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Collecting Forever or Just-in-Time: An Alternative to Enhance Customers' Access to Chinese Language Materials through Resource Sharing
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Situ, Ping; Voyles, Jeanne – Resource Sharing & Information Networks, 2008
Libraries need to weigh the benefits, usage, and cost-effectiveness of owning collections against seeking alternatives to deliver the information needed by customers. The University of Arizona Library investigated different approaches for meeting the research needs of East Asian Studies faculty and students under great pressure of physical space…
Descriptors: Research Needs, Asian Studies, Chinese, Library Services
Moving Away from Overdue Fines: One Academic Library's New Direction
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Mosley, Pixey Anne – Journal of Access Services, 2004
As student fees, print vs. electronic access, service quality expectations, and basic economics have an increasing impact on library operations, some academic libraries are taking a second look at the process of charging overdue fines. This article explores the contemporary environment on this issue. It offers as an example a compromise solution…
Descriptors: Research Libraries, Academic Libraries, Fees, Sanctions
OMS Annual Report, 1986.
Association of Research Libraries, Washington, DC. Office of Management Studies. – 1986
This report describes the following 1986 Office of Management Studies (OMS) programs and services: (1) the Academic Library Program, which includes the Management Review and Analysis Program, the Public Services Study, the Planning Program for Small Academic Libraries, the Collection Analysis Project, the Leadership Development Program, the…
Descriptors: Academic Libraries, Annual Reports, Information Dissemination, Information Processing
OMS Annual Report, 1985.
Association of Research Libraries, Washington, DC. Office of Management Studies. – 1985
This report describes the following 1985 Office of Management Studies (OMS) programs and services: (1) the Academic Library Program (ALP), which includes the Organizational Screening Program, the Collection Analysis Project (CAP), the Preservation Planning Program (PPP), the Public Services Study (PSS), the Management Review and Analysis Program…
Descriptors: Academic Libraries, Annual Reports, Information Dissemination, Information Processing
OMS Annual Report, 1983.
Association of Research Libraries, Washington, DC. Office of Management Studies. – 1983
This report describes 1983 Office of Management Studies (OMS) programs and services, including: (1) the Academic Library Program (ALP), which covered the Public Services Project, the Collection Analysis Project (CAP), the Small College Collection Assessment Project, the Preservation Planning Program, the Organizational Screening Program, the…
Descriptors: Academic Libraries, Annual Reports, Consultants, Information Dissemination
OMS 1987 Annual Report.
Association of Research Libraries, Washington, DC. Office of Management Studies. – 1987
Designed to serve both as an activity report on Office of Management Studies (OMS) progress during 1987 and a catalog of OMS services and products, this annual report focuses on the management of technology in a scholarly environment. Programs and services are reported in five sections: (1) Applied Research and Development (the Institute on…
Descriptors: Academic Libraries, Annual Reports, Clearinghouses, Higher Education
Office of Management Services 1989 Annual Report.
Association of Research Libraries, Washington, DC. Office of Management Studies. – 1989
Designed to serve both as an activity report on Office of Management Services (OMS) progress during 1989 and a catalog of OMS services and products, this annual report focuses on the management of human and technical resources in a scholarly environment. Programs and services are reported in four sections: (1) Applied Research and Development (the…
Descriptors: Academic Libraries, Annual Reports, Clearinghouses, Higher Education
The Implementation of a Renewal-Limits Policy at University Libraries, Northern Illinois University
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Martin, Rebecca – Journal of Access Services, 2003
In 1991, the University Libraries of Northern Illinois University implemented a revised policy for renewals of library materials. Various system, staff, and patron-related concerns required the access services department to adapt to immediate demands, then to seek longterm solutions. This case study examines the initial impact of the new policy,…
Descriptors: Library Materials, Research Libraries, Library Services, Library Policy
Annual Report, 1982.
Association of Research Libraries, Washington, DC. Office of Management Studies. – 1982
This report describes 1982 Office of Management Studies (OMS) programs and services, including: (1) the Academic Library Program (ALP); (2) the Information Exchange and Publications Program, which includes the Systems and Procedures Exchange Center (SPEC); (3) the Organizational Training and Staff Development Program; and (4) applied research and…
Descriptors: Academic Libraries, Annual Reports, Information Dissemination, Information Processing