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Hughes-Hassell, Sandra – ALA Editions, 2020
With a renewed emphasis on facilitating learning, supporting multiple literacies, and advancing equity and inclusion, the thoroughly updated and revised second edition of this trusted text provides models and tools that will enable library staff who serve youth to create and maintain collections that provide equitable access to all youth. And as…
Descriptors: Library Services, Library Materials, Librarians, Access to Information
Knox, Emily – Public Services Quarterly, 2011
Support for intellectual freedom, a concept codified in the American Library Association's Library Bill of Rights and Code of Ethics, is one of the core tenets of modern librarianship. According to the most recent interpretation of the Library Bill of Rights, academic librarians are encouraged to incorporate the principles of intellectual freedom…
Descriptors: Intellectual Freedom, Academic Freedom, Academic Libraries, Ethics
Evans, G. Edward – 1995
Designed to help library students gain an understanding of building library collections for specific communities of users, this text presents the process of collection development. Emphasizing collection development in general, rather than the process in any particular institutional setting, the book provides a discussion of needs assessment,…
Descriptors: Library Administration, Library Collection Development, Library Material Selection, Library Policy
Rutgers, The State Univ., New Brunswick, NJ. Univ. Libraries. – 1998
This guide to Rutgers University Libraries (RUL) is intended as an introduction to the library system for foreign students studying at the University. The guide consists of the following: welcoming remarks; a brief discussion of the American academic library systems; a list of the locations and abbreviations of the 25 libraries, collections and…
Descriptors: Academic Libraries, Foreign Students, Higher Education, Library Catalogs
New Mexico Inst. of Mining and Technology, Socorro. – 1990
Designed to be used in conjunction with a departmental operations manual, this guide for student assistants in the New Mexico Institute of Mining and Technology Library provides basic information about the library as a whole. Topics covered by the guide are: (1) library departments, including reference services, interlibrary loan, technical…
Descriptors: Academic Libraries, Administrative Policy, Higher Education, Job Skills
Potts, Ken; And Others – 1994
This guide is the Northern Illinois University (NIU) Libraries' quick reference tool for providing information about its collections, facilities, and services. The articles are arranged in an alphabetic, dictionary format with numerous cross-references, and highlight information on the following: administrative offices; company annual reports;…
Descriptors: Academic Libraries, Higher Education, Information Services, Information Technology
Hollenhorst, Kathryn – 1990
Designed to acquaint students with the facilities and resources of the North Dakota State University (NDSU) Library, this library manual is divided into 24 chapters: (1) The Main Library; (2) Reference Room; (3) Periodical Indexes; (4) Infotrac Academic Index; (5) Abstracts and Two-Step Indexes; (6) Locating Periodicals; (7) Newspaper Indexes and…
Descriptors: Academic Libraries, Classification, Dewey Decimal Classification, Guidelines
Bergman, Jed I.; And Others – 1996
This book presents a historical review of five private research libraries in the United States and analyzes how these five nonprofit organizations managed the pressures of change that all nonprofits face. Part one contains five case studies: (1) the Huntington Library, Art Collections, and Botanical Gardens; (2) the Pierpont Morgan Library; (3)…
Descriptors: Access to Information, Administrator Role, Budgeting, Case Studies
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
Henderson, William Abbot, Ed. – 1995
This policy manual of Jacksonville State University's Houston Cole Library serves as a statement of the library's mission, goals, and objectives; an interpretive guide for library faculty, staff, and students; and informational document for library patrons concerning the library's programs and policies. The contents include the following:…
Descriptors: Academic Libraries, Archives, Audiovisual Aids, Cataloging
Lawrence, Tamiko Danielle; Thomas, Susan; Winston, Mark – 1998
The Peer Reference Counseling Program at Valdosta State University (Georgia) is a program designed to provide students with a unique opportunity to work at the Reference Desk at Odum Library. This program employs minority students and trains them to work at the Reference Desk answering basic reference questions and utilizing as well as…
Descriptors: Academic Libraries, Databases, Guidelines, Higher Education
Whitesides, William L., Sr., Ed. – 1998
This book, written by graduate students at the Catholic University (District of Columbia) School of Library and Information Science, examines current priorities, policies, and practices of public libraries. Following an introduction, "Reinventing Libraries: Responding to the Forces of Change" (Lisa Crisman), chapters include: (1) "A…
Descriptors: Access to Information, Appropriate Technology, Change, Cultural Context