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Download full textDaval, Nicola, Comp.; Lichtenstein, Alexander, Comp. – 1987
This report presents data compiled from the 118 United States and Canadian research libraries that were members of the Association of Research Libraries (ARL) during the 1985-86 fiscal year. ARL membership consists of 106 university libraries and 12 public or private, independent research libraries. Following a brief introductory summary of ARL…
Descriptors: Academic Libraries, Doctoral Programs, Enrollment, Higher Education
Darling, Pamela W.; Webster, Duane E. – 1987
This manual is designed primarily as a guide for libraries undertaking a formal study of preservation needs as a foundation for planning programs to meet those needs. Based on the "assisted self-study approach" process, it presupposes a library staff large enough to permit the assignment of about two dozen people for an average of 5 or 6…
Descriptors: Academic Libraries, Guidelines, Higher Education, Library Collections
Price, Anne J. – 1987
Based on the Survey of Scholars conducted by the American Council of Learned Societies' Office of Scholarly Communication and Technology, this report examines the need for better two-way communication between libraries and scholars as a means of easing the transition to the use of today's new and diverse information resources. A concise summary…
Descriptors: Academic Libraries, Access to Information, College Faculty, Communication (Thought Transfer)
Strand, Bobbie J., Ed.; Hunt, Susan, Ed. – 1986
Advice on prospect research to help colleges raise more money from major donors is provided in 14 chapters, and 15 sample forms for processing research are appended. The advice covers how to discover prospects' interests and assets, and the potential match of a donor to the college's needs. Chapters address: collecting, organizing, and evaluating…
Descriptors: Agency Role, Business, Donors, Financial Support
Aveney, Brian, Ed. – 1984
Developed from presentations given at a 3-day invitational meeting of 31 leading online catalog designers from both public and private sectors in North America, these papers provide information about online catalogs--their present form, their use, and the questions that need to be considered in their future refinement. All of the papers in this…
Descriptors: Academic Libraries, Cataloging, Computer Science, Guidelines
Merrill-Oldham, Jan – 1985
This kit is the result of a written request for sample materials from 35 ARL (Association of Research Libraries) members known to have active preservation programs. Twenty-three libraries responded, and of those, 16 contributed documents--some of which are included here. This kit contains: four preservation-related policy statements; 32 examples…
Descriptors: Academic Libraries, Communications, Emergency Programs, Guidelines
Gorman, Kathleen – 1987
This System and Procedures Exchange Center (SPEC) flyer/kit is based on two research efforts: a 1986 SPEC survey on the collection and use of management statistics related to reference services, and a 1987 supplemental survey on qualitative measures of reference services. A brief introduction describes the survey and discusses the evaluation of…
Descriptors: Academic Libraries, Computer Networks, Databases, Evaluation Methods
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
Anderson, Nancy D.; Stenstrom, Patricia F. – 1989
Documentation supplied in this kit demonstrates how research libraries provide services to visiting scholars as distinguished from other categories of external user. A "visiting scholar" is most often defined as a faculty member affiliated with an institution of higher education but the term may also include independent scholars and persons…
Descriptors: Academic Libraries, Access to Information, Higher Education, Library Circulation
Bedford, Denise, Comp. – 1990
This 1988-1989 edition of Association of College and Research Libraries (ACRL) statistics presents data from 114 U.S. and Canadian libraries that are not members of the Association of Research Libraries (ARL), and are not covered by the annual ARL statistics. This edition is published every 2 years. The 114 non-ARL libraries that returned…
Descriptors: Academic Libraries, Higher Education, Library Administration, Library Circulation
Association of Research Libraries, Washington, DC. Office of Management Studies. – 1974
This Systems and Procedures Exchange Center (SPEC) kit contains documents pertaining to personnel classification schemes and job descriptions in Association of Research Libraries (ARL) member libraries. It is noted that there seems to be no commonly held set of titles for support staff and that different ranks of personnel are usually…
Descriptors: Academic Libraries, Higher Education, Job Analysis, Job Performance
Association of Research Libraries, Washington, DC. Office of Management Studies. – 1975
This set of materials on staff development in research libraries was assembled by the Systems and Procedures Exchange Center (SPEC) of the Association of Research Libraries (ARL). Selected portions of management studies, reviews, and evaluations are included from the University of Washington Libraries, the University of Rochester Library, the…
Descriptors: Academic Libraries, Affirmative Action, Higher Education, Librarians
Bobick, James E. – 1987
Based on responses of 53 Association of Research Libraries (ARL) member libraries to a 1986 Systems and Procedures Exchange Center (SPEC) survey, this kit examines the changes in the organization and staffing of the collection development function in ARL libraries over the past 3 to 4 years. A concise summary discusses survey results, which…
Descriptors: Academic Libraries, Administrative Organization, Charts, Financial Support
Holibaugh, Ralph – 1987
This SPEC (Systems and Procedures Exchange Center) kit provides a sample of excerpts from technical and planning documents contributed by 40 Association of Research Libraries (ARL) member libraries that are planning to install or have already implemented optical disc technology. Selected to represent a variety of media and applications, the…
Descriptors: Academic Libraries, Access to Information, Higher Education, Information Storage
Lagana, Gretchen – 1986
In the past quarter of a century, subtle and important changes in both the subject matter and format of collections organized for special collections departments have taken place, and many special collections now contain significant printed "papers" and manuscript collections of research quality in addition to the printed book. Such…
Descriptors: Academic Libraries, Conference Papers, Higher Education, Library Collection Development
