The main article in this issue is a report on "Salaries and Expenditures of Illinois Special Libraries, 1983," based on 366 usable responses to a mail questionnaire. Data on 14 variables (including 4 aspects of salaries) are cross-analyzed by 6 factors: geographical area, person to whom head librarian reports, sex of head librarian, size…

Presents the Readiness, Planning, Training, Implementation and Maintenance Model (RPTIM) for staff development. The results of a survey of staff developers that examined the appropriateness of the RPTIM model to academic and research library settings, and the extent to which existing staff development programs meet needed criteria, are discussed.…

This report presents data compiled from the 117 libraries that were members of the Association of Research Libraries (ARL) during the 1982/83 academic year, as well as an examination of data for trends in expenditures for the previous 15 years from the 75 academic libraries that were members throughout those years. Information includes data from…

This report presents data compiled from the 113 libraries that were members of the Association of Research Libraries (ARL) during the 1981/82 academic year, as well as an examination of trends in ARL university libraries from 1975-76 through 1981-82. It is noted that the most important change in 1982 was the smaller rise in serials expenditure and…

This survey of the current status of public school libraries in Maine was intended to provide statistical data as a basis for improving the school library media center program in these schools. Information was gathered that detailed how resources and delivery of services differed across grade level; across variation in size of school; between…

This two-part report presents the results of a budget and funding sources survey of South Carolina library media center programs. In Part 1, survey results are presented for demographic information, staffing information, funding sources, funding amounts from specific sources, allocation of resources, and categories of expenditures. In Part 2, the…

This report presents data compiled from the 118 United States and Canadian research libraries that were members of the Association of Research Libraries (ARL) during the 1985-86 fiscal year. ARL membership consists of 106 university libraries and 12 public or private, independent research libraries. Following a brief introductory summary of ARL…

This report presents data compiled from the 118 libraries that were members of the Association of Research Libraries (ARL) during the 1984-85 fiscal year. A guide to library code numbers provides a complete list of ARL members. Data tables describe research library collections, interlibrary loans, expenditures, and staffing in fiscal 1985. Further…

This report presents data compiled from the 117 libraries that were members of the Association of Research Libraries (ARL) during the 1983/84 academic year. A guide to library code numbers provides a complete list of ARL members. Data tables describe research library collections, interlibrary loans, expenditures, and staffing in fiscal 1984, as…

This report presents statistics on the 107 university libraries and 12 independent research libraries that were members of the Association of Research Libraries (ARL) during the 1990-91 fiscal year. Data are reported in alphabetical and rank order on collections (volumes in library, gross and net volumes added, monographs purchased, current…

This report presents statistics on the 107 university libraries and 12 independent research libraries that were members of the ARL (Association of Research Libraries) during the 1987-88 fiscal year. Data are reported in alphabetical and rank order on collections (volumes in library, gross and net volumes added, monographs purchased, current…

Describes a study of a large urban public library system that compared levels and sources of stress and job satisfaction between public service and technical service employees. Relationships among work load, job content, and job satisfaction are examined, working relationships among employees are discussed, and the organizational climate is…