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Heim, Kathleen M. – RQ, 1986
As background for defining public library adult services in the 1980s the perceived role of the public library in the United States since its inception is summarized and changing definitions are analyzed. Data collection and analysis plans for the Adult Services in the Eighties Project are described. (EM)
Descriptors: Adults, History, Library Planning, Library Role
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Morgan, Candy; And Others – RQ, 1981
Contains papers presented at the Cooperative Reference Service Committee program during the 1981 ALA Annual Conference, including discussions of the Library of Congress Reference Correspondence Referral program, the University of Illinois Slavic Reference Service, the functions of the British Library Lending Division, and national-level…
Descriptors: Academic Libraries, Library Collections, Library Cooperation, Library Networks
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Bunge, Charles A. – RQ, 1984
Discussion of a statement of goals and objectives for reference department staff is based on an informal survey of reference managers in academic and public libraries and professional literature of planning. Strategies for developing statements (role of manager, arriving at goals, setting priorities, developing objectives) are described. Fifteen…
Descriptors: Academic Libraries, Higher Education, Library Administration, Library Personnel
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Geddes, Andrew – RQ, 1970
A description of administrative aspects of the Nassau Library System (New York) by the Director. Presented at a colloquium held at the School of Library Science, State University of New York, Albany, in 1969. (JB)
Descriptors: Administration, Library Cooperation, Library Networks, Library Services
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McGrath, William E.; Dyson, Sam – RQ, 1974
The Louisiana Numerical Register is a union catalog of 550,000 titles, arranged by LC card number, in seventeen academic libraries, two medical libraries, the Louisiana State Library, and the New Orleans Public Library. Its costs and use as an interlibrary loan finding tool are evaluated. (LS)
Descriptors: College Libraries, Interlibrary Loans, Library Cooperation, Library Services
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Harris, Roma M. – RQ, 1989
Describes a survey of public librarians that examined their understanding and use of bibliographic instruction and their beliefs about the role of instruction in reference services. No consensus was found, but respondents' views seemed to be mediated by training in bibliographic instruction, library size, and the library's policy on user…
Descriptors: Institutional Characteristics, Library Education, Library Instruction, Library Policy
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Lubans, John, Jr. – RQ, 1981
Refutes several popular but ill-founded arguments against user education for public library patrons to suggest that the only real issue is the extent of library involvement. This adaptation from a soon-to-be-published book on library user education includes seven references. (RAA)
Descriptors: Information Seeking, Library Instruction, Library Role, Library Services
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Bates, Marcia J. – RQ, 1986
Provides a definition of reference books based on their organizational structure and describes an empirical study which was conducted in three libraries to identify types of book organization and determine their frequency in reference departments and stack collections. The data are analyzed and shown to support the definition. (EM)
Descriptors: Academic Libraries, Access to Information, Definitions, Higher Education
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Harrelson, Larry E. – RQ, 1975
Examines current activity, potential additional services, and major problems in the use of cable television systems by libraries. (PF)
Descriptors: Cable Television, Community Services, Libraries, Library Networks
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Cameron, Dee Birch – RQ, 1976
Categorizes and compares sample of public and academic library reference questions. (KP)
Descriptors: Academic Libraries, College Libraries, Comparative Analysis, Library Services
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Simmons, Randall C. – RQ, 1985
Discussion of the homeless in American public libraries focuses on harmless individuals who may be considered nuisance by library staff/patrons. Highlights include literature about problem library patrons, national problem, social issues, major themes (offense to others and library staff, balancing rights, and elitism), and implications for…
Descriptors: Behavior Problems, Homeless People, Library Administration, Library Personnel
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Alloway, Catherine Suyak; Salisbury, Linda – RQ, 1983
Examines two issues to determine how they affect delivery of consumer health information: (1) Who is responsible for disseminating consumer health information, and what role should public and health science libraries play? (2) Should librarians (public or health science) provide medical reference works for general public? Thirty-five references…
Descriptors: Ethics, Health Materials, Information Dissemination, Library Materials
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Intner, Sheila S. – RQ, 1984
Report on a survey of 462 public librarians highlights existing bibliographic practices in managing nonbook media in library collections; attitudes about nonbook media as information sources (cost, informational value, storage and use); and attitudes about bibliographic access to nonbook media (integrated catalogs, classification schemes). Eleven…
Descriptors: Cataloging, Librarians, Library Catalogs, Library Materials
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Baker, Sharon L.; Ruey, Ellen Dew – RQ, 1988
This study explored the relationship between expanded information and referral (I&R) services and traditional reference services in public libraries in North Carolina. Results show librarians feel I&R services should be limited to those closely related to traditional reference services. Other I&R services typically provided by social…
Descriptors: Information Services, Library Role, Library Services, Library Surveys
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Magrill, Rosemary; Davis, Charles H. – RQ, 1974
In an experimental selective dissemination program, public library patrons were supplied with printed booklists based on individual subject preferences.
Descriptors: Bibliographies, Fiction, Library Research, Library Services
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