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Download full textNorth Country Reference and Research Resources Council, Canton, NY. – 1967
The conference was held by the North Country Reference and Research Resources Council as a means of communicating and cooperating with Canadian libraries situated in close proximity to the Northern New York State libraries composing the Council. Topics covered by invited speakers and round table discussions included: (1) cooperative library…
Descriptors: Conferences, Information Services, Libraries, Library Cooperation
Peer reviewedAuster, Ethel – Special Libraries, 1975
The Reference and Information Services section of the library of the Ontario Institute for Studies in Education has developed a unique field service program. (Author)
Descriptors: Administrators, Audiovisual Centers, Bibliographies, Delivery Systems
Peer reviewedDilevko, Juris; Mason, Moya – Public Libraries, 2000
Examines whether library reference staff are cognizant of newspapers as a potential source of reference information, and explores what happens when library staff members make referrals--often a sign that they do not know the answer to the question themselves. Discusses results of a recent study of public libraries in Canada which revealed that…
Descriptors: Foreign Countries, Information Services, Information Sources, Librarians
Perusse, Lyse – 1979
This study, which was conducted at the University of Quebec over a period of six months, focuses on four systems for online information retrieval that are available to users at the university and provide access to some of the same databases: BRS (Bibliographic Retrieval Services Inc.), CAN/OLE (Canadian On-Line Inquiry), Lockheed DIALOG, and…
Descriptors: Comparative Analysis, Cost Effectiveness, Databases, Foreign Countries
McCallum, John D. – 1972
In 1971 the Board of the Midwestern Regional Library System authorized a study of the periodical collections of the major public libraries, the three universities, and one community college within the Region. It was felt that the study would have immediate implications for the Regional library's developing "Information Services Program,"…
Descriptors: Foreign Countries, Indexes, Information Services, Library Collections
Peer reviewedFinsten, Hugh – Government Information Quarterly, 1985
Describes the organizational structure of the research unit of the Parliamentary Library of Canada and lists a variety of services offered to Parliamentary members, committees, associations, and delegations. (CLB)
Descriptors: Developed Nations, Federal Government, Foreign Countries, Government Libraries
Adams, Chris – 2000
Throughout 1999 and 2000, 234 academic institutions in Canada--66 university libraries and 168 college libraries--were asked to respond to a survey of library services for off campus users. Previous surveys were conducted in 1984 and then again in 1988. It was felt that with the advent of the World Wide Web, increased levels of library automation,…
Descriptors: Academic Libraries, Access to Information, Comparative Analysis, Foreign Countries
