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Download full textPlum, Terry, Comp.; Bleiler, Richard, Comp. – SPEC Kit, 2001
This SPEC (Systems and Procedures Exchange Center) Kit presents the results of a survey of Association of Research Libraries (ARL) member libraries designed to examine the systems research libraries use to authenticate and authorize the users of their online networked information resources. A total of 52 of 121 ARL member libraries responded to…
Descriptors: Academic Libraries, Computer Uses in Education, Electronic Libraries, Foreign Countries
Kemp, Roberta – Wilson Library Bulletin, 1994
Relates the experiences of an African-American woman who won an ALA (American Library Association) scholarship to attend library school. Topics discussed include leadership programs; changing careers; finances; ALA conference experiences; ALA's Black Caucus; and working part-time while attending school part-time. (LRW)
Descriptors: Blacks, Career Change, Career Planning, Conferences
Peer reviewedOnonogbo, R. U. – International Information and Library Review, 1994
Discussion of developments in Nigerian higher education focuses on library services and user expectations. Topics include library automation; currency and timeliness; physical environment; preservation and conservation of library materials; information management; user education; translations to overcome language barriers; and the role of the…
Descriptors: Academic Libraries, Foreign Countries, Higher Education, Information Management
Toor, Ruth – School Library Media Annual (SLMA), 1994
Reviews 1993 activities of the American Association of School Librarians (AASL), including conferences, training programs, and position papers and lists current concerns, including school restructuring, literacy, certification competencies, outcomes-based education, cultural diversity, students at risk, and technology. (KRN)
Descriptors: Certification, Conferences, Cultural Differences, Electronic Mail
Pelzman, Frankie; Godwin, Mary Jo – Wilson Library Bulletin, 1991
Summarizes the proceedings of the 1991 White House Conference on Libraries and Information Services (WHCLIS2). Highlights are conference resolutions, which address federal appropriations for libraries, First Amendment privacy rights, access to information, legislation, marketing, networking and resource sharing, a national information policy,…
Descriptors: Access to Information, Conferences, Federal Aid, Information Services
Peer reviewedLee, Susan – Journal of Academic Librarianship, 1993
Chronicles the process of change begun at the Harvard College Library in 1990. Key factors are analyzed, including support from the University Library, Association of Research Libraries, and Council on Library Resources; strong leadership; organizational development; composition of task forces; time frame; concurrent changes; and development of a…
Descriptors: Change Strategies, College Libraries, Higher Education, Leadership
Direct linkWoods, Richard F. – Resource Sharing & Information Networks, 2004
Building joint-use libraries to foster new types of learning and collaboration is a growing phenomenon that is of great interest to academic library planners around the world. Noteworthy among these efforts, the Dr. Martin Luther King, Jr. Library in San Jose, California, is a collaboration of a metropolitan university library and a major public…
Descriptors: Library Facilities, Research Libraries, Public Libraries, Academic Libraries
Lee, Tamera, Comp.; Jenda, Claudine, Comp. – SPEC Kit, 1998
This survey was conducted to determine how ARL (Association of Research Libraries) libraries are participating in extension/outreach through three objectives: identify the level of involvement; determine the types of outreach service, as well as user populations; and ascertain the impact on the library, including its financial donor programs. A…
Descriptors: Academic Libraries, Distance Education, Higher Education, Library Associations
Soete, George J., Comp. – SPEC Kit, 1998
This survey was conducted to discover how extensively ARL (Association of Research Libraries) libraries are involved in formal, active programs of collaboration for collections management. Seventy ARL libraries completed a questionnaire focusing on all collections formats and a number of related collections management activities. Results indicated…
Descriptors: Academic Libraries, Consortia, Higher Education, Library Administration
Fegen, Darlene A. – 1990
The purpose of this study is to determine the level of public library service given to those over age 64 in the seven Ohio counties which make up the Northeastern Ohio Library Association (NOLA). Based on a survey of the 34 public libraries in NOLA, this study of older adult services may be used as a basis for setting performance goals and…
Descriptors: Accessibility (for Disabled), Age Discrimination, Aging (Individuals), Library Administration
Darling, Pamela W.; And Others – 1993
This publication is designed as a guide for libraries that have elected to undertake a formal study of preservation needs in preparation for planning and implementing programs to meet those needs. The manual is divided into four sections. The first section (Chapters 1-2) provides an overview and orients the reader to the planning process. The next…
Descriptors: Academic Libraries, Committees, Consultants, Emergency Programs
Sharma, Ravindra Nath, Ed. – 1994
The theme of the 1991 Asian/Pacific American Librarians Association (APALA) was "Changing Dimensions: Managing Library Information Services for the 1990s and Beyond." Members and speakers were invited to discuss this topic from all dimensions of library and information related fields. Presenters had the options either to write on actual…
Descriptors: Cultural Differences, Futures (of Society), Information Management, Information Technology
International Federation of Library Associations, The Hague (Netherlands). – 1983
Papers on library journal cooperation, interlibrary lending, library services to minorities, and school library media centers, which were presented at the 1983 International Federation of Library Associations (IFLA) conference, include: (1) "The Co-operation between Editors of Library Journals in Socialist Countries," in which Wolfgang…
Descriptors: Elementary Secondary Education, Ethnic Groups, Foreign Countries, Institutional Cooperation
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
Daval, Nicola, Ed. – 1989
Papers from the joint meeting are assembled in this document. Each of the meeting's five program sessions featured presentations by a Standing Conference of National and Universal Libraries (SCONUL) director and an Association of Research Libraries (ARL) director. The presentations highlight perspectives from both sides of the Atlantic and are…
Descriptors: Academic Libraries, Foreign Countries, Higher Education, Information Technology
