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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
Weir, Harold G. – 1980
Expressing the concern of the Parliamentary Libraries Section of International Federation of Library Associations (IFLA) about the need of legislators for access to up-to-date, reliable, adequate libraries and dissemination facilities, this paper offers a general review of requirements necessary for the initiation and development of legislative…
Descriptors: Bibliographies, Developing Nations, Information Dissemination, Information Seeking
Download full textDarling, Pamela W.; Webster, Duane E. – 1987
This manual is designed primarily as a guide for libraries undertaking a formal study of preservation needs as a foundation for planning programs to meet those needs. Based on the "assisted self-study approach" process, it presupposes a library staff large enough to permit the assignment of about two dozen people for an average of 5 or 6…
Descriptors: Academic Libraries, Guidelines, Higher Education, Library Collections
McCombs, Gillian M. – 1985
To gather information on current catalog maintenance practices, researchers selected institutions from respondents to the September 1984 version of the OMS (Office of Management Studies) Automation Inventory of Research Libraries. A telephone survey of technical services and systems staff at 23 libraries investigated a wide range of issues related…
Descriptors: Academic Libraries, Administrative Organization, Databases, Higher Education
Association of Research Libraries, Washington, DC. Office of Management Studies. – 1983
This collection of library documents related to the employment of student assistants in member libraries of the Association of Research Libraries (ARL) contains: (1) examples of procedures and policies from the University of Kansas, the University of California at Berkeley, and Michigan State University; (2) recruitment and hiring documents from…
Descriptors: Academic Libraries, Grievance Procedures, Higher Education, Library Personnel
Wanger, Judith; And Others – 1981
Designed to facilitate communications in future automation projects between library and data processing personnel, especially those projects involving the use of automated systems in the service of disabled patrons, this guide identifies and describes a master set of major circulation system requirements and design considerations, and illustrates…
Descriptors: Disabilities, Library Automation, Library Circulation, Library Networks
Peer reviewedHippenhammer, Craighton – Top of the News, 1986
Reports on output measures that can give children's librarians additional information to better control collections and make better selection and weeding decisions. Statistical comparisons utilizing circulation data (comparing circulation year to year, circulation to patrons served, circulation to number of materials owned) and availability of…
Descriptors: Library Administration, Library Circulation, Library Collection Development, Library Collections
