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Foote, Carolyn – Knowledge Quest, 2016
When secondary school librarians teach students digital life literacies, they help students perceive that librarians can provide support for real-life problems. The more librarians work with students, create inviting library environments, and have positive engagements with students, the more they change student perceptions of librarians in…
Descriptors: Success, Academic Achievement, School Libraries, Librarians
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Creel, Stacy L.; Pollicino, Elizabeth B. – Education for Information, 2012
This paper discusses the results of a study that focused on the perceived preparedness of recent graduates. Fifty-five St. John's University MLS students surveyed 348 practitioners in public libraries (181) and school libraries (167) concerning perceived preparedness of recent MLS graduates for the realities of working in libraries. The overriding…
Descriptors: Information Science Education, School Libraries, Public Libraries, Metropolitan Areas
Bray, Ira, Ed. – California State Library, 2009
Each year the State Library sends annual report forms to California's public, academic, special, state agency, and county law libraries. Statistical data from those reports are tabulated in this publication, with directory listings published in the companion volume, "California Library Directory." For this fiscal year, 389 libraries of…
Descriptors: Law Libraries, Government Libraries, School Libraries, Public Libraries
Smallwood, Carol, Ed. – ALA Editions, 2011
There's no shortage of library management books out there--but how many of them actually tackle the little details of day-to-day management, the hard-to-categorize things that slip through the cracks of a larger handbook? "Library Management Tips that Work" does exactly that, addressing dozens of such issues facing library managers, including: (1)…
Descriptors: Library Administration, Time Management, Guides, Personnel Management
Plotnik, Art – Wilson Library Bulletin, 1974
Describes some out-of-the-ordinary West Coast library and related services, both private and public, primarily in the Los Angeles, San Francisco, and Seattle areas. (LS)
Descriptors: Information Services, Library Services, Outreach Programs, Public Libraries
Steffen, Nicolle Olivia; Lance, Keith Curry; Lietzau, Zeth; Dickenson, Don – Online Submission, 2005
Eleven issues of "Fast Facts" from the Library Research Service cover information from libraries across Colorado. These issues focus on topics from the public, academic, and school sectors. These topics include patron use of AskColorado (a statewide virtual reference service) and the rising use of online services. The "Fast…
Descriptors: Library Research, School Libraries, Reference Services, Librarians
Online Submission, 2007
Issues 248 through 255 of "Fast Facts" from the Library Research Service present data gleaned from libraries in Colorado and across the nation. Topics addressed in these "Fast Facts" from 2007 include the library labor market, the benefits to libraries of using a statewide courier service, and the results of a patron survey at…
Descriptors: Salaries, Library Personnel, Public Libraries, Archives
Rothman, John – Library Journal, 1984
Discussion of videotex services for the general adult public and students covers investment by information provider (public libraries) and costs to user of a home system, problems of training for home use of telereference services, and six factors to be considered before introducing videotex services in the library. (EJS)
Descriptors: Costs, Home Programs, Library Services, Online Systems
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
Shearer, Kenneth D., Ed.; Burgin, Robert, Ed. – 2001
From scholarly discourse to the latest issues in readers' advisory services, this guide provides up-to-date information on the many challenges of the practice, as well as on interdisciplinary directions, continuing education, and the gap in graduate professional education for readers' advisory. The book's 16 chapters are organized into three main…
Descriptors: Elementary Secondary Education, Information Scientists, Information Services, Library Services
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Jones, Patrick; Morse, Candace E. – RQ, 1986
In order to teach high school students to transfer skills learned in school media centers to public libraries, public librarians visit classes whose students have been assigned term papers. They present information on reference materials students will need to complete their assignments, including those not available in most media centers. (EM)
Descriptors: Cooperative Programs, High School Students, Learning Resources Centers, Library Instruction
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Jeffrey, Penny – Catholic Library World, 1982
Suggests ways in which school, public, and special libraries can cope with television related demands, from circulating books promoted or dramatized on television to videotaping local events, as well as cooperating with local stations to provide information services to listeners. The current situation of public and cable television is also…
Descriptors: Broadcast Television, Cable Television, Library Services, Microcomputers
Vaccaro, Bill, Ed.; Valauskas, Edward J., Ed. – 1989
This annual collection contains 18 papers about the use of Macintosh computers in libraries. Papers include: "The Macintosh as a Wayfinding Tool for Professional Conferences: The LITA '88 HyperCard Stack" (Ann F. Bevilacqua); "Enhancing Library Services with the Macintosh" (Naomi C. Broering); "Scanning Technologies in…
Descriptors: Academic Libraries, Computer Software, Elementary Secondary Education, Higher Education
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
Lowery, Ann; Holden, Barbara – 1973
An investigation of the school and public libraries in Newport, New Hampshire was conducted to determine the kinds of cooperation which would lead to the best possible service for users. The following major recommendations were made. First, it was suggested that the Advisory Council on Libraries created for the study, be maintained, and that a…
Descriptors: Library Collections, Library Cooperation, Library Education, Library Equipment
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