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Daval, Nicola, Ed. – 1984
Program presentations on issues related to bibliographic control and access to collections and business meeting minutes are combined in this report. Under the program title, "The Sum of the Parts: Sharing Responsibility," the following addresses are included: (1) "The Building Blocks: Elements in a System of Distributed…
Descriptors: Cataloging, Library Administration, Library Associations, Library Catalogs
Association of Research Libraries, Washington, DC. – 1985
Program presentations on issues related to staffing considerations in research libraries and business meeting minutes are combined in this report from the Association of Research Libraries (ARL). Under the program title, "Organizational Futures: Staffing Research Libraries in the 1990's," a report by the Task Force on Research Library Staffing…
Descriptors: Academic Libraries, Higher Education, Library Administration, Library Associations
Holley, Edward G.; Kenan, William Rand, Jr. – 1989
The question "What is the role for research in library and information science?" lies at the heart of an ongoing project sponsored by the Office of Library Programs in the U.S. Department of Education. The project, which was begun in 1986-87, is designed to identify researchable issues that could help libraries attain or maintain a leadership…
Descriptors: Academic Libraries, Conferences, Discussion Groups, Higher Education
Canadian Association of Research Libraries, Montreal (Quebec). – 1982
This conference brought together Canadian library school deans and directors of Canadian academic and research libraries to discuss the education of librarians. Following introductory remarks by Anne Woodsworth, papers presented include: (1) "Curricular Needs," in which Margot B. McBurney summarizes survey results and recent activities…
Descriptors: Academic Libraries, Enrollment, Faculty Development, Foreign Countries
Hatfield, V. Sue, Ed. – 1986
The following papers were presented at a joint conference of the Colorado Library Association and the Mountain Plains Library Association (MPLA) in October 1986: (1) "Development of a Strategic Plan for the Harold B. Lee Library--A Model for Public Service" (Larry Ostler); (2) "The Library Committee in MPLA Libraries" (Ronald…
Descriptors: Academic Libraries, Bookstores, Burnout, Cataloging
Johnson, Diane E., Ed. – 1985
This conference was held to bring librarians and users from academic, public, school, and special libraries together to discuss how resource sharing among all types of libraries, for the benefit of all types of users, might be enhanced through formal multitype networking. A conference workbook was provided for participants to read ahead of time,…
Descriptors: Academic Libraries, Conferences, Library Cooperation, Library Networks
Kraus, Krandall, Ed.; Biscoe, Eleanor, Ed. – 1981
Presentations and discussions held during the 3-day meeting center on the education of librarians to meet the needs of handicapped individuals. The keynote address reviews legislation and agencies dealing with disabled persons, as well as library education on services to the handicapped. Other presentations include a historical review of the…
Descriptors: Attitudes toward Disabilities, Federal Legislation, Hearing Impairments, History
Kolodziejska, Jadwiga; And Others – 1981
Seven of these ten papers are concerned with library research in specific countries; the remaining three deal with library planning and ethics in research. Titles are "The Library as a Cultural Institution," by Jadwiga Kolodziejska, Poland; "The International Seminar 'Book and Library in Society' of the Polish Book and Readers…
Descriptors: Codes of Ethics, Coordination, Foreign Countries, History
Dietschmann, Hans, Ed. – 1983
This 22-paper collection addresses a variety of issues related to representation and transfer of knowledge. Individual papers include an explanation of the usefulness of general scientific models versus case-specific approaches and a discussion of different empirical approaches to the general problem of knowledge representation for information…
Descriptors: Artificial Intelligence, Automatic Indexing, Cognitive Processes, Computer Oriented Programs
Epstein, Susan Baerg – 1984
This document contains the full transcript of a 2-day workshop on library automation. The first day of the workshop was devoted to a review of the state-of-the-art of library automation and the second day included presentation of testimony by Maine librarians. The transcript of the first day includes discussions of the historical development of…
Descriptors: Academic Libraries, Library Automation, Library Cooperation, Library Networks
Lancaster, F. W., Ed. – 1987
The papers in this proceedings consider ways in which user friendly interface design may be used to make online systems in public and academic libraries easier to use, and thus more attractive to potential users. A short introduction by F. W. Lancaster is followed by nine papers: (1) "Linking the Unlinkable" (Michael Gorman); (2)…
Descriptors: Academic Libraries, Computer System Design, Higher Education, Information Retrieval

Gwinn, Nancy E.; And Others – Journal of Academic Librarianship, 1980
A program to develop managers for academic and research libraries is reviewed through the eyes of eight participants. Former interns relate their experiences and impressions while in the program and its effect on their professional careers. (RAA)
Descriptors: Academic Libraries, Internship Programs, Library Administration, Management Development
Association of Research Libraries, Washington, DC. – 1980
These proceedings of the Association of Research Libraries (ARL) meeting on the education of research library personnel contain the following papers: The Conant Report and Its Implications for Academic and Research Libraries, by Ralph W. Conant; Library Education--State-of-the-Art, by Robert O. Stueart; Professional Education and Training--A New…
Descriptors: Academic Libraries, Librarians, Library Associations, Library Education
Daval, Nicola, Ed. – 1980
This report provides the verbatim minutes of the meeting of the Association of Research Libraries (ARL) on the theme, The Future of Scholarly Communication. Comments by David W. Breneman and Warren J. Haas on the Report of the National Enquiry into Scholarly Communication were followed by general discussion, as was Richard W. Boss's The Library…
Descriptors: Communications, Cost Effectiveness, Humanities, Library Catalogs
Daval, Nicola, Ed. – 1984
Minutes from the 1984 Membership Meeting of the Association of Research Libraries include the full-text of four presented papers: "The Next Generation of Telecommunications Systems" (William F. Utlaut); "Structure of the Present Telecommunications Network" (Donald J. Muccino); "Alternatives to the Bell System" (C.…
Descriptors: Academic Libraries, Conferences, Higher Education, Information Networks