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Daehn, Ralph M. – 1974
Prepared at the request of the Advisory Systems Committee of the Ontario Universities' Library Cooperative System, this report presents the results of study of the feasibility of a bilingual regional system for maps, or alternatively, the possibility of adapting the Guelph system to CARTESS. The report is presented in three sections: (1) a…
Descriptors: Academic Libraries, Cataloging, Classification, Comparative Analysis
Payne, Philip, Ed. – 1983
The 23 papers presented at this conference deal with the information needs of institutionally-based part-time students in United Kingdom universities, polytechnics, and further education colleges, and with library and information services for the adult learner. Keith Percy and John Simpson provide overviews on the number and types of part-time…
Descriptors: Academic Libraries, Adult Education, Evening Students, Extension Education
Peer reviewedEnser, P. G. B. – Education for Information, 1987
This discussion of experimental information retrieval focuses on the mathematical and statistical skills needed by students in librarianship and information studies. Theoretical approaches to document representation, query representation, database searching, and evaluation are reviewed, and changes in library schools' curriculum are suggested.…
Descriptors: Curriculum Development, Database Management Systems, Databases, Developed Nations
Haycock, Ken – 1992
This book brings together relevant doctoral research related to the instructional effectiveness of the elementary and secondary school librarian and school library. The research is distilled from supervised research studies conducted at North American universities. In the opening section, the book describes what works, based on findings about…
Descriptors: Administrator Effectiveness, Course Integrated Library Instruction, Doctoral Dissertations, Elementary Secondary Education
Mackenzie, A. Graham – 1990
This technical report presents recommendations and plans which are the result of a mission undertaken as part of a project to promote a scientific and technological information service and establish a popular science resource center in Korea. The mission's main emphasis was to help Korean authorities and the United Nations Development Programme…
Descriptors: Financial Support, Foreign Countries, Information Technology, Library Administration
Peer reviewedDougherty, Richard M.; Barr, Nancy E. – Journal of Academic Librarianship, 1988
Describes a survey that examined the effects of increasing serial subscription costs on American and Canadian research libraries. Strategies adopted by libraries are described, including faculty and campus involvement, retrenchment, long range planning, and shared resources. Relationships with publishers and the possible impact of electronic…
Descriptors: College Faculty, Developed Nations, Electronic Publishing, Foreign Countries
