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Bopp, Richard E., Ed.; Smith, Linda C., Ed. – 1995
This document provides an overview of the concepts and processes behind reference services and the most important sources consulted in answering common reference questions. The book is divided into two parts. Part 1 deals with concepts and theory. It covers ethical aspects of reference service, the reference interview, the principles and goals of…
Descriptors: Ethics, Government Publications, Indexes, Information Services
Bunting, Alison, Ed.; Allegri, Francesca, Ed. – 1995
This book, Volume 2 in an eight-volume series on "Current Practice in Health Sciences Librarianship," is an introduction, overview, and state-of-the-art depiction of educational services in health sciences libraries. This book is not intended as a detailed, step-by-step guide to planning and implementing educational programs. The volume…
Descriptors: Administration, Document Delivery, Ethics, Information Retrieval
American Association of Colleges of Nursing, Washington, DC. – 1996
This revised and updated directory of nursing programs in the United States, U.S. Territories, and Canada includes details on over 2,000 undergraduate and graduate programs at over 625 colleges. Information is also listed for continuing education programs, fast-track options for Registered Nurses and Licensed Practical Nurses, clinical nurse…
Descriptors: Educational Research, Health Personnel, Higher Education, Information Dissemination
Borne, Barbara Wood – 1996
This book is a comprehensive guide to 100 popular research topics for high school students. Each guide, which can be photocopied, will help the student to locate print and nonprint information about the topic, narrow the scope of the paper, and find related topics. In addition to serving as a map to library resources, each guide acts as an outline…
Descriptors: Biographies, Databases, High School Students, High Schools
Download full textSwaine, Cynthia Wright – 1997
The Collection Development Council at Old Dominion University (Virginia) decided to involve all subject specialist librarians in creating guides to web resources in the disciplines for which they serve as bibliographers. The project was intended to help librarians become familiar with Internet resources in their fields of expertise and give them…
Descriptors: Academic Libraries, Access to Information, Higher Education, Information Dissemination
American Library Association Video/Library Video Network, Towson, MD. – 1996
This videotape provides an overview of the materials and services available in a typical library. Designed to interest elementary and middle school children in exploring the library, the video features a young host who tells children about the Dewey Decimal system and goes behind the scenes to see how a library works. The library does not only…
Descriptors: Access to Computers, Access to Information, Dewey Decimal Classification, Elementary Secondary Education
Pettit, Doris – 1992
Librarians often note the lack of guidance for collecting high interest low reading level materials for the reluctant reader. To assist public libraries in Ohio to serve reluctant readers more effectively, a survey was conducted to determine the problems of recommending reading materials for reluctant readers and the problems of buying books for…
Descriptors: Childrens Libraries, High Interest Low Vocabulary Books, Librarians, Library Material Selection
Jackson, Mary E., Comp.; Croneis, Karen, Comp. – 1994
This document summarizes the results of a 1994 survey regarding the use of document suppliers by 90 ARL (Association of Research Libraries) members. A document supplier was defined as "a company or service that supplies documents for a fee." Document suppliers are increasingly used by research libraries as cost-effective solutions to the…
Descriptors: Academic Libraries, Costs, Higher Education, Interlibrary Loans
Driessen, Karen C.; Smyth, Shelia A. – 1995
The librarian is presented with a foundation for decision making as it relates to the physical processing of nonprint materials, and with a demonstration of how these decisions move from theoretical to practical physical processing issues. Such issues include packaging and repackaging; treating accompanying materials; labeling; preparing…
Descriptors: Access to Information, Audiotape Recordings, Cataloging, Decision Making
California State Postsecondary Education Commission, Sacramento. – 1991
This report examines the newly proposed systemwide library plan of the California State University (CSU), which will govern the planning and development of library space on CSU campuses for the next 10 years. The commission's report evaluates the state university's updated library space standards and discusses policy issues that relate to on-site…
Descriptors: Academic Libraries, Higher Education, Information Technology, Library Administration
Smith, Ralph; Griffith, Julia – 1998
Title VI of the Elementary and Secondary Education Act, as amended in 1994, provides federal funds to states to contribute to the improvement of elementary (including preschool) and secondary educational programs in both public and private schools. Title VI funds supplement or increase local funds, but may not be used to supplant them. The 1997-98…
Descriptors: Compensatory Education, Educational Improvement, Educationally Disadvantaged, Elementary Secondary Education
Ragsdale, Kate W., Comp. – 1991
This Systems and Procedures Exchange Center (SPEC) Kit presents the results of a survey on issues and concerns associated with planning for library services for persons with disabilities. The survey was sent to 119 U.S. and Canadian Association of Research Libraries (ARL) and returned by 74. The report is based on the responses of libraries which…
Descriptors: Academic Libraries, Access to Information, Accessibility (for Disabled), Disabilities
Garland, Kathleen – 1992
The first phase of this study was a nationwide survey that examined children's services statistics collected by state agencies and the collection of juvenile circulation statistics by individual public librarians. The study investigated the extent to which these statistics were collected by the two groups and were available through state agencies.…
Descriptors: Childrens Libraries, Childrens Literature, Elementary Education, Fiction
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
