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Lynch, Mary Jo – RQ, 1982
Presents the results of a survey conducted by the ALA Office for Research to determine current practices with respect to the financing of online services in public libraries. Special emphasis is placed upon questions surrounding the imposition of user fees for such services. Seven tables summarize the data. (JL)
Descriptors: Costs, Fees, Financial Support, Library Services
Somerville, Mary R. – School Library Journal, 1989
Reviews the factors that tend to limit youth services budgets in public libraries, and discusses the need to collect relevant data on the use of libraries by children and adolescents to justify financial support of youth services. Strategies for collecting such data are outlined and appropriate resource allocation is discussed. (CLB)
Descriptors: Adolescents, Budgeting, Children, Demography
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Chute, Adrienne; Kroe, P. Elaine – National Center for Education Statistics, 2007
This report includes national and state summary data on public libraries in the 50 states and the District of Columbia, with an introduction, selected findings, and tables. The report is based on data from the Public Libraries Survey for fiscal year 2005, and includes information on service measures such as number of users of electronic resources,…
Descriptors: Library Materials, Public Libraries, Internet, Library Services
New Jersey Library Association, New Brunswick. Library Development Committee. – 1978
Recommendations formulated by the New Jersey Library Association for its public library system are intended to help identify problems, provide a framework for further discussion and contribute to the continuing study of the New Jersey Library Network. Since the enactment of the State Library Aid Act of 1967, a network of 25 area reference…
Descriptors: Academic Libraries, Financial Support, Library Networks, Library Services
Lietzau, Zeth; Lance, Keith Curry; Dickenson, Don – Online Submission, 2005
Seven issues of Fast Facts from the Library Research Service that cover information from libraries across Colorado are contained in this document. These issues focus on topics from various library sectors and include patron use of AskColorado (a statewide virtual reference service) and the rising use of online services, Colorado public library…
Descriptors: Library Research, Reference Services, Public Libraries, Librarians
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Illinois Univ., Urbana. Graduate School of Library and Information Science. – 1992
The fourth in a series, this publication presents a statistical picture of Illinois Public Libraries during the 1990-1991 fiscal year. Its purpose is to provide librarians and trustees with statistics that can be compared to those of other libraries of similar size and environment to determine whether the library is above or below the average for…
Descriptors: Financial Support, Income, Library Circulation, Library Collections
Johnston, Harold G. – 1969
The Detroit Main Library's reference and research facilities have been used by increasing numbers of non-residents, although there has never been reciprocal financial support from suburban areas. Costs have increased and the city tax base has declined. In order to continue to operate as a metropolitan research library and to solve financial…
Descriptors: Demonstration Programs, Financial Support, Library Circulation, Library Services
Eisner, Joseph; Crane, Stanley – 1965
This survey, performed under the authority of the New York State Library Services Plan Act, Project 30, 1964-1965, was conducted to determine the System's reference needs, including book, personnel and building requirements. Emphasis was to be placed on Rockland County and its libraries, and these requirements were to be related to the development…
Descriptors: Financial Support, Librarians, Library Materials, Library Networks
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Ojala, Marydee – Special Libraries, 1983
Interviews were conducted with the heads of 11 business branches of major public libraries to examine how these experts view the future of the public library in the electronically dominated information environment of the future. Eleven references and a list of librarians interviewed are appended. (Author/EJS)
Descriptors: Business, Financial Support, Interviews, Library Automation
Lynch, Mary Jo – 1981
In May 1981 the American Library Association (ALA) conducted a survey to determine how online search services are financed in publicly-supported libraries and in libraries in nonprofit organizations. The survey questionnaire was prepared by the ALA Office for Research (OFR), and three vendors of online services--BRS, Lockheed, and SDC--mailed the…
Descriptors: Costs, Fees, Financial Support, Library Administration
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Murphy, Michael B. – Catholic Library World, 1988
Describes existing library services for disabled individuals at libraries in the Chicago area, and discusses issues that need to be addressed in planning for such services; e.g., financial support, accessibility, adjusting services to patron needs, mainstreaming, and outreach programs. (19 notes with references) (CLB)
Descriptors: Accessibility (for Disabled), Disabilities, Evaluation Criteria, Financial Support
National Center for Education Statistics (ED), Washington, DC. – 1992
The Public Libraries Survey has been conducted annually since 1988 by the National Center for Education Statistics (NCES) through the Federal-State Cooperative System for Public Library Data (FSCS). The survey collects identifying information and basic data on public libraries (8946 in 1992) and their outlets in the United States; identifying…
Descriptors: Branch Libraries, Databases, Financial Support, Interlibrary Loans
Colorado State Library, Denver. – 1967
The Colorado Plan for Library Development is intended to serve as a general guide for the development of library service in the state. The Plan, which includes a number of recommendations from the Nelson Associates Report of 1965 (ED 020 746), was drafted by a committee representing the Colorado Council for Library Development, the Colorado…
Descriptors: College Libraries, Financial Support, Library Cooperation, Library Planning
Waters, Richard L.; Kralisz, Victor Frank – Drexel Library Quarterly, 1981
Places the cost considerations associated with public library automation in a framework of public finance comfortable to most administrators, discusses the importance of experience with use patterns in the electronic library in opening up new and innovative financing methods, and stresses the role of the library in the information industry. (JL)
Descriptors: Budgets, Community Information Services, Fees, Financial Support
Summit, Roger K.; Firschein, Oscar – 1976
In November of 1975, a committee was convened at Lockheed Palo Alto Research Laboratory to examine the utility of computerized data base searching in the public library setting. Participants reviewed an on-going computer retrieval experiment (DIALIB) being conducted in four San Francisco Bay Area public libraries. Librarians reported that since…
Descriptors: Computer Programs, Conference Reports, Costs, Databases
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