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Direct linkSharman, Alison – New Review of Academic Librarianship, 2014
Emanating from the ground-breaking Library Impact Data Project, the aim of the Roving Librarian project first initiated in 2011 was to offer personalized help outside of the traditional library to library non-users in social or academic settings using Android and the iPad tablets. It was thought that the portability and flexibility of these…
Descriptors: Handheld Devices, Library Services, Access to Information, Individual Needs
Download full textLatham, John, Comp. – Special Libraries Association (NJ1), 2008
The Special Libraries' Association (SLA) has conducted salary surveys since 1967, triennially from 1967 to 1990, biennially from 1990 to 1996 and annually from 1997 forward. The objectives of the annual Salary Survey are to: (1) Collect and analyze systematic, accurate information about the salaries of special librarians and information…
Descriptors: Special Libraries, Librarians, Salaries, Occupational Surveys
Latham, John, Comp. – Special Libraries Association (NJ1), 2007
The Special Libraries' Association (SLA) has conducted salary surveys since 1967, triennially from 1967 to 1990, biennially from 1990 to 1996 and annually from 1997 forward. The objectives of the annual Salary Survey are to: (1) Collect and analyze systematic, accurate information about the salaries of special librarians and information…
Descriptors: Special Libraries, Librarians, Salaries, Occupational Surveys
Peer reviewedPolden, Andrea G. – International Library Review, 1980
Details the current organization and functions of the various components of the British Library, with the exception of central administration. Included are the library board, reference division, lending division, bibliographic services division, and research and development department. (FM)
Descriptors: Legislation, Library Administration, Library Networks, Library Research
Jay, Margaret; Webber, Sheila – Program: Electronic Library and Information Systems, 2005
Purpose: Aims to investigate the impact of the internet on reference services in public libraries in England. Design/methodology/approach: A literature review provides the policy context for UK public library services and highlights developments in digital reference. A questionnaire was administered in 2003 to a sample of the public library…
Descriptors: Foreign Countries, Internet, Reference Services, Library Services
Keenan, Stella – Library Journal, 1982
This description of experiments with the use of videotex systems in British public libraries includes activities and undertakings sponsored by the British Library Research and Development Department, commercial and public videotex services in the U.K., and videotex projects initiated by library associations such as ASLIB. (JL)
Descriptors: Community Information Services, Information Services, Library Personnel, Library Research
Convey, John – 1979
This paper describes the experimental implementation of BIROS (Bibliographical Information Retrieval Online Service) in the Lancashire Public Library. The project is designed to provide information on the potential use of an online service for the general public, with particular regard to professional and technical users; the implications for…
Descriptors: Databases, Foreign Countries, Information Retrieval, Library Research
Butterworth, Margaret – 2000
This paper discusses fee-based services in public libraries. The first section examines examples of charging for public library services in three countries: the United Kingdom, the Republic of Ireland; and New Zealand. The intention is to consider the circumstances in which charging was introduced, the public's response in terms of the effect on…
Descriptors: Access to Information, Fees, Foreign Countries, Library Funding
Peer reviewedLonsdale, Dale; Oppenheim, Charles – Journal of Information Ethics, 1995
Discusses the results of a survey of academic reference librarians, library schools, and professional associations for information professionals in the United Kingdom that examined ethical issues in academic reference librarians' work, how professional associations relate to these matters, and how well library schools are preparing information…
Descriptors: Academic Libraries, Ethics, Foreign Countries, Higher Education
Pilch, Michael; And Others – Information and Library Manager, 1987
The needs of the user of theater arts resources are examined in three articles describing the types of services and materials required by amateur theater groups, television researchers, and secondary schools. Ways in which libraries, archives, and museums can meet these requirements are suggested. (CLB)
Descriptors: Archives, Cultural Activities, Developed Nations, Foreign Countries
Allen, Gillian – 1996
The term "disintermediation" has developed to describe the finding of information by an end-user without the need for a third party. New developments in techniques for retrieval and dissemination have led to a situation where an end-user can acquire the basic skills necessary for searching the myriad databases available. The information…
Descriptors: Foreign Countries, Information Dissemination, Information Retrieval, Information Seeking
Peer reviewedCastonguay, Russell – Government Information Quarterly, 1987
Describes a survey which examined local government documentation in academic and public libraries of Australia, Canada, the United Kingdom, and the United States. The results, which provide current data on document management and maintenance practices, are compared with the results of four previous studies. (Author/CLB)
Descriptors: Academic Libraries, Administrative Policy, Archives, Cataloging
Pollitt, A. Steven; Smith, Martin P.; Treglown, Mark; Braekevelt, Patrick – 1996
This paper presents the background and then reports progress made in the development of two view-based searching systems--HIBROWSE for EMBASE, searching Europe's most important biomedical bibliographic database, and HIBROWSE for EPOQUE, improving access to the European Parliament's Online Query System. The HIBROWSE approach to searching promises…
Descriptors: Access to Information, Biomedicine, Databases, Foreign Countries
Welsh, Sue – 1996
The growth in the size of the Internet has resulted in much effort being spent on indexing its contents. The most popular solutions are created by automatic methods, and although offering impressive coverage, they are disappointing where precision of meaning is required. Alternative services created by human beings arrange and index resources…
Descriptors: Classification, Content Analysis, Evaluation Methods, Foreign Countries
