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Association of Research Libraries, Washington, DC. Office of Management Studies. – 1977
A 1977 Association of Research Libraries (ARL) survey gathered information and documentation on remote storage for selected library materials, including type and size of facilities, selection processes for transferring materials, operating procedures, and record-changing activities. A summary of the survey results included in this kit reports…
Descriptors: Academic Libraries, Costs, Higher Education, Library Facilities
Association of Research Libraries, Washington, DC. Office of Management Studies. – 1979
A 1979 Systems and Procedures Exchange Center (SPEC) survey focused on reviewing the current state of fiscal planning and cost studies in Association of Research Libraries (ARL) member libraries. The survey results indicate that, while some libraries are beginning to use cost analysis techniques to evaluate current programs, to plan for new…
Descriptors: Academic Libraries, Cost Effectiveness, Cost Estimates, Financial Policy
Association of Research Libraries, Washington, DC. Office of Management Studies. – 1980
Findings from a March 1980 Systems and Procedures Exchange Center (SPEC) survey on preservation indicated that more than one-fourth of the members of the Association of Research Libraries (ARL) had written disaster plans, and many other plans were in preparation. This SPEC kit on preparing for emergencies and disasters comprises excerpts from…
Descriptors: Academic Libraries, Case Studies, Emergency Programs, Higher Education
Sable, Martin H. – 1987
All levels of government influence urban studies because of legal jurisdictions and control of funding sources. Selected U.S. and Canadian federal level agencies and organizations are described in terms of their activities and involvement in urban affairs and their assistance, through grants and programs, to urban studies. Use of "The…
Descriptors: Agency Role, Archives, Foreign Countries, Government Role
Download full textBrekke, Elaine, Comp. – 1994
This document contains the results of a 1994 survey on the use of user surveys by ARL (Association of Research Libraries) members. Of the responding libraries, 68% had conducted user surveys in the last 5 years. A number of these libraries (20%) reported conducting surveys at regular intervals ranging from every year to every five years. The…
Descriptors: Academic Libraries, Higher Education, Library Associations, Library Collections
Association of Research Libraries, Washington, DC. Office of Management Studies. – 1978
Results of a 1978 Association of Research Libraries (ARL) survey indicated that 68 (89%) of responding libraries utilized an automated cataloging system. Of those 68, 53 participated in the Ohio College Library Center (OCLC), five in BALLOTS, and the rest in other networks or local systems. At the beginning of this collection, a concise summary…
Descriptors: Academic Libraries, Cataloging, Higher Education, Library Automation
Tanenbaum, Eric – Teaching Political Science, 1979
Considers several systems automating local departmental-based data facilities. Describes design and implementation of a simple system. Concludes by reflecting on changes needed in the system. (Author/CK)
Descriptors: Computer Storage Devices, Data Processing, Databases, Higher Education
Association of Research Libraries, Washington, DC. Office of Management Studies. – 1978
A 1977 Association of Research Libraries (ARL) survey showed that more than 80 member libraries had staff persons designated as personnel officers. In a series of in-depth interviews in the spring of 1978 with some of these personnel officers, the main factors contributing to changes in personnel functions were identified as: (1) a growing number…
Descriptors: Academic Libraries, Guidelines, Higher Education, Library Personnel
Kline, Peggy S.; Books, Nancy A. – 1981
This collection of 26 documents on internships for entry-level professionals and personnel exchange programs for practicing librarians in university and research libraries includes internship guidelines, program plans, policy statements, summaries of in-house surveys on internship programs, and copies of questionnaires on library internships from…
Descriptors: Academic Libraries, College Libraries, Exchange Programs, Guidelines
Association of Research Libraries, Washington, DC. Office of Management Studies. – 1979
Based on analyses of 91 documents on fringe benefits received from member libraries of the Association of Research Libraries (ARL) in 1978, a concise summary presents observations and statistics on sabbatical leaves, insurance, retirement, education and campus-related benefits, trends, and needs. It is concluded that pressures for improving fringe…
Descriptors: Academic Libraries, Fringe Benefits, Higher Education, Leaves of Absence
Association of Research Libraries, Washington, DC. Office of Management Studies. – 1979
In the spring of 1979, the Systems and Procedures Exchange Center (SPEC) conducted a survey to identify common practices, approaches, and problems related to communication in Association of Research Libraries (ARL) institutions. Survey responses were received from 75 of the 105 ARL libraries; the responses and statistical results are included in…
Descriptors: Academic Libraries, Communication Research, Communication (Thought Transfer), Employer Employee Relationship
Kim, Sook-Hyun – 1983
A cooperative serials project was undertaken by eight members of the Association of Research Libraries to develop a regional resource sharing system for current serials. The goals of the program were to implement a cooperative serials acquisitions and deselection program and to promote a rapid and extensive interlibrary loan program through the…
Descriptors: Academic Libraries, Higher Education, Interlibrary Loans, Library Acquisition
Vaughn, John; Webster, Duane; Case, Mary; Givler, Peter; Adler, Allan – Association of American Universities, 2005
Copyright law supports a fundamental mission of colleges and universities to create and disseminate new knowledge and understanding through teaching, research, and scholarship in two basic ways: (1) by providing incentives for the creation of new works through the provision of proprietary rights to copyright owners, and (2) by providing…
Descriptors: Universities, University Presses, Copyrights, Research Libraries
Reed-Scott, Jutta – 1988
The Association of Research Libraries' Office of Management Services (OMS), working with the Research Libraries Group, Inc. (RLG), began the North American Collections Inventory Project (NCIP) in July 1983 as a cooperative effort intended eventually to involve research libraries throughout the United States and Canada. The project's long-term goal…
Descriptors: Academic Libraries, Bibliographic Databases, Foreign Countries, Higher Education
Bakke, Celia; Whitlach, Jo Bell – 1991
For this kit, 119 Association of Research Libraries (ARL) academic libraries were surveyed to determine the impact of online catalogs on the training needs of technical services staff and on the planning and organization of programs to meet these needs; responses were received from 66 libraries. Analyses of the responses indicated that the…
Descriptors: Academic Libraries, Educational Planning, Evaluation Methods, Higher Education
