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Keller, Dean H., Ed. – 1993
The purpose of this collection of essays is to examine academic libraries in Greece at a time when the potential for changes and advance in librarianship is great. The 15 papers are as follows: "International Interlibrary Cooperation: Exchanging Goals, Values and Culture" (Don L. Tolliver); "Academic Libraries in Greece" (James…
Descriptors: Academic Libraries, Foreign Countries, Higher Education, Interlibrary Loans
Download full textSouth Carolina State Library, Columbia. – 1993
The South Carolina State Library presents its long-term plans for using federal funds received under the Library Services and Construction Act (LSCA). Titles 4 through 8 of the act are administered directly by the U.S. Department of Education. This document shows how South Carolina plans to use funds from Title 1, Library Services; Title 2, Public…
Descriptors: Federal Aid, Federal Legislation, Library Administration, Library Cooperation
Texas State Library, Austin. Dept. of Library Development. – 1992
Data in this report were derived from the 1991 annual reports submitted by public libraries in Texas and reflect each library's local fiscal year. The report begins with general information about the Texas State library system, including addresses of agencies and names of administrative personnel. A directory of public libraries and branches is…
Descriptors: Annual Reports, Graphs, Income, Librarians
Panella, Deborah S. – 1991
This document is an introductory guide to all aspects of law librarianship. Chapters 1 and 2 provide an overview of the history and nature of law libraries and the nature of the legal field and legal clientele. Collection development is discussed in chapter 3, covering such aspects as acquisitions, alternatives to purchasing materials, selection…
Descriptors: Higher Education, Information Technology, Law Libraries, Library Acquisition
Bambakidis, Elli – 1996
Traditionally, archivists have been involved mainly in the intellectual preservation of library materials and the selection, appraisal, processing, and cataloging of library collections. Due to the relatively short (approximately 50 years) stability of the paper commonly used for printed and written documents since the mid-nineteenth century, the…
Descriptors: Academic Libraries, Archives, Cataloging, Comparative Analysis
Siggins, Jack, Comp. – Spec Kit, 1992
This Systems and Procedures Exchange Center (SPEC) kit reports results of a survey of 64 Association of Research Libraries (ARL) institutions conducted in the fall of 1990 to gather information on the performance appraisal of collection development librarians. Data are reported on the frequency of the performance review cycle, reporting…
Descriptors: Academic Libraries, Evaluation Methods, Higher Education, Librarians
Dahl, Katherine – 1989
A librarian at the Western Illinois University Library examined a list of the approximately 380 current subscribers to the Alternative Press Index (API), which has been the only access point to most periodicals on the political left since its beginning in 1969, in order to see who and what kinds of libraries receive the index. The Library Bill of…
Descriptors: Academic Libraries, Higher Education, Indexes, Interviews
Technology Management Corp., Alexandria, VA. – 1990
The National Library Service for the Blind and Physically Handicapped (NLS) commissioned a study to determine the baseline costs of operation for the network of libraries and agencies that provide braille, playback machine, and recorded book services to patrons of the free national program. A 15-year projection of costs was also prepared. The…
Descriptors: Disabilities, Library Expenditures, Library Materials, Library Networks
Shubert, Joseph F., Ed.; Josey, E. J., Ed. – The Bookmark, 1990
The 15 articles in this theme issue celebrate the one-hundredth anniversary of the New York Library Association (NYLA), which was founded by Melvil Dewey. These articles provide an overview of the past, present, and future of NYLA and its constituent interest groups, are: (1) "The New York State Library Centennial" (James Corsaro); (2)…
Descriptors: Academic Libraries, Elementary Secondary Education, Higher Education, Information Management
Sitts, Maxine K., Ed. – 1985
This publication reporting the responses of 92 Association of Research Libraries (ARL) members to an automation inventory survey conducted in March 1985 was generated from a database developed by ARL to provide timely, comparable information about the extent and nature of automation within the ARL library community. Among operational systems, the…
Descriptors: Academic Libraries, Databases, Higher Education, Information Systems
Bates, Henry E. – 1985
This packet is designed to guide users through the steps that ultimately lead to the assignment of collection responsibilities for individual member libraries of the North Bay Cooperative Library System, Santa Rosa, California. An initial profile of the member libraries examined the subject distribution of books owned, availability of books owned,…
Descriptors: Data Analysis, Data Collection, Interlibrary Loans, Library Acquisition
Smith, Karen F., Comp. – 1982
In May 1982 a questionnaire eliciting information about federal document needs and the experiences of librarians in libraries that are not depositories was mailed to more than 150 libraries in the Western New York region. Replies were received from 57 libraries: approximately 20% from college libraries; 50% from public libraries; and 30% from…
Descriptors: Academic Libraries, Depository Libraries, Government Publications, Information Needs
Wilhelm, Mary Lou – 1985
This four-part report provides and analyzes quantitative and qualitative data about the Cuesta College Library. Part I presents enrollment trends for full- and part-time students, full- and part-time faculty numbers for 1981 through 1984, a profile of the learning resources budget, and inventories of instructional stations, learning materials, and…
Descriptors: College Libraries, Community Colleges, Learning Resources Centers, Library Collections
Association of Research Libraries, Washington, DC. Office of Management Studies. – 1978
Resulting from the Association of Research Libraries' (ARL) 1975 survey on user services, this kit presents documentation on and discusses developments in physical access services--services which facilitate the actual delivery of information sources to the user--including circulation, interlibrary loan, book delivery, and new media services. As…
Descriptors: Academic Libraries, Higher Education, Information Needs, Interlibrary Loans
Council on Library Resources, Inc., Washington, DC. – 1984
Highlights of the Council on Library Resources' (CLR) 28th year and descriptions of active projects are included in the body of this report. Preliminary materials include lists of members of the council and of the board of directors, council committees and officers, and council staff and consultants, as well as a memorial to Louis Booker Wright,…
Descriptors: Academic Libraries, Annual Reports, Expenditures, Grants
