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Direct linkKurhan, Scott H.; Griffing, Elizabeth A. – Journal of Electronic Resources Librarianship, 2011
Reference services in public libraries are changing dramatically. The Internet, online databases, and shrinking budgets are all making it necessary for non-traditional reference staff to become familiar with online reference tools. Recognizing the need for cross-training, Chesapeake Public Library (CPL) developed a program called the Database…
Descriptors: Public Libraries, Databases, Library Networks, Reference Services
Johnson, Wendell G. – Community & Junior College Libraries, 2011
The job of the contemporary reference librarian has a virtual component unimaginable a generation ago. Today's library professional can obtain an MLS (or equivalent) online with a minimal residency requirement. Not only the degree, but also library sources, and indeed patrons, have become virtual. Both books and periodicals can be consulted by…
Descriptors: Printed Materials, Special Libraries, Public Libraries, Reference Services
Download full textNelson Associates, Inc., Washington, DC. – 1966
The objectives of the study were to determine the extent and nature of unmet needs of users of reference and research library resources and to propose measures to meet those needs. Data on research library use were collected by 3 questionnaires sent to 4 groups of users: 1) all faculty members of 4-year public and private institutions of higher…
Descriptors: College Libraries, Libraries, Library Collections, Library Cooperation
Kendall, Susan L.; Sisson, Lorene R. – Public Services Quarterly, 2006
A new library in San Jose opened on August 1, 2003. This library is the result of a unique collaboration between San Jose State University Library and the San Jose Public Library. The planning for this new library highlighted merging several key areas of operation, including Government Publications. Several years before the two libraries merged,…
Descriptors: College Libraries, Research Libraries, Public Libraries, Institutional Cooperation
PDF pending restorationWisconsin State Dept. of Public Instruction, Madison. Div. of Library Services. – 1972
Most of the statistics reported in this Service Record were supplied by the U.S. Office of Education (USOE), National Center for Educational Statistics. USOE compiled the statistics from the information available in the library section of its 1971 Higher Education General Information Survey. The statistics reported are for the 1970/71 school year.…
Descriptors: College Libraries, Directories, Libraries, Library Cooperation
McLarren, Robert R. – 1974
The report, submitted to the Illinois State Library, covers the period July 1, 1973 through June 30, 1974. Included in it are: (1) a list of the board of directors and other representatives of the system, (2) a list of the head librarians at each of the branch libraries, (3) a list of the system staff and the heads of individual system-wide…
Descriptors: Annual Reports, Interlibrary Loans, Libraries, Library Acquisition
