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Johnson, Wendell G. – Community & Junior College Libraries, 2011
The job of the contemporary reference librarian has a virtual component unimaginable a generation ago. Today's library professional can obtain an MLS (or equivalent) online with a minimal residency requirement. Not only the degree, but also library sources, and indeed patrons, have become virtual. Both books and periodicals can be consulted by…
Descriptors: Printed Materials, Special Libraries, Public Libraries, Reference Services
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
Latham, John, Comp. – Special Libraries Association (NJ1), 2008
The Special Libraries' Association (SLA) has conducted salary surveys since 1967, triennially from 1967 to 1990, biennially from 1990 to 1996 and annually from 1997 forward. The objectives of the annual Salary Survey are to: (1) Collect and analyze systematic, accurate information about the salaries of special librarians and information…
Descriptors: Special Libraries, Librarians, Salaries, Occupational Surveys

Beyerly, E. – International Library Review, 1975
Describes the functioning of an international reference service at the UNESCO library. (PF)
Descriptors: International Organizations, Library Collections, Library Services, Reference Services
Jones, John Frank – Wilson Library Bulletin, 1974
Highlights of four special collections: British Broadcasting Company Reference Library; National Film Archives and Book Library of the British Film Institute; Theatre Section of the Victoria and Albert Museum; and the Shakespeare Collection of the Birmingham Municipal Reference Library. (LS)
Descriptors: Films, Libraries, Library Services, Reference Services

Weisman, Herman M. – Special Libraries, 1972
The Office of Standard Reference Data surveyed by mail 2,700 selected members of the Special Libraries Association to check their knowledge and use of NSRDS publications. The survey revealed that distribution and dissemination procedures of NSRDS publications need improvement. (Author/NH)
Descriptors: Information Dissemination, Librarians, Library Services, Publications
Latham, John, Comp. – Special Libraries Association (NJ1), 2007
The Special Libraries' Association (SLA) has conducted salary surveys since 1967, triennially from 1967 to 1990, biennially from 1990 to 1996 and annually from 1997 forward. The objectives of the annual Salary Survey are to: (1) Collect and analyze systematic, accurate information about the salaries of special librarians and information…
Descriptors: Special Libraries, Librarians, Salaries, Occupational Surveys

Tee, Lim Huck; Fong, Tang Wan – International Library Review, 1973
Penang, Malaysia is undergoing rapid industrialization to stimulate its economy. A survey was conducted to determine what technical, scientific, and commercial information sources were available. Areas covered in the survey were library facilities, journals, commercial reference works and audio-visual materials. (DH)
Descriptors: Information Sources, Library Collections, Library Services, Library Surveys

Johnson, Josephine R. – Special Libraries, 1971
Some titles to implement the clippings files and provide quick research sources for information which might not be available in other reference tools in the library are suggested. (Author/AB)
Descriptors: Books, Library Collections, Library Services, Newspapers

Special Libraries, 1989
Describes the facilities, collections, and services of the following special libraries in New York City: Shea and Gould Library; American Foundation for the Blind; Brooklyn Museum; Merrill Lynch Capital Markets Library; Public Relations of American Information Center; Port Authority of New York and New Jersey; and Brooklyn Public Library Business…
Descriptors: Library Collections, Library Facilities, Library Services, Online Systems
Ojalla, Mary Porter – Online, 1978
A description of how one special library uses B ALLOTS for answering specific questions dealing with monographs, verification of citations, bibliographies on either subjects or authors, background information on organizations, and interlibrary loans. Features of the BALLOTS data base are discussed, including system files, indexes and search keys,…
Descriptors: Databases, Information Sources, Library Services, Online Systems
Ford Foundation, New York, NY. – 1975
A handbook of the procedures and organization of the Ford Foundation Library, a current reference library, this manual includes forms used for selection, acquisition, and circulation of the Foundation's library materials. The manual was written for the use of the Foundation staff but includes a broad informational outline on which to base the…
Descriptors: Guides, Library Collections, Library Guides, Library Services

Ojala, Marydee – Special Libraries, 1985
This essay addresses the trend in online searching toward increased end user access of online systems. Highlights include recent developments in end user searching (raw materials, marketing, recognition); appropriate end user searches; psychology of end user searching; the role of the librarians; library policies; and change. Four sources are…
Descriptors: Change, Librarians, Library Policy, Library Services

Rhydwen, David A. – Special Libraries, 1971
A list of reference books is presented as a basis for a Canadian newspaper library. (Author)
Descriptors: Books, Foreign Countries, Library Collections, Library Services

Allen, John C. – Special Libraries, 1971
A central library to service American business is a must for corporate libraries that cannot provide the published and unpublished source materials necessary for effective service. (Author)
Descriptors: Business, Clearinghouses, Information Needs, Information Seeking