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Benton, Mildred; Welsh, William J. – Drexel Library Quarterly, 1970
This article provides an overview of the 676 page report entitled A Study of Resources and Major Subject Holdings Available in U. S. Federal Libraries Maintaining Extensive or Unique Collections of Research Materials." the report is available, and is cited in Research in Education (RIE) under LI 002 141. (MF).
Descriptors: Government Libraries, Information Sources, Library Collections, Library Cooperation
Download full textEaton, Deborah A. – 1974
The function of a Federal research library reflects the purpose of the laboratory it serves and the philosophy of the librarian. Libraries at the Fish and Wildlife Service research centers must rely on small specialized collections, supplemented by a large amount of cooperation among agency libraries and other subject-related collections. Due to…
Descriptors: Government Libraries, Information Sources, Librarians, Library Collections
Givens, Elizabeth – 1974
The purpose of the Resources Development Internship Project was to catalog the collection of the U.S. Bureau of Land Management Montana State Office (MSO) library, which consisted of approximately 1,400 volumes of diverse library materials. Other objectives were to improve access to the materials, and develop a general system of library operation…
Descriptors: Cataloging, Government Libraries, Library Collections, Library Networks
Morra, Linda G. – 1992
The Library Services and Construction Act (LSCA) Amendments of 1990 required the General Accounting Office (GAO) to conduct a review of the Department of Education's Research Library, which is a component of the Office of Educational Research and Improvement (OERI). Data were gathered by reviewing several existing studies of alternatives for…
Descriptors: Access to Information, Federal Government, Federal Legislation, Financial Support
General Accounting Office, Washington, DC. Div. of Human Resources. – 1991
The Library Services and Construction Act (LSCA) Amendments of 1990 required the General Accounting Office (GAO) to conduct a review of the Department of Education's Research Library, which is a component of the Office of Educational Research and Improvement (OERI). Data were gathered by interviewing one researcher and four librarians familiar…
Descriptors: Access to Information, Federal Government, Federal Legislation, Financial Support
Jacobsen, LaVonne – 1974
A telephone survey and interviews were used to compile this directory of map resources in San Francisco, California. The directory listings are divided into collections and sources of maps. Within the two sections, the entries are subdivided by type of institution. Collection locales include academic and government libraries, corporations, and…
Descriptors: Agencies, Community Resources, Community Surveys, Directories
Gude, Gilbert; And Others – 1981
This set of papers presented to the General Research Libraries Division of the International Federation of Library Associations (IFLA) during its 47th annual conference (1981) includes: "The Effect of the Introduction of Computers on Library and Research Staff," by Gilbert Gude; "Libraries as Information Service Agencies…
Descriptors: Databases, Depository Libraries, Federal Legislation, Foreign Countries
