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Pickett, Janie – Knowledge Quest, 2013
Implementing a library advisory committee (LAC) is one of those fundamentals taught in the Master of Library Science program: gather shareholders, create consensus, and build a community. But the day-to-day reality of K-12 schools often is not conducive to vision building, and if there is no administrator support for such a committee, faculty and…
Descriptors: Advisory Committees, Library Administration, Program Implementation, School Libraries
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Jeal, Yvette – New Review of Academic Librarianship, 2014
The University of Manchester Library (UML) is embarking on an ambitious new strategy that aims to align the library more closely to the work of the University--to contribute to the University's strategic success. This article describes elements of the strategy development and content, focusing on methods used; how the service has worked…
Descriptors: Foreign Countries, Academic Libraries, Partnerships in Education, Strategic Planning
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Andrews, Judith; Eade, Eleanor – New Review of Academic Librarianship, 2013
Birmingham City University's Library and Learning Resources' strategic aim is to improve student satisfaction. A key element is the achievement of the Customer Excellence Standard. An important component of the standard is the mapping of services to improve quality. Library and Learning Resources has developed a methodology to map these…
Descriptors: Academic Libraries, Library Research, Library Services, User Satisfaction (Information)
Verbit, Daniel; Kline, Vickie L. – Computers in Libraries, 2011
One of the toughest challenges in an academic library systems office is how to manage and present the extensive selection of electronic resources from a variety of vendors. At York College of Pennsylvania, the authors participated in an admissions-driven web revision cycle and used a campus-provided CMS for 8 years. During this time, they tried…
Descriptors: Academic Libraries, Online Vendors, Library Administration, Library Automation
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Nitecki, Danuta A. – Library Quarterly, 2011
Purposeful assessment of space for the understanding and improvement of the academic library is a relatively new area of inquiry. This essay offers a framework to consider different factors affecting such an assessment and insights for undertaking a meaningful inquiry about the relationship of space to an academic library's evolving purpose as…
Descriptors: Library Role, Academic Libraries, Performance Factors, Space Classification
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Moore, Gena – Community & Junior College Libraries, 2005
The Central Piedmont Community College Libraries have been successful in creating positive expectations from the CPCC community by connecting an official library logo with quality library service. The creation of the CPCC Libraries' logo CLICK was a process that spanned several months. A history of this process details the meetings and design work…
Descriptors: Public Relations, College Libraries, Library Services, Library Administration
South Carolina State Library, Columbia. – 1989
This report presents the 1988-1989 annual Library Services and Construction Act (LSCA) program for the South Carolina State Library. This program includes fiscal information and project descriptions for the following LSCA projects under Title I Library Services: (1) I-A, General Administration; (2) I-B, Library Interpretation; (3) II-A, General…
Descriptors: Library Administration, Library Cooperation, Library Expenditures, Library Services
South Carolina State Library, Columbia. – 1988
This report presents the 1978-1988 annual Library Services and Construction Act (LSCA) program for the South Carolina State Library. This program includes fiscal information and project descriptions for the following LCSA projects under Title I-Library Services: (1) Projects IA-General Administration; (2) IB-Library Interpretation; (3) IIA-General…
Descriptors: Library Administration, Library Cooperation, Library Expenditures, Library Services
Godden, Irene P.; Moon, Myra Jo – 1985
Recognizing recent efforts by members of the Association of Research Libraries (ARL) in establishing departments or designating full-time staff for preservation efforts, the Systems and Procedures Exchange Center (SPEC) undertook a survey to identify ways research libraries are reorganizing for these new activities. Telephone interviews were…
Descriptors: Academic Libraries, Higher Education, Job Development, Library Administration
Massachusetts State Board of Library Commissioners, Boston. – 1978
This supplement updating a 1977 publication explains changes and additions in the priorities and administration of library programs, services, and activities funded under the Library Services and Construction Act in Massachusetts. The functions and responsibilities of three state agencies--Massachusetts Board of Library Commissioners,…
Descriptors: Agency Role, Formative Evaluation, Information Needs, Library Administration
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Sokvitne, Lloyd O. – Australian Academic & Research Libraries, 2006
The need to develop new OPACs that meet the needs of users better is becoming well acknowledged. How libraries can transform their OPACs to modern web friendly formats is not yet clear. This paper describes the State Library of Tasmania's experience in developing a new OPAC by exporting bibliographic data to a software package outside the ILMS.…
Descriptors: Government Libraries, Foreign Countries, Library Administration, Library Automation
South Carolina State Library, Columbia. – 1986
This document comprises the Library Services and Construction Act (LSCA) 1986-1987 annual program and the FY 86 LSCA summary for the South Carolina State Library. The annual program includes fiscal information and project descriptions for the following LSCA projects: (1) Title I--Library Services, including Projects IA--General Administration,…
Descriptors: Library Administration, Library Cooperation, Library Expenditures, Library Facilities
Rayward, W. Boyd – 1979
An experimental writing program lasting three years and four months was held in the Chicago Public Library System, for which writers-in-residence, scholars-in- residence, and other program associates presented several series focusing on the city of Chicago. Emphasis during the first year centered on the literary/historical aspect of writing in and…
Descriptors: Administrator Evaluation, Adult Education, Adult Programs, Citizen Participation
Boucher, Virginia – 1977
A brief history of library development in Colorado is followed by the outline of a plan which delineates four network programs: materials selection, interlibrary loan, reference/information, and communications. Though these programs are interrelated in numerous ways, they are considered here one by one. For each program, the purpose and need, the…
Descriptors: Charts, Communications, Definitions, Glossaries
South Carolina State Library, Columbia. – 1989
The 1989-1990 Library Services and Construction Act (LSCA) program is presented in this report for the South Carolina State Library. The document includes fiscal information and project descriptions for the following LSCA Title I projects: (1) General Administration; (2) Library Interpretation; (3) General Operations; (4) Strengthening the State…
Descriptors: Library Administration, Library Cooperation, Library Expenditures, Library Networks
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