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Association of Research Libraries, Washington, DC. – 1984
In 1983, the Association of Research Libraries adopted as its third principal objective for a 5-year plan: "to increase the number of member libraries engaged in programs to preserve their collections." ARL efforts to achieve this objective are aimed at helping libraries meet this responsibility locally and these guidelines propose an…
Descriptors: Academic Libraries, Guidelines, Library Collection Development, Library Collections
Download full textFretwell, Gordon, Comp. – 1988
This survey provides information on 1987 salaries for professional librarians employed by members of the Association of Research Libraries (ARL), based on questionnaires completed by the member institutions. The information is provided in 33 tables, which are divided into four categories: (1) Salary Levels for Personnel in ARL Libraries; (2)…
Descriptors: Academic Libraries, Annual Reports, Higher Education, Librarians
Jenkins, Darrell L.; Person, Roland C. – 1988
Based on two surveys of Association of Research Libraries member libraries which were conducted in 1987 and 1988, this report begins with an overview of the responses from 48 libraries that had participated in development or fund raising campaigns within the past three years. Areas covered by the survey include library staffing and support,…
Descriptors: Academic Libraries, Educational Finance, Endowment Funds, Fund Raising
Westerman, Mel – 1984
This document is one of ten kits distributed annually by the Systems and Procedures Exchange Center (SPEC), a clearinghouse operated by the Association of Research Libraries, Office of Management Studies (ARL/OMS) that provides a central source of timely information and materials on the management and operations of large academic and research…
Descriptors: Academic Libraries, Databases, Library Administration, Library Automation
Lanier, Don – 1985
This flyer/kit provides the results of a January 1985 Quick-SPEC survey, which, together with telephone and in-person interviews, was conducted to obtain information on the operations, organization, and staffing of library binding operations. Information was obtained from 18 of the 26 Association of Research Libraries (ARL) institutions surveyed;…
Descriptors: Academic Libraries, Administrative Organization, Books, Guidelines
Peer reviewedFerguson, Anthony W.; And Others – Journal of Library Administration, 1987
Considers 10 areas of internal operations in which the Research Libraries Group/North American Collection Inventory Project (RLF/NCIP) Conspectus can be used as a management aid: collection priorities, collection management, space utilization, preservation programs, staffing allocations, material fund requests, accreditation, materials selection,…
Descriptors: Budgeting, Financial Support, Library Administration, Library Collection Development
Peer reviewedOlum, Paul – College and Research Libraries, 1984
Written from perspective of the president of a graduate research-oriented university, the author explores nature of the academic library, its size and structure, retrenchment as it affects acquisitions and services, and issue of who makes decisions concerning the library. Space and budgetary problems at the University of Oregon are discussed.…
Descriptors: Academic Libraries, Budgets, Higher Education, Library Acquisition
Flower, Kenneth E. – 1986
This paper examines developments at 26 universities to identify patterns and models of telecommunications information planning and decision-making. The study was designed to determine how telecommunications information (TI) policy questions are resolved on university campuses, and by whom. An important aspect of the study was to determine the role…
Descriptors: Academic Libraries, Educational Facilities Planning, Educational Planning, Educational Policy
Association of Research Libraries, Washington, DC. – 1983
Intended to serve as reference materials for discussions with teaching faculty and other members of the university community, this paper and its attachments provide guidelines for members of the Association of Research Libraries (ARL) on fair use and the classroom and library photocopying provisions of the Copyright Act of 1976 (PL 94-553).…
Descriptors: Academic Libraries, College Instruction, Compliance (Legal), Copyrights
Townley, Charles – 1990
In 1988, the Associated College Libraries of Central Pennsylvania received a grant to create a value-added, compact disk, union catalog from the U.S. Department of Education's College Library Technology and Cooperative Grants Program, Title II of the Higher Education Act. Designed to contain, in time, 2,000,830 records from 17 member library…
Descriptors: Bibliographic Databases, College Libraries, Higher Education, Library Networks
Association of Research Libraries, Washington, DC. Office of Management Studies. – 1979
This Systems and Procedures Exchange Center (SPEC) collection of library documents illustrates approaches to and techniques of performance appraisal used in Association of Research Libraries (ARL) libraries. Included are (1) performance appraisal forms, policies, and procedures from Stanford University, University Library Council, Louisiana State…
Descriptors: Academic Libraries, Evaluation Criteria, Evaluation Methods, Higher Education
Association of Research Libraries, Washington, DC. Office of Management Studies. – 1981
A March 1980 Systems and Procedures Exchange Center (SPEC) survey on preservation indicated that more than half the Association of Research Libraries (ARL) membership were operating some type of active preservation program. This kit on basic preservation procedures contains policy statements, guidelines, and procedural instructions (many…
Descriptors: Academic Libraries, Guidelines, Higher Education, Library Collections
Daval, Nicola, Ed. – 1987
Presentations on NCIP (North American Collections Inventory Project) program developments and future program directions are combined with business meeting minutes in this report from the Association of Research Libraries (ARL). The text of remarks presented as part of a panel discussion on the program theme includes: (1) "Development and Use…
Descriptors: Academic Libraries, Cataloging, Conferences, Library Associations
Association of Research Libraries, Washington, DC. Office of Management Studies. – 1982
This group of documents presents material on collection development and a list of collection intensity indicators from the Research Libraries Group (RLG), as well as examples of collection assessment techniques from seven members of the Association of Research Libraries (ARL). ARL member documents cover the assessment of art periodical,…
Descriptors: Academic Libraries, Evaluation Methods, Higher Education, Library Acquisition
Wiltse, Helen – 1988
Noting that the primary function of electronic mail within research libraries has changed from interlibrary loan to administrative purposes in the last four years, this kit begins with an overview of the results of Association of Research Libraries (ARL) surveys of the use of electronic mail (e-mail) in member libraries conducted in 1984 and 1988.…
Descriptors: Academic Libraries, Delivery Systems, Electronic Mail, Foreign Countries
