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Download full textHert, Carol A.; McClure, Charles R. – 1990
This study reports findings from a survey of U.S. and Canadian medical libraries belonging to the Association of Academic Health Sciences Library Directors (AAHSLD). Conducted in the spring of 1990 and funded by AAHSLD, the survey had the two primary purposes of assessing the use of the AAHSLD "Annual Statistics" in providing data for decision…
Descriptors: Data Analysis, Decision Making, Evaluation Criteria, Information Utilization
Vasi, John – 1989
A Systems and Procedures Exchange Center (SPEC) survey conducted in 1986 investigated the collection and use of management statistics in Association of Research Libraries (ARL) member libraries, and SPEC Kit #134 (May 1987) summarized the kinds of statistics collected and the reasons given by the 91 respondents for collecting them. This more…
Descriptors: Academic Libraries, Cost Effectiveness, Data Analysis, Higher Education
Penchansky, Mimi B., Comp. – 1990
This annotated bibliography on public relations and libraries includes sources published primarily within the last decade, with the exception of a few key works published in earlier years. Arranged in topical sections, most of the sources originate from the library and information science literature; however, a few sources are included from the…
Descriptors: Annotated Bibliographies, Community Involvement, Financial Support, Institutional Advancement
Schamber, Linda – 1990
Basic options for the automation of management functions in the school library media center are the circulation system, the online catalog, the acquisitions system, and the serials check-in. In order to select the most appropriate system, library media specialists must: (1) research both the library's needs and the technologies available, and (2)…
Descriptors: Elementary Secondary Education, Integrated Library Systems, Learning Resources Centers, Library Administration
Broadbent, Marianne; Grosser, Kerry – 1986
This report summarizes a 1985 study during which 85 special library/information center managers from Melbourne, Australia, were interviewed to ascertain their continuing professional development activities, needs, and aspirations. Major areas of investigation included the extent and nature of organizational support for continuing professional…
Descriptors: Developed Nations, Financial Support, Foreign Countries, Inservice Education
Walton, Robert A. – 1985
The availability of appropriate software for library applications is a continuing problem, and this directory is designed to reduce the frustration of librarians in their search for library software for a microcomputer by providing profiles of software packages designed specifically for libraries. Each profile describes the purpose of the program,…
Descriptors: Bibliographies, Cataloging, Computer Software, Databases
Texas State Library, Austin. Dept. of Library Development. – 1985
This long range plan was prepared to satisfy the requirements of the Library Services and Construction Act (LSCA), P.L. 98-480 and to guide the Texas State Library and Archives Commission in the fulfillment of its statutory mission. The plan provides a framework for the establishment or expansion of programs to carry out the purposes mandated by…
Descriptors: Cooperative Planning, Guidelines, Library Administration, Library Cooperation
Lynch, Beverly P., Ed. – 1986
This statement prepared by the International Federation of Library Associations' Section of University Libraries and Other General Research Libraries presents standards of general principles designed to accomplish the following: (1) provide a means by which the quality of the library serving a university can be assessed; (2) offer guidance for…
Descriptors: Academic Libraries, Global Approach, Higher Education, Library Administration
Lane, Margaret T., Comp. – 1985
The "Documents on Documents Collection" consists of documents produced by a variety of organizations in the course of administering state document depository programs. This collection, which contains 166 documents gathered between 1980 and 1983, originated as a resource for administrators of such depository programs and for those…
Descriptors: Depository Libraries, Government Publications, Library Administration, Library Collections
Nilson, Julieanne V. – 1985
A March 1985 survey of members of the Association of Research Libraries (ARL) netted 63 responses on 4 topics related to gifts and exchange programs: organizational change, the use of automation, changes in priorities, and the impact of the Tax Reform Act of 1984. Comments throughout the responses reflect that materials collected through gifts and…
Descriptors: Academic Libraries, Exchange Programs, Higher Education, Library Acquisition
Smith, Gordon W. – 1987
Based on an in-depth study of the staffing of the California State University (CSU) libraries at Pomona, San Bernardino, and San Francisco, this report examines the adequacy of the formulas used to allocate staff to the 19 CSU system libraries. Focused on the impact of library staffing on the ability of students and faculty to access and use…
Descriptors: Access to Information, Administrative Organization, College Libraries, Financial Support
Galejs, John; And Others – 1987
This final report is a product of a Preservation Planning Program (PPP) self-study conducted by the Iowa State University, working with the Association of Research Libraries' (ARL) Office of Management Studies. The PPP is designed to put self-help tools into the hands of library staff responsible for developing plans and procedures for preserving…
Descriptors: Academic Libraries, Higher Education, Library Administration, Library Facilities
Nitecki, Danuta A., Ed. – 1986
This proceedings of the 1986 conference of the Association of College and Research Libraries contains 60 papers--44 position papers, 7 research reports, and 9 idea briefs--dealing with the issue of transitions facing librarians and ways to respond to these transitions through both formal and informal means. Papers are organized under eight broad…
Descriptors: Academic Libraries, Higher Education, Information Technology, Library Administration
Pennsylvania State Library, Harrisburg. – 1983
This report of the 95-member Council for the Comprehensive Plan for Libraries, which included representatives from government, libraries, and the public sector, is not intended to answer all the questions for all those concerned about the future of libraries, but rather to bring focus to the issues and to set a direction for solving the problems…
Descriptors: Advisory Committees, Library Administration, Library Cooperation, Library Materials
Mosby, Anne Page; McKinney, Gayle – 1983
This study evolved from a survey of all academic libraries in Georgia, designed to identify current online activities in the state's academic libraries, and to predict future directions and trends. The information was gathered to provide a pool of data for comparison, planning, management, and administration of online services, and to serve as a…
Descriptors: Academic Libraries, Higher Education, Information Retrieval, Library Administration
