Over the past several decades, millions of digital objects of significant scientific, economic, cultural, and historic value have been published and distributed to libraries and archives on removable media. Providing long-term access to these documents, media files, and software executables is an increasingly complex task because of dependencies…

The 1973-74 program of the Council on Library Resources, a private operating foundation devoted to the solution of library problems, is reported. The council's board of directors, committees, officers, and staff are listed. Summaries are given of the council's activities in the following areas: (1) libraries and the developing technology, (2)…

The efforts of university libraries in the United States to develop and implement rational plans are exemplified by the activities of the Association of Research Libraries, originator of various plans for library cooperation including the Farmington Plan and the National Program for Acquisitions and Cataloging. Another example of effective…

While university libraries have a long tradition of preserving scholarship, they are less experienced in the technology-dependent and computer networked environment. By taking advantage of current activities and expertise that exist in various parts of the institution, policies and practices can be linked that will engender long-term…

Following an introductory discussion of the role and use of libraries in New York State, this booklet provides information about the priorities of the Board of Regents of the University of New York for 1987 library legislation to help meet the goal of educational success for all New York residents. Discussions include proposed legislation intended…

Recent surveys indicate that many colleges and universities have reached a pivotal moment in assessing the function and future development of their institutional repositories. Other surveys convey that archivists are participating in the development and implementation of institutional repositories at a variety of levels and have contributed to the…

These proceedings contain 21 research reports and 56 position papers as well as capsule descriptions of 32 workshop forums, panel presentations, and group discussions that took place at the conference. The papers are organized into nine broad subject areas: (1) academic and research librarianship (recruitment, technology and change, faculty…

This fact book on the New York State Board of Regents legislative program for libraries provides information on: (1) New York libraries and library systems in 1989, including statistics; (2) the 1989 Regents legislative program for libraries, including a list of services for which aid is provided, statistics on support requested for libraries, and…

There is a general perception that as librarians, we know what constitutes and defines a rare book, that our heritage book collections are well-documented and their future survival is planned for and secure. This discussion paper asks whether our definitions of heritage material might be too narrow and whether they reflect the reality across all…

The six papers in this collection were presented at three sessions. The three presented to the Division of Management and Technology are listed first: (1) "The RLG (Research Libraries Group) Preservation Program and RLIN (Research Libraries Information Network) System Support" (Patricia McClung and John Haeger, United States); (2)…

This document comprises a program schedule; welcoming remarks by Herman Liebaers (Brussels), entitled "Towards a European Equivalent of the Council on Library Resources"; and conference papers presented at an international conference on cooperation among research libraries. The following papers presented at the conference are (with two…

These proceedings begin with four theme papers on civil rights, information technologies, the Information Society, and measures of success. Fifty-two contributed papers are then organized into seven broad subject areas: (1) academic librarianship (stereotypes of librarians, minority leadership, collegial leadership, curriculum reform, library…

Based on the conference theme, "Finding Ways: Excellence under Pressure," papers presented at the 1986 meeting of the association include: (1) "Coping with Budget Pressure: A Public Services Librarian's View" (Janet C. Lu); (2) "The Librarian, the Accession List, and the Database" (B. C. Wehrman); (3) "New Start:…

In the fall of 1993, the Association of Research Libraries (ARL) Office of Management Services conducted a survey to determine the status of automation activities within preservation departments in member libraries. The survey was sent to 68 ARL libraries that have established preservation departments under the management of a preservation…

In response to serious concerns about the dramatic increases in college and university costs, the Department of Education solicited proposals in May 1987 for innovative projects to explore means of cost reduction or containment which promise significant cost savings, whether accrued in the short- or long-term. The solicitation for cost containment…