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Direct linkBecker, Jenifer – Public Services Quarterly, 2017
The "Best of the Literature" column is intended to keep librarians, administrators, and staff up to date with the most recent, relevant, and useful literature of the field. In the last few years, students of color across the nation have spoken out about their experiences of racism and racial microaggressions on their campuses. They have…
Descriptors: Academic Libraries, African American Students, Library Services, Library Research
Peer reviewedAvram, Henriette D; Wiggins, Beacher – Library Resources and Technical Services, 1988
Describes the National Coordinated Cataloging Program, a formal system in which selected research libraries follow agreed-upon practices for creating national-level bibliographic records. The aims and assumptions of the program, initial considerations for implementation, and the pilot project scheduled to begin in 1988 are discussed. (MES)
Descriptors: Cataloging, Library Cooperation, Research Libraries
Download full textBarrett, G. Jaia, Ed. – Association of Research Libraries, 2008
"ARL" is the bimonthly report on research library issues and actions from ARL (Association of Research Libraries), CNI (Coalition of Networked Information), and SPARC (Scholarly Publishing and Academic Resources Coalition). "ARL" reports on current issues of interest to academic and research library administrators, staff, and…
Descriptors: Research Libraries, Academic Libraries, Handheld Devices, Reference Services
Barrett, G. Jaia, Ed. – Association of Research Libraries, 2006
"ARL" is the bimonthly report on research library issues and actions from ARL (Association of Research Libraries), CNI (Coalition of Networked Information), and SPARC (Scholarly Publishing and Academic Resources Coalition). "ARL" reports on current issues of interest to academic and research library administrators, staff and…
Descriptors: Research Universities, Information Policy, Electronic Publishing, Research Libraries
Barrett, G. Jaia, Ed. – Association of Research Libraries, 2006
ARL is the bimonthly report on research library issues and actions from ARL (Association of Research Libraries), CNI (Coalition of Networked Information), and SPARC (Scholarly Publishing and Academic Resources Coalition). ARL reports on current issues of interest to academic and research library administrators, staff, and users; higher education…
Descriptors: Periodicals, Communication (Thought Transfer), Scholarship, Information Policy
Barrett, G. Jaia, Ed. – Association of Research Libraries, 2006
ARL is the bimonthly report on research library issues and actions from ARL (Association of Research Libraries), CNI (Coalition of Networked Information), and SPARC (Scholarly Publishing and Academic Resources Coalition). ARL reports on current issues of interest to academic and research library administrators, staff, and users; higher education…
Descriptors: Librarians, Research Libraries, Academic Libraries, Labor Force
Atkins, Stephanie A. – portal: Libraries and the Academy, 2005
An increasing number of academic and research libraries have built high-density shelving facilities to address overcrowding conditions in their regular stacks. However, the work performed in these facilities is physically strenuous and highly repetitive in nature and may require the use of potentially dangerous equipment. This article will examine…
Descriptors: Safety, Research Libraries, Work Environment, Academic Libraries
Association of Coll. and Research Libraries, Chicago, IL. Bibliographic Instruction Section. – 1985
This manual contains basic information about the Bibliographic Instruction Section (BIS) of the Association of College and Research Libraries (ACRL). As of November 1984, BIS membership was approaching 3,000 with nearly 100 members actively involved in the section's committees. Following an introduction that describes the development of the BIS,…
Descriptors: Academic Libraries, Committees, Higher Education, Library Associations
Peer reviewedLentini, Allan A. – Journal of Academic Librarianship, 1985
This article describes background and study process used by a committee of librarians and library administrators at Cornell University that has, over the past few years, significantly changed the structure of the paraprofessional staff classification scheme. Job Review Committee recommendations and job titles by "family" (library aide,…
Descriptors: Classification, College Libraries, Committees, Higher Education
Peer reviewedFerguson, Anthony W.; And Others – Journal of Library Administration, 1987
Considers 10 areas of internal operations in which the Research Libraries Group/North American Collection Inventory Project (RLF/NCIP) Conspectus can be used as a management aid: collection priorities, collection management, space utilization, preservation programs, staffing allocations, material fund requests, accreditation, materials selection,…
Descriptors: Budgeting, Financial Support, Library Administration, Library Collection Development
Brewer, Joseph M.; Hook, Sheril J.; Simmons-Welburn, Janice; Williams, Karen; Landesman, Margaret M.; Kyrillidou, Martha – Association of Research Libraries, 2004
ARL is the bimonthly report on research library issues and actions from ARL (Association of Research Libraries), CNI (Coalition of Networked Information), and SPARC (Scholarly Publishing and Academic Resources Coalition). ARL reports on current issues of interest to academic and research library administrators, staff, and users; higher education…
Descriptors: Research Libraries, Academic Libraries, Financial Support, Library Administration
Daval, Nicola, Ed. – 1987
Presentations on NCIP (North American Collections Inventory Project) program developments and future program directions are combined with business meeting minutes in this report from the Association of Research Libraries (ARL). The text of remarks presented as part of a panel discussion on the program theme includes: (1) "Development and Use…
Descriptors: Academic Libraries, Cataloging, Conferences, Library Associations
Association of Research Libraries, Washington, DC. Office of Management Studies. – 1982
This group of documents presents material on collection development and a list of collection intensity indicators from the Research Libraries Group (RLG), as well as examples of collection assessment techniques from seven members of the Association of Research Libraries (ARL). ARL member documents cover the assessment of art periodical,…
Descriptors: Academic Libraries, Evaluation Methods, Higher Education, Library Acquisition
Barrett, Jaia, Ed. – Association of Research Libraries, 2004
ARL is the bimonthly report on research library issues and actions from ARL (Association of Research Libraries), CNI (Coalition of Networked Information), and SPARC (Scholarly Publishing and Academic Resources Coalition). ARL reports on current issues of interest to academic and research library administrators, staff, and users; higher education…
Descriptors: Research Libraries, Academic Libraries, Information Technology, Nonprofit Organizations
Black, William K. – 1987
This Systems and Procedures Exchange Center (SPEC) kit is based on information from 22 of the 71 Association of Research Libraries (ARL) member libraries that responded to a 1986 survey of 91 ARL academic libraries concerning the analysis of professional and non-professional positions, and on information collected from 17 additional libraries that…
Descriptors: Academic Libraries, Administrative Organization, Job Analysis, Library Personnel
