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Peer reviewedAlemna, A. A.; Antwi, I. K. – International Library Review, 1990
Discussion of library cooperation focuses on a survey that investigated cooperation among university libraries in Ghana. Library cooperation in the United Kingdom, United States, and Nigeria is described; areas of cooperation in Ghana are discussed, including interlibrary loans, cataloging, and acquisitions; and recommendations for library…
Descriptors: Academic Libraries, Cataloging, Developing Nations, Financial Support
Lynch, Mary Jo; And Others – Bowker Annual Library and Book Trade Almanac, 1994
Includes seven articles that discuss research on libraries; numbers of libraries in the United States and Canada; library acquisition expenditures; price indexes for academic and school libraries; expenditures in school library media centers; state rankings of public library data; and library building construction. (LRW)
Descriptors: Academic Libraries, Cost Indexes, Elementary Secondary Education, Foreign Countries
Lynch, Mary Jo; Oder, Norman; Halstead, Kent; Fox, Bette-Lee – Bowker Annual Library and Book Trade Almanac, 2003
Includes seven reports that discuss research on libraries and librarianship, including academic, public, and school libraries; awards and grants; number of libraries in the United States and Canada; National Center for Education Statistics results; library expenditures for public, academic, special, and government libraries; library budgets; price…
Descriptors: Academic Libraries, Annual Reports, Awards, Budgets
Chronicle of Higher Education, 1990
Data on 106 university and 12 nonuniversity research libraries include rankings based on a national index, the number of volumes held, volumes added during the year, current serials, total staff, and total expenditures. Most data are for main campuses only. (MSE)
Descriptors: Colleges, Expenditures, Foreign Countries, Higher Education
Chronicle of Higher Education, 1985
Data on the holdings of university and other research libraries include library ranking, volumes held and added, current serials holdings, and spending for materials and salaries. (MSE)
Descriptors: Expenditures, Foreign Countries, Higher Education, Librarians
International Federation of Library Associations, The Hague (Netherlands). – 1983
Papers on library acquisitions, cooperative collection development, and the international exchange of publications, which were presented at the 1983 International Federation of Library Associations (IFLA) conference, include: (1) "Acquisition of South Asian Materials for the Libraries of North America and Europe: Problems, Prospects, and…
Descriptors: Foreign Countries, International Organizations, International Programs, Library Acquisition
Stewart, Jasmine; Powell, Lora Thompson – Chronicle of Higher Education, 1995
Tables present 1993-94 data on the top 108 university and 11 nonuniversity research libraries in the United States and Canada, including numbers of volumes in the library, volumes added, number of current serials, permanent staff, and total dollar expenditures. A pie graph also illustrates operating expenditure proportions. (MSE)
Descriptors: College Libraries, Comparative Analysis, Employment Patterns, Expenditures
International Federation of Library Associations and Institutions, The Hague (Netherlands). – 1986
Papers on national libraries which were presented at the 1986 International Federation of Library Associations (IFLA) conference include: (1) "Dangers for the Modern Information Society in the Computer Age" (Franz Georg Kaltwasser, West Germany); (2) "Functions and Objectives of the National Libraries in the Developing…
Descriptors: Access to Information, Developed Nations, Developing Nations, Foreign Countries
Download full textBrennan, Patricia, Ed.; And Others – 1994
This volume documents two program sessions that reported on the Association of American Universities' (AAU) Research Libraries Project. This project was initiated by the AAU in collaboration with ARL and with the support of the Andrew W. Mellon Foundation; interim reports from the AAU task forces were presented in October 1993 and have been…
Descriptors: Academic Libraries, Change, Computer Networks, Foreign Countries
