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Smith, Robert C. – 1977
This study was developed on the hypothesis that economic inflation reduced the purchasing power of local support for public libraries from 1967 through fiscal 1976. The total local support for public libraries in each county in each year of the study was adjusted from the reported nominal amount to the relative Consumer Price Index value of 1967…
Descriptors: Budgeting, Financial Support, Inflation (Economics), Library Expenditures
Cummings, Nancy R. – 1976
This study concerned pre-school programming in public libraries and the impact of such programs on (1) the circulation of children's books and (2) the number of children visiting the library. The hypothesis was that effective programming for pre-schoolers increases the number of children coming to the library, which, in turn, increases…
Descriptors: Children, Library Circulation, Library Extension, Library Research
Peer reviewedEyster, George W. – Community Education Journal, 1975
Descriptors: Adult Education, Agency Cooperation, Community Education, Organizational Communication
Peer reviewedGwyn, Ann; And Others – College and Research Libraries, 1975
A survey of academic, public, and special libraries conducted during the spring of 1974 examined the origin, objectives, and government of "friends" groups and analyzed their activities. (PF)
Descriptors: College Libraries, Financial Support, Libraries, Library Surveys
Bone, Larry Earl – Library Journal, 1975
Reports on a study conducted in the fall of 1974 to survey goal and objective setting efforts as a management activity in selected large public libraries. (Author/PF)
Descriptors: Library Administration, Library Planning, Library Surveys, Management by Objectives
Berry, John – Library Journal, 1975
Reports on the Conference on Information and Referral Service in Public Libraries held in Detroit on May 7-9, 1975. (PF)
Descriptors: Community Information Services, Conference Reports, Federal Aid, Federal Programs
Peer reviewedDrennan, Henry T. – Library Trends, 1975
Funding for libraries may be available from agencies not usually associated with libraries for such purposes as bilingual education, service to older adults, and serving information needs in urban areas. (LS)
Descriptors: Bilingualism, Federal Aid, Financial Support, Library Services
Peer reviewedSchrag, Dale R.; Boyer, Calvin J. – RQ, 1975
Libraries must provide more than the usual reference services by taping community information sources such as social agencies, religious organizations, local clubs and societies, local businesses, and residents who have special knowledge. The library must also take an active, rather than passive, role in delivering information. (LS)
Descriptors: Community Information Services, Information Sources, Library Role, Library Services
Peer reviewedOstrom, Kriss Taya – RQ, 1975
A study of one community's agencies and their information and referral services showed little interaction between them and the public library. (LS)
Descriptors: Community Information Services, Community Organizations, Community Surveys, Institutional Cooperation
Watson, Elizabeth; Maloney, Brenda D. – Previews, 1975
The Fitchburg, Massachusetts, Public Library holds training sessions for children on the use of audiovisual equipment, and licenses children who have learned how to operate the equipment so they may check it out and take it home. (LS)
Descriptors: Audiovisual Aids, Children, Equipment Utilization, Library Circulation
Download full textBarnard, Henry, Ed. – American Journal of Education, 1859
This is the seventh volume of the bound periodical, "American Journal of Education." This journal was established to enter into a range of education-related discussion and investigation. This volume includes No. 18, September 1859 to No. 19, December 1859. Articles in this volume address topics such as: German universities; the Boston…
Descriptors: Higher Education, Public Libraries, Religious Schools, Educational History
Fenwick, Sara – Sch Libr J, 1969
Descriptors: Children, Core Curriculum, Educational Programs, Librarians
Amer Educ, 1969
Descriptors: Community Involvement, Federal Aid, Library Services, Mobile Educational Services
Progner, Jean – Saturday Rev, 1969
Descriptors: Architectural Character, Building Design, Building Innovation, Libraries
Roe, Ernest – Sch Libr J, 1969
Descriptors: Educational Change, Independent Study, Learning Resources Centers, Public Libraries
