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PDF pending restorationLadd, Boyd – 1977
This report presents a broad assessment of the status and performance of United States libraries to guide library planning, technical development, and program formulation. Nationally representative data from the National Center for Education Statistics' Libraries General Information Surveys (LIBGIS) program is given in tables for library…
Descriptors: Librarians, Libraries, Library Acquisition, Library Collections
Chronicle of Higher Education, 1994
The 108 university research libraries with the largest collections and 11 public and special libraries with large research holdings are listed. Data include rank (universities only), numbers of volumes, volumes added in 1991-92, current serials, permanent staff, and total expenditures in 1991-92. University libraries' total operating expenditures…
Descriptors: Foreign Countries, Higher Education, Library Collection Development, Library Collections
Download full textNational Center for Education Statistics (ED), Washington, DC. – 1981
This directory lists National Center for Education Statistics (NCES) survey data tapes, as well as selected files from other organizations that are maintained for public dissemination from the NCES library. Each survey is processed as a unique data set and is sold as a separate entity unless otherwise noted. Information regarding standard copying…
Descriptors: Adult Education, Educational Resources, Elementary Secondary Education, Higher Education
Queensland Univ., Brisbane (Australia). Dept. of Education. – 1972
An extensive evaluation was made of secondary school libraries in Australia at the end of each of two 3-year funding periods. A multitude of figures, charts, tables, and graphs were compiled to document the evaluation. The two major areas examined were provision of library facilities and use of library facilities. In the first area allocation of…
Descriptors: Evaluation, Librarians, Library Collections, Library Facilities
National Commission on Libraries and Information Science, Washington, DC. – 1978
This inventory of the resources and needs of the nation's public libraries, academic libraries, and public school library media centers presents an impoverished picture: these libraries are grossly underfunded. As a result they lack the staff, materials, space, and hours of service to meet citizens' needs. To bring the libraries up to minimum…
Descriptors: Academic Libraries, Charts, Construction Needs, Financial Needs
National Library of Canada, Ottawa (Ontario). – 1974
Utilizing questionnaires, interviews, observations and the study of documents, four survey teams studied 193 federal libraries in Canada, excluding prison, hospital, and diplomatic post libraries. The four teams, consisting of government and nongovernment personnel, covered four topics: library organization and administration, staffing,…
Descriptors: Administration, Administrative Organization, Bilingualism, Government Libraries
