Descriptor
Source
| SPEC Kit | 17 |
| ARL | 5 |
| Rural Libraries | 2 |
| Bookmark | 1 |
| Bowker Annual Library and… | 1 |
| Developing FE (FEDA Report) | 1 |
| IATUL Proceedings | 1 |
| Information and Library… | 1 |
Author
Publication Type
Education Level
Audience
| Media Staff | 2 |
| Practitioners | 2 |
Laws, Policies, & Programs
Assessments and Surveys
What Works Clearinghouse Rating
Download full textBarrett, G. Jaia, Ed. – ARL, 1995
This bimonthly newsletter offers a forum for discussion of research library issues and actions. Regular features include: Current Issues; Office of Scientific and Academic Publishing; Federal Relations; Coalition for Networked Information; Office of Management Services; ARL Activities; and ARL Calendar. Newsletter highlights include the following…
Descriptors: Federal Programs, Information Networks, Library Administration, Library Services
Blixrud, Julia C., Comp. – SPEC Kit, 2000
This SPEC (Systems and Procedures Exchange Center) Kit reports results of a survey that examined how Association of Research Libraries (ARL) members currently provide printing services to their users and how the costs of those services are covered. Of the 122 members surveyed, 62 responded. Included in the responses was information on main, law,…
Descriptors: Academic Libraries, Computer Printers, Higher Education, Library Equipment
Steele, Patricia Ann, Comp.; Walters, Carolyn, Comp. – SPEC Kit, 2001
This SPEC (Systems and Procedures Exchange Center) Kit presents the results of a survey of Association of Research Libraries (ARL) member libraries designed to provide a description of how they are responding to demands for greater hours of access and service. Survey responses indicate what hours of access and service libraries are providing and…
Descriptors: Academic Libraries, Foreign Countries, Higher Education, Library Associations
Jenda, Claudine, Comp. – SPEC Kit, 2000
This SPEC (Systems and Procedures Exchange Center) Kit reports results of a survey that examined how many Association of Research Libraries (ARL) libraries offer fee-based services to their external users, the procedures and organizational structures of such services, and the factors that contribute to a successful fee-based service program. For…
Descriptors: Academic Libraries, Fees, Higher Education, Information Policy
Barrett, G. Jaia, Ed. – ARL, 2002
This document consists of seven issues of the ARL (Association of Research Libraries) Newsletter, covering February 2002 through December 2002. Most issues include some or all of the following sections: "Current Issues"; "Leadership and Management"; "New Measures Initiative"; "Statistics and Measurement";…
Descriptors: Academic Libraries, Access to Information, Copyrights, Higher Education
Brown, Karen, Comp.; Holmes, Emily, Comp. – SPEC Kit, 2002
This SPEC (Systems and Procedures Exchange Center) Kit presents the results of a survey of Association of Research Libraries (ARL) member libraries designed to explore to what extent preservation activities have been integrated into research library operations by examining the many facets of mature preservation programs and determining how much…
Descriptors: Academic Libraries, Foreign Countries, Higher Education, Library Associations
Fabian, Bernhard – 1998
Based on Bernhard Fabian's "Buch, Bibliothek, und geisteswissenschaftliche Forschung (The Book, the Library, and Humanistic Research)," this study is a commentary on the relationship between library and user. Discussing the characteristics and requirements of research in the humanities, it stresses the interrelationship between…
Descriptors: Foreign Countries, Humanities, Information Retrieval, Information Sources
Novotny, Eric, Comp. – SPEC Kit, 2002
This SPEC (Systems and Procedures Exchange Center) Kit presents the results of a survey of Association of Research Libraries (ARL) member libraries designed to document how ARL member libraries are collecting, using, and modifying their data on reference service transactions. A total of 74 of 124 ARL member libraries responded to the survey. A…
Descriptors: Academic Libraries, Data Collection, Evaluation Methods, Foreign Countries
O'Connor, Lisa, Comp. – SPEC Kit, 2000
The purpose of the survey for this SPEC (Systems and Procedures Exchange Center) Kit was to assess the current print corporate annual report collection practices of ARL (Association of Research Libraries) libraries, describe the effects of these collections, and recommend best practices for preserving these significant historical documents. The…
Descriptors: Annual Reports, Corporations, Higher Education, Library Acquisition
Ronan, Jana, Comp.; Turner, Carol, Comp. – SPEC Kit, 2002
This SPEC (Systems and Procedures Exchange Center) Kit presents the results of a survey of Association of Research Libraries (ARL) member libraries designed to gather data on chat reference service. A total of 66 of 124 ARL member libraries responded to the survey. A copy of the questionnaire with tabulated results is presented. Representative…
Descriptors: Academic Libraries, Electronic Libraries, Foreign Countries, Higher Education
ARL, 1994
This document consists of 6 issues (1 year) of a newsletter devoted to information and reports on issues and actions of interest to research libraries. Each issue contains articles on current issues, federal relations, and ARL activities as well as columns by the Coalition for Networked Information, the Office of Scientific and Academic…
Descriptors: Academic Libraries, Federal Government, Federal Legislation, Financial Support
ARL, 1993
This document consists of 12 issues (2 years) of a newsletter devoted to information and reports on issues and actions of interest to research libraries. Each of the 12 newsletters in the collection is divided into six topic areas: (1) current issues, which offers articles on topics such as library catalogs in the 21st century, libraries and…
Descriptors: Academic Libraries, Federal Government, Federal Legislation, Financial Support
Barrett, G. Jaia, Ed. – ARL, 1996
This document contains 6 issues (one year) of a newsletter devoted to information and reports on issues and actions of interest to research libraries. Each issue contains articles on current issues, federal relations, ARL activities, and a calendar of events, as well as columns by the Coalition for Networked Information and the Office of…
Descriptors: Academic Libraries, Federal Government, Federal Legislation, Financial Support
Streatfield, David; Markless, Sharon – Developing FE (FEDA Report), 1997
Phase one of the Effective College Library research project, conducted between July 1995 and March 1996, entailed a review of evidence about library support for teaching and learning in further education. The results are detailed in this report. Questionnaires focusing on innovative practices were distributed to all 453 Further Education (FE)…
Descriptors: Academic Libraries, Case Studies, Foreign Countries, Higher Education
Mohlhenrich, Janice, Comp. – SPEC Kit, 2001
This SPEC (Systems and Procedures Exchange Center) Kit is based on a survey of Association of Research Libraries (ARL) member libraries in June 2000. The goal of the survey was to identify issues to be addressed and actions ARL might take to advance the preservation goals of the members. The survey was designed to gather data on recent changes,…
Descriptors: Academic Libraries, Foreign Countries, Higher Education, Library Administration
