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Yook, Eunkyong Lee – Journal of College Student Retention: Research, Theory & Practice, 2013
One of the most urgent issues facing institutions of higher learning in the United States today is the problem of college student retention. The purpose of this article is to provide a theoretically and empirically supported argument for stating that there is one potent force for retention of college students that has been as yet largely unmined:…
Descriptors: School Holding Power, Academic Persistence, Predictor Variables, Information Centers
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Ghosh, Maitrayee – Program: Electronic Library and Information Systems, 2007
Purpose: The purpose of this paper is to describe the use of ICT to disseminate preventive health care information to combat the AIDS epidemic in India. The role of information professionals in various libraries and information centres and the challenges they are facing to increase HIV/AIDS awareness are discussed. Finally, recommendations are…
Descriptors: Foreign Countries, Acquired Immunodeficiency Syndrome (AIDS), Information Dissemination, Disease Control
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Brimsek, Tobi – Special Libraries, 1989
Provides an introduction to "From the Top: Profiles of U.S. and Canadian Corporate Libraries and Information Centers," a compilation of profiles of selected North American corporations. Areas covered in the profiles include professional profiles of library administrators, history, physical facilities, staff size, user populations,…
Descriptors: Corporate Libraries, Financial Support, Foreign Countries, Information Centers
Crowers, Clifford P., Ed. – Drexel Library Quarterly, 1974
In an attempt to clarify the indexing and announcing controls for government documents, this issue of the Drexel Library Quarterly presents background information on several of the information controlling and access agencies, describes their operations, and points out their inherent problems and weaknesses. The agencies covered are the Government…
Descriptors: Administrative Agencies, Agency Role, Bibliographies, Cataloging