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Download full textBruman, Janet – 1986
This report addresses alternative means of interconnecting or providing access to the various automated systems within the 17-member North Bay Cooperative Library System (NBC), with emphasis on providing information on the availability of materials for loan, the principal objective of the NBC Telecommunications Project, Year Two. Advantages and…
Descriptors: Academic Libraries, Comparative Analysis, Computer Software, Higher Education
Frantz, John C.; Cohen, Nathan M. – Health, Education and Welfare Indicators, 1966
The background, provisions, and administration of the Library Services Act and the Library Services and Construction Act (LSCA) are explained. Federal, state, and local roles in financing and staffing are detailed, and various library programs are discussed. Continuing public library needs in the areas of service and construction are presented.…
Descriptors: Bookmobiles, Federal Aid, Federal Government, Federal Programs
Fjallbrant, Nancy, Ed. – IATUL Proceedings, 1983
This issue of the IATUL (International Association of Technological University Libraries) Proceedings focuses on developments in Australian libraries. The first article, "University Librarianship in Australia" (D. H. Borchardt), reviews the growth of librarianship in Australia and examines some current issues. "Information Retrieval…
Descriptors: Academic Libraries, Computer Oriented Programs, Foreign Countries, Government Libraries
International Federation of Library Associations, The Hague (Netherlands). – 1984
A seminar on Education for Librarianship on the Grassroots Level was held as a pre-session before the IFLA general conference in 1984. Papers presented include: (1) "Personnel Required to Deliver Services to Meet General Information Needs of the SADCC (Southern African Development Co-ordination Conference) Region: Schemes of…
Descriptors: Academic Libraries, Developing Nations, Foreign Countries, Information Needs
International Federation of Library Associations, The Hague (Netherlands). – 1984
Papers on government libraries, public libraries, and research libraries presented at the 1984 IFLA general conference include: (1) "Library Services for Research" (Maria S. Pla de Menendez, Colombia); (2) "Interlibrary Loans, Present and Future: A Consideration for Academic Library Management" (Geoffrey G. Allen, Australia);…
Descriptors: Academic Libraries, Developing Nations, Foreign Countries, Government Libraries
American Association of School Librarians--Alaska, Juneau. – 1984
Developed to encourage and promote the establishment and maintenance of standards of excellence in all school library media centers, standards presented here are designed to be the minimum acceptable for Alaska schools. Each school is urged to use the standards as a base to develop a quality library media program which reflects the unique…
Descriptors: Audiovisual Aids, Educational Equipment, Elementary Secondary Education, Instructional Materials
WILLIAMSON, WILLIAM L. – 1967
A CONFERENCE WAS SPONSORED BY THE UNIVERSITY OF WISCONSIN LIBRARY SCHOOL TO BETTER INFORM LIBRARIANS ABOUT THE PUBLIC LAW 480 PROGRAM UNDER WHICH THE LIBRARY OF CONGRESS ACQUIRES FOREIGN LANGUAGE AND ENGLISH PUBLICATIONS FROM DEVELOPING NATIONS FOR SELECTED U.S. LIBRARIES. REPRESENTING THE VARIOUS ASPECTS OF THE PROGRAM, MEMBERS OF THE PANEL…
Descriptors: Area Studies, Cataloging, College Libraries, Cooperative Programs
Andronik, Catherine M., Ed. – 1998
This compilation of 116 articles by practicing library media specialists covers a variety of topics related to the operation and management of school media centers. The articles are arranged in eight broad areas: (1) organization and management (14 articles); (2) planning (9 articles); (3) personnel and evaluation (21 articles); (4) budget (12…
Descriptors: Authors, Elementary Secondary Education, Information Technology, Inservice Education
Lance, Keith Curry; Hamilton-Pennell, Christine; Rodney, Marcia J. – 2000
This study is an assessment of the impact of Alaska school librarians on academic achievement in the state's public schools. It examines the direct relationship between such staffing and student performance and identifies selected activities of library media staff that affect test scores. Other conditions of library media center operation were…
Descriptors: Academic Achievement, Elementary Secondary Education, Information Skills, Information Technology
Peer reviewedVoogt, Leo; Ford, Barbara J.; Hendry, J.; Bender, David; Field, Judy; Whitney, Paul; Adams, Karen; Crotts, Joanne Tarpley; Cooper, Sue – inCite, 1997
Representatives from seven international library associations give a global view of the library and information sector by outlining goals of the international library association and discussing information literacy, repositioning libraries at the center of the information society, "virtual associations," reassessing library roles and…
Descriptors: Cooperation, Copyrights, Depository Libraries, Foreign Countries
Peer reviewedWhite, Maureen; Wilson, Pat – Emergency Librarian, 1997
Discusses the relationship between school counselors and teacher-librarians and reports results of a national survey that investigated partnerships between the groups. Highlights include input into materials selection and purchase; assistance with audiovisual equipment; information on available materials and services; computer technology support;…
Descriptors: Audiovisual Aids, Counselor Role, Counselor Teacher Cooperation, Elementary Secondary Education
Miller, Marilyn L.; Shontz, Marilyn L. – School Library Journal, 2001
Presents results of the latest biennial survey of school library funding. Highlights include funding sources; expenditures; currency of collections; technology; library staff and training; programs and services; media specialists' experience and salaries; instructional planning with teachers; and district level leadership. (LRW)
Descriptors: Elementary Secondary Education, Instructional Development, Instructional Leadership, Learning Resources Centers
Texas State Library, Austin. Library Development Div. – 1997
This publication provides a compilation of Texas statutes relating to libraries and topics of interest to librarians through the 74th Legislature, 1995. In addition to laws in which the words "library,""books,""Texas State Library,""Library and Archives Commission," and "director and librarian"…
Descriptors: Academic Libraries, Archives, County Libraries, Elementary Secondary Education
PDF pending restorationLange, Karen – 1997
The Wyoming Academic Libraries Resource Project was initiated to improve cooperation and resource sharing by developing an interconnected information access and delivery system among Wyoming's academic libraries and the State Library. The goal was to formalize communication, cooperation, and resource sharing by developing an Ariel document…
Descriptors: Academic Libraries, Access to Information, Consortia, Cooperative Programs
Kiser, Joyce M. – 1994
As the price of scientific publications soars to Olympian heights, it becomes imperative to base selection decisions on reliable measures for potential use of the prospective titles. A systematic examination of interlibrary loan (ILL) requests should yield hard facts as to the nature of requests and areas of specialization most dependent upon…
Descriptors: Community Health Services, Cost Effectiveness, Interlibrary Loans, Library Acquisition
