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Peer reviewedMoran, Barbara B. – College and Research Libraries, 1989
Traces the development of academic librarianship from 1939 to the present. Specific areas discussed include the revolution in higher education, library collections, library budgets, organizational patterns, library buildings, staff, and services. The impact of technology on higher education and academic libraries is discussed and possible future…
Descriptors: Academic Libraries, Budgets, Educational Change, Financial Support
Download full textUnited States Bureau of Education, Department of the Interior, 1909
Since the organization of the United States Bureau of Education in 1867 statistics of public libraries have appeared periodically in the annual reports. It has been the purpose to gather such statistics every five years, but it has not been possible to carry out the plan with perfect regularity. For forty years every annual report of the bureau…
Descriptors: Educational History, Statistical Surveys, National Surveys, Questionnaires
Office of Education, US Department of Health, Education, and Welfare, 1958
Never before has a fully informed citizenry been more important to the present and future well-being of the Nation than it is today. And yet, recent investigations have shown that 27 million of our children and adults live in areas without any public library service, and 53 million more have only inadequate book and information services available…
Descriptors: Educational History, Budgets, Bibliographies, Educational Facilities
Office of Education, US Department of Health, Education, and Welfare, 1963
A 1956 Office of Education study showed that 26 million rural residents were without any public library service and that more than 300 rural counties had no public library within their borders. An additional 50 million rural residents had only inadequate service. Congress passed the Library Services Act in 1956 to stimulate the further development…
Descriptors: Educational History, Operating Expenses, Statistical Data, Counties
