Descriptors: Academic Libraries, Change, Higher Education, Library Automation
Davie, D. Kevin, Comp.; Fox, James, Comp.; Preece, Barbara, Comp. – 1999
The Association of Research Libraries (ARL), in partnership with Geographic Information System (GIS) vendors and foundations launched the GIS Literacy Project in 1992. This SPEC Kit and Flyer provide results from a survey conducted to examine how, in the years since the GIS Literacy Project began, ARL libraries have organized their delivery of…
Descriptors: Academic Libraries, Geography, Higher Education, Information Systems
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
Peer reviewedDilevko, Juris; Dali, Keren – Library Resources & Technical Services, 2002
Discusses results of a Web-based survey that was conducted to determine the extent to which Canadian public libraries are collecting multilingual materials, methods used to select materials, and whether public librarians are prepared to provide multilingual clientele with adequate materials and services. Examines constraints preventing public…
Descriptors: Library Collection Development, Library Material Selection, Library Materials, Library Research
Ragsdale, Kate, Comp. – SPEC Kit, 2001
This SPEC (Systems and Procedures Exchange Center) Kit presents the results of a survey of Association of Research Libraries (ARL) member libraries designed to gather information about who has responsibility for the development, management, and maintenance of library World Wide Web sites and to determine which combination of human resources works…
Descriptors: Academic Libraries, Computer Uses in Education, Electronic Libraries, Foreign Countries
Ronan, Jana, Comp.; Turner, Carol, Comp. – SPEC Kit, 2002
This SPEC (Systems and Procedures Exchange Center) Kit presents the results of a survey of Association of Research Libraries (ARL) member libraries designed to gather data on chat reference service. A total of 66 of 124 ARL member libraries responded to the survey. A copy of the questionnaire with tabulated results is presented. Representative…
Descriptors: Academic Libraries, Electronic Libraries, Foreign Countries, Higher Education
Peer reviewedOling, Lori; Mach, Michelle – College & Research Libraries, 2002
Explores tour trends in academic Association of Research Libraries (ARL), specifically examining the prevalence of several tour formats, including guided, self-guided, and virtual Web tours. Results from a survey conducted in November 2000 include statistical information about tour administration, audience, and structure, as well as perceptions of…
Descriptors: Academic Libraries, Higher Education, Librarian Attitudes, Library Services
Peer reviewedClyde, Laurel A. – Electronic Library, 1996
Discusses ways in which libraries are using the World Wide Web to provide information via a home page, based on information from a survey in Iceland as well as a larger study that conducted content analyses of home pages of public and school libraries in 13 countries. (Author/LRW)
Descriptors: Content Analysis, Foreign Countries, Information Dissemination, Library Automation
Bundy, Alan – 2000
This paper considers innovation in academic libraries. The first part explores the definition and nature of innovation and the literature relevant to academic libraries in particular. In the second part, the outcomes of a search of library World Wide Web sites and a survey of International Association of Technological University Libraries (IATUL)…
Descriptors: Academic Libraries, Access to Information, Electronic Libraries, Foreign Countries
Reed-Scott, Jutta, Comp. – SPEC Kit [and] SPEC Flyer, 1999
This SPEC (Systems Procedures and Exchange Center) Kit and Flyer summarizes results of a survey of ARL (Association of Research Libraries) members that was designed to gather information about current approaches to bibliographic control of materials digitized for preservation. The survey is intentionally limited to the cataloging treatment of…
Descriptors: Academic Libraries, Access to Information, Bibliographic Records, Cataloging
Peer reviewedLivingstone, John H. – Library Hi Tech, 1996
Describes New Jersey libraries' specific goals for providing the public with electronic access to bibliographic data and government information as well as electronic interlibrary loan and document delivery. Other highlights include results of a public library survey concerning electronic access to information, dial-in access to online public…
Descriptors: Access to Information, Dial Access Information Systems, Document Delivery, Electronic Libraries
Peer reviewedMurray, Peter E. – Information Technology and Libraries, 2001
Outlines the use of proxy Web servers by libraries and reports on a survey on their use in libraries. Highlights include proxy use for remote resource access, for filtering, for bandwidth conservation, and for gathering statistics; privacy policies regarding the use of proxy server log files; and a copy of the survey. (LRW)
Descriptors: Access to Information, Computer Software, Library Policy, Library Services
Plum, Terry, Comp.; Bleiler, Richard, Comp. – SPEC Kit, 2001
This SPEC (Systems and Procedures Exchange Center) Kit presents the results of a survey of Association of Research Libraries (ARL) member libraries designed to examine the systems research libraries use to authenticate and authorize the users of their online networked information resources. A total of 52 of 121 ARL member libraries responded to…
Descriptors: Academic Libraries, Computer Uses in Education, Electronic Libraries, Foreign Countries
Lay, Teresa M. – 1999
E-mail reference services in Ohio public libraries was studied using the survey method in January 1999. Through the Ohio Public Library Information Network (OPLIN), the researcher identified 94 Ohio public libraries that have World Wide Web pages that host an e-mail address as a contact method. Fifty-nine questionnaires were returned, resulting in…
Descriptors: Electronic Mail, Library Automation, Library Networks, Library Services
Meyer, Richard W.; Mayo, Mary Jane – 2001
This report describes the University Library Alumni Outreach Research Project. The goals of the project were twofold: to describe and analyze alumni outreach initiatives currently offered by university libraries belonging to the Association of Research Libraries (ARL) as well as the alumni programs and services offered by the universities…
Descriptors: Academic Libraries, Alumni, Alumni Associations, Foreign Countries
