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Download full textHowrey, Mary M. – 1990
This study was funded by the Library Services and Construction Act (LSCA) to enable the Illinois School Library Media Association (ISLMA) to plan the automation of the state's school libraries. The research was intended to identify current national programs of interest to ISLMA, identify current automation programs within Illinois library systems,…
Descriptors: Data Interpretation, Elementary Secondary Education, Learning Resources Centers, Library Automation
Iowa State Library, Des Moines. – 1989
This manual is designed to serve as a textbook outlining sound library administrative practices or as an aid in policy development. The basics of good library services are described, and libraries are encouraged to choose services appropriate for their situation, plan for them, and measure their effectiveness. Ninety performance measures outline…
Descriptors: Accreditation (Institutions), Evaluation Methods, Library Administration, Library Expenditures
Michigan Library, Lansing. – 1989
Prepared as an outline of the long-range Michigan Library development program as required by the Library Services Construction Act (LSCA), this report presents goals, objectives, and procedures for strengthening and improving library services to Michigan Library's users over a 3-year period. The Library of Michigan's Long-Range Plan makes up the…
Descriptors: Access to Information, Library Cooperation, Library Expenditures, Library Planning
Daval, Nicola, Comp.; Lichtenstein, Alexander, Comp. – 1986
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…
Descriptors: Academic Libraries, Doctoral Programs, Enrollment, Higher Education
Daval, Nicola, Comp.; Lichtenstein, Alexander, Comp. – 1985
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…
Descriptors: Academic Libraries, Doctoral Programs, Enrollment, Higher Education
Baker, Sharon L. – 1987
This study was designed to determine: (1) whether the 5-year planning cycle described in the 1980 manual "A Planning Process for Public Libraries" is being used in North Carolina's public libraries; (2) whether output measures described in a second publication released in 1982 are being collected in the state's public libraries; (3) the…
Descriptors: Adoption (Ideas), Evaluation Criteria, Library Administration, Library Directors
Blagden, Pauline – 1985
The Fawcett Library, a collection of international importance in the field of women's studies, faces money, space, and staff time constraints and has been reviewing its acquisitions policy with these factors in mind. This study was undertaken to gain insight into (1) library use in general by researchers in the field of women's studies, and (2)…
Descriptors: Academic Libraries, Foreign Countries, Higher Education, Information Seeking
Association of Research Libraries, Washington, DC. – 1985
Minutes from the 1985 Membership Meeting of the Association of Research Libraries (ARL) include the full-text of the presented paper, "Proposal for a North American Program for Coordinated Retrospective Conversion," by Jutta Reed-Scott, and the comments of a six-member panel, made up of members of the ARL Committee on Bibliographic…
Descriptors: Academic Libraries, Cataloging, Conferences, Evaluation Methods
Smith, Jane Bandy; Trice, Ronald W. – 1981
In recognition of the increasing emphasis on competency-based certification, this annotated bibliography of 41 school media texts has been prepared to help school media specialists find information related to specific competencies in order to improve skills or resolve problems, and to aid media educators in developing topical reading lists. When…
Descriptors: Annotated Bibliographies, Elementary Secondary Education, Library Administration, Library Education
International Federation of Library Associations, The Hague (Netherlands). – 1984
Papers on national library services and activities which were presented at the 1984 IFLA general conference, include: (1) "The Role of National Libraries of the Soviet Union in Reading Promotion" (N. S. Kartashov, USSR); (2) "Regional Library Cooperation in East and Southeast Asia--A Japanese Overview" (Takayasu Miyakawa,…
Descriptors: Foreign Countries, Information Science, Information Sources, International Organizations
International Federation of Library Associations, The Hague (Netherlands). – 1984
The two papers in this document on social science libraries were presented at the 1984 IFLA general conference. In "Library and Continuing Education with Implications for Developing Countries: A Research Essay," David R. Bender (United States) examines factors impacting upon the skills necessary for effective librarianship in the social…
Descriptors: Curriculum Development, Developing Nations, Foreign Countries, International Organizations
Oklahoma State Dept. of Education, Oklahoma City. Library and Learning Resources Section. – 1982
Designed to aid school districts to plan and develop library media programs and to evaluate existing programs in Oklahoma, these guidelines are organized along the four essential components of library media programs: facilities, materials and equipment, personnel, and services. The section on facilities explores the relationship of functions to…
Descriptors: Check Lists, Elementary Secondary Education, Learning Resources Centers, Library Collections
Channing, Rhoda K., Ed.; Stalker, John C., Ed. – 1982
Prepared to inform and update Boston College faculty and administrative personnel on the impact of automation and resource sharing on the Boston College library system and the services it provides, this report contains sections on: OCLC and its interlibrary loan subsystem; the consortia in which the Boston College libraries participate; present…
Descriptors: College Libraries, Government Publications, Higher Education, Interlibrary Loans
Broadbent, Marianne, Ed. – 1980
This booklet brings together papers, reports, and associated material from the seminar on school library resource coordination and librarians' groups in New South Wales held at Summer Hill Public School in Sydney. The collection includes a general introduction to the scope and goals of the seminar; a list of seminar speakers; papers on cooperative…
Descriptors: Administrative Policy, Elementary Secondary Education, Foreign Countries, Information Services
Smith, Jessie C. – 1975
These case studies are designed to serve as guides to encourage investigation into library administration. Organized into four problem areas: Interim-shelving, Budget Reducation, Studies in a New Main Library Building, and Library Bindery Contracts; this program provides an opportunity for the solving of administrative methodology, organization,…
Descriptors: Administration, Administrative Problems, Administrators, Budgeting
