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Download full textTANIS, NORMAN E.; AND OTHERS – 1963
IN ORDER TO AID JUNIOR COLLEGE OFFICIALS IN PLANNING NEW LIBRARIES, A COMMITTEE OF EXPERIENCED LIBRARIANS HAS OUTLINED A SERIES OF PROCEDURES TO BE FOLLOWED IN LIBRARY DEVELOPMENT. THE GUIDELINES INCLUDE STEPS TO BE TAKEN BEFORE A LIBRARIAN IS APPOINTED, STEPS TO BE TAKEN AFTER APPOINTMENT, DEVELOPMENT OF THE LIBRARY COLLECTION PRIOR TO THE…
Descriptors: College Libraries, Educational Planning, Librarians, Library Facilities
Gratch, Bonnie – 1978
This report describes a study which was made by the Central Library of Rochester Public Library to determine how Central could best serve the needs of young adults and encourage them to be library users after financial cutbacks forced the closing of their Teen Lounge. Data were gathered in the period from August 1977 to May 1978 through staff…
Descriptors: Adolescents, Information Needs, Library Materials, Library Services
Freeman, Michael; And Others – 1979
This script of a slide-tape presentation, which describes the selection and processing of materials for a university library, includes commentary with indicators for specific slide placement. Distinction is made between books and serial publications and the materials are followed from the ordering decision through processing. The role of the…
Descriptors: Books, Cataloging, College Libraries, Library Acquisition
Oroszlan, Judith B. – 1978
The National Union Catalog (NUC), a repository of the cataloged holdings of major research libraries of the United States and Canada, has significance in the area of Hungarian studies despite special problems encountered in the separation of these cards from those in other languages and in editing Hungarian names and the use of accents. The Union…
Descriptors: Bibliographies, Book Catalogs, Cataloging, Foreign Language Books
Simmons, Robert M. – 1979
This guide to the acquisition and development of a collection of standardized tests in libraries and resource centers is intended to aid the librarian in meeting increasing patron demand for sample test instruments. Areas covered are (1) collection building, including the determination of potential user needs and the use of standard selection…
Descriptors: Academic Libraries, Cataloging, Guides, Librarians
Indiana State Library, Indianapolis. – 1966
This study of the adequacy of library facilities in Indiana's penal institutions was undertaken at the request of a state senate committee studying the Indiana Department of Correction. The penal libraries are judged to be inadequate and their major problems with personnel, materials, services, and physical facilities are listed. Also given are…
Descriptors: Correctional Institutions, Institutional Libraries, Library Collections, Library Facilities
Buckland, M.K.; Woodburn, I. – 1968
As part of a project designed to construct a mathematical model of the operation of an academic library, a research team determined the usefulness of a quantitative approach to making decisions about the number of copies of each item that a university library should provide. Using the reserve collection of the University of Lancaster Library as a…
Descriptors: College Libraries, Decision Making, Information Utilization, Library Materials
New York State Education Dept., Albany. Div. of Library Development.
This commentary is taken from speeches and discussions at (1) Meeting on New York State Library Development, Albany, March 3, 1967, (2) Annual System Conference, Lake Minnewaska, March 30-April 1, 1967, and (3) Meeting of School Librarians and Administrators, New York City, May 15, 1967. Discussions cover the methodology and findings of the…
Descriptors: Evaluation, Library Cooperation, Library Facilities, Library Materials
Duren, William L., Jr. – 1965
Reported is an initial attempt to define a minimal college mathematics library. Included is a list of some 300 books, from which approximately 170 are to be chosen to form a basic library in undergraduate mathematics. The areas provided for in this list include Algebra, Analysis, Applied Mathematics, Geometry, Topology, Logic, Foundations and Set…
Descriptors: Algebra, College Mathematics, Curriculum Development, Geometry
Massachusetts State Board of Library Commissioners, Boston. – 1977
This statistical report is designed to facilitate rapid comparison of Fiscal Year 1977 support and activity levels among Massachusetts public libraries. Summary tables provide medians, percentiles, and means by population group on (1) library expenditures as a percent of total municipal expenditures; (2) total income per capita; (3) municipal…
Descriptors: Library Circulation, Library Collections, Library Expenditures, Library Materials
Fry, James W. – 1977
In 1977 the Public Library Commission, in conjunction with the State Library of Pennsylvania, received a Library Services and Construction Act, Title III Grant to conduct a feasibility study of technical service operations in various types of libraries within Beaver County. Its objectives were to: (1) analyze existing library materials purchasing…
Descriptors: Cataloging, Centralization, Cost Effectiveness, County Libraries
PDF pending restorationMaryland Univ., College Park. Conferences and Institutes Div. – 1973
The bibliography has been prepared to assist in the development of libraries in State departments of education and in institutions of higher education with new programs in adult education. The books, journals, and articles cited were obtained from the reading lists of courses in adult education conducted by more than 150 members of the Commission…
Descriptors: Adult Education, Bibliographies, Educational Development, Higher Education
Hall, Homer J. – 1975
The first year of a two-year project to develop a method for user evaluation of purchased scientific and technical information services was directed at those services which provide information without interpretive evaluation or analysis. Using a case history approach, factors were identified to be used in composing a matrix of parameters and…
Descriptors: Cost Effectiveness, Costs, Decision Making, Information Services
Bowman, Mary Ann – 1975
This bibliography contains separate listings for business writing and for technical writing. Books written in English between 1950 and 1973 are included. Only the most recent edition is listed for each book published in several editions. (AA)
Descriptors: Bibliographies, Business Communication, Business English, Higher Education
Files, Patricia – 1976
The resources listed here are geared for the education specialist who receives, processes, and fulfills client requests for information needed to resolve specific curricular, instructional, or administrative problems. There are highly selective introductory sections on how to locate and organize information. Annotated bibliographies are provided…
Descriptors: Annotated Bibliographies, Education, Educational Resources, Guides
