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Coughlin, Caroline M.; Gertzog, Alice – 1997
Created in response to requests from library science faculty for a student edition with a focus on the planning and policy issues germane to all academic libraries, this new text is a revised and abridged version of the fifth edition of "Lyle's Administration of the College Library (1992). The ten chapters of this edition include six chapters from…
Descriptors: Academic Libraries, Educational Development, Evaluation Methods, Higher Education
Chicago Board of Education, IL. Dept. of Curriculum. – 1975
A glossary for use in the Chicago public schools by teachers of Cantonese-speaking, limited-English-speaking students begins with a section on the Cantonese tone system to assist teachers in pronunciation and a section listing commonly used English words. Sections of vocabulary pertinent to various subject areas follow. Each section contains an…
Descriptors: Art, Cantonese, Chinese, English
Chipman, Sally L. – 1988
This discussion of effective communication for leaders in the field of librarianship begins by providing a historical overview which highlights the librarian's influential role from the earliest days of recorded language; the evolution and modification of words in individual languages from crude forms to their electronic storage and transmission;…
Descriptors: Academic Libraries, Communication (Thought Transfer), Higher Education, History
Cassata, Mary B., Ed.; Totten, Herman L., Ed. – 1975
Some 25 contributors share their expertise on various aspects of the administration of library education programs. Subjects covered include the history of library education; accreditation standards; goals and objectives; curriculum; faculty; student characteristics, admissions, training, and evaluation; governance, administration, and financial…
Descriptors: Accreditation (Institutions), Administration, Facilities, Financial Support
Vaillancourt, Pauline M. – 1975
An institute was set up to train 20 current employees to provide information retrieval and document delivery in libraries of health facilities in the northeastern United States and to promote familiarity with existing networks and regional systems. Participants included secretaries, medical record managers, volunteers, and others, with education…
Descriptors: Evaluation, Health Facilities, Information Networks, Information Retrieval
Hale, Charles E. – 1975
The U.S. Office of Education funded a 1973-74 institute at Indiana University (Bloomington) Library School in which 18 students participated in a master's degree program for community college librarians/learning resource center directors. The program is both described and evaluated in this report. Information is provided on program goals,…
Descriptors: College Libraries, Course Content, Employment, Institutes (Training Programs)
Henke, Dan F. – 1969
A four-week institute on law librarianship provided 35 librarians with the opportunity to study the specialized skill and knowledge requirements of law librarianship and to learn to solve the organizational and administrative problems law librarians face. A combination of lectures and field trips exposed the participants to the following topics:…
Descriptors: Cataloging, Classification, Computers, Institutes (Training Programs)
Green, Sylvia N. – 1976
Reported are the results of a study undertaken to determine the extent to which library technical assistant students at Pasadena City College (California) brought previously learned skills from job experiences into the classroom and to ascertain whether the curriculum could be modified to minimize repetition of earlier experiences. Identification…
Descriptors: Community Colleges, Curriculum Development, Curriculum Evaluation, Employment Experience
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McGarry, Kevin J. – Education for Information, 1986
Description of undergraduate program at the School of Librarianship and Information Studies, Polytechnic of North London, focuses on course objectives, the teaching sequence, and conceptual relationships between the major curriculum elements. Problems of integrating diverse teaching approaches and of forming a taxonomy of objectives in…
Descriptors: Classification, Course Content, Course Descriptions, Course Objectives
Main, Linda – Technological Horizons in Education, 1987
Discusses the development of automated management systems for school library media centers. Suggests that schools of library and information science establish microcomputer laboratories containing state-of-the-art library management software and hardware that could be used for field work, inservices, and conferences. (TW)
Descriptors: College Instruction, Computer Assisted Instruction, Computer Uses in Education, Courseware
Dillon, Dennis; Rockman, Ilene F.; Valauskas, Edward J.; Haycock, Ken; Mallette, Michelle; Olsen, Anne; Relyea, Harold C.; Oakley, Robert L. – Bowker Annual Library and Book Trade Almanac, 2002
These five reports discuss electronic books; the Internet speed and digital reference; Internet publishing from the perspectives of libraries, publishers, authors, and scholars; a cross-cultural comparison of intellectual freedom in the United States and Canada; dissemination of government information; and the implications of technology for…
Descriptors: Annual Reports, Copyrights, Court Litigation, Cross Cultural Studies
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Scott, Ralph Lee; And Others – Reference Librarian, 1994
Five articles describe specific Internet resources, including geoscience and science databases; economic and statistical information; the JANET (Joint Academic Network) Bulletin Board for Librarians; and White House communications. A sixth article describes how practical applications of Internet information create new roles for reference…
Descriptors: Academic Libraries, Computer Networks, Databases, Earth Science
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Bissett, Susan J. C. – Community & Junior College Libraries, 2004
John Gardner, of the National Resource Center for The First Year Experience and Students in Transition, addressed academic librarians at the ACRL meeting in Charlotte, North Carolina, in April 2003, urging librarians to become more actively involved in First Year Experience courses. Susan J. C. Bissett responds in this article, citing the…
Descriptors: Academic Libraries, Information Literacy, Librarians, Library Associations
Speller, Benjamin F., Jr., Ed. – 1991
This document assembles 16 papers given at a 1989 symposium in honor of the 50th anniversary of the School of Library and Information Sciences at North Carolina Central University, Durham (NCCU). The papers examine the past, present, and future of the participation of African Americans in the field of library and information service. Titles…
Descriptors: Black Education, Black History, Black Leadership, Black Students
MacCann, Donnarae, Ed. – 1989
In a culturally complex world, librarians can best work toward the equalization of library services if they understand their institutions in the light of cultural history. The six essays in this book highlight problems that affect unempowered populations, and address a variety of cultural problems and biases--problems that contribute to the…
Descriptors: Access to Information, Bilingualism, Child Advocacy, Cultural Pluralism
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