Publication Date
| In 2025 | 1 |
| Since 2024 | 31 |
| Since 2021 (last 5 years) | 90 |
| Since 2016 (last 10 years) | 235 |
| Since 2006 (last 20 years) | 999 |
Descriptor
Source
Author
Publication Type
Education Level
Audience
| Practitioners | 423 |
| Media Staff | 326 |
| Researchers | 179 |
| Administrators | 147 |
| Policymakers | 118 |
| Teachers | 39 |
| Students | 15 |
| Support Staff | 11 |
| Community | 1 |
Location
| Canada | 195 |
| United States | 168 |
| Australia | 105 |
| California | 60 |
| New York | 57 |
| United Kingdom | 50 |
| Ohio | 42 |
| Illinois | 36 |
| Florida | 35 |
| Colorado | 30 |
| Michigan | 29 |
| More ▼ | |
Laws, Policies, & Programs
Assessments and Surveys
What Works Clearinghouse Rating
Lagana, Gretchen – 1986
In the past quarter of a century, subtle and important changes in both the subject matter and format of collections organized for special collections departments have taken place, and many special collections now contain significant printed "papers" and manuscript collections of research quality in addition to the printed book. Such…
Descriptors: Academic Libraries, Conference Papers, Higher Education, Library Collection Development
Howland, Joan S. – 1986
During the spring of 1986, the Association of Research Libraries (ARL) surveyed 32 of its members, selected on the basis of their interlibrary loan (ILL) activities and programs, in an effort to gather documents regarding online ILL services and cooperative borrowing/consortium activities. Of the 22 respondents, all conduct at least part of their…
Descriptors: Academic Libraries, Bibliographic Utilities, Facsimile Transmission, Fees
Association of Research Libraries, Washington, DC. Office of Management Studies. – 1985
This report describes the following 1985 Office of Management Studies (OMS) programs and services: (1) the Academic Library Program (ALP), which includes the Organizational Screening Program, the Collection Analysis Project (CAP), the Preservation Planning Program (PPP), the Public Services Study (PSS), the Management Review and Analysis Program…
Descriptors: Academic Libraries, Annual Reports, Information Dissemination, Information Processing
Dyer, Charles R. – 1986
This policy statement is designed to provide guidelines that will ensure the maintenance and improvement of the collection and services of the Leon E. Bloch Law Library at the University of Missouri-Kansas City in the period 1985 to 2000. The policy sets appropriate quality goals while simultaneously providing for flexibility in alternative…
Descriptors: Academic Libraries, Databases, Guidelines, Higher Education
Mason, Thomas R.; Newton, Evan – 1983
This paper describes the use of a microcomputer model program to predict library collection growth at Cornell University, particularly in Olin Library, which is Cornell's central research facility. The possible effects of increased online information retrieval and microform or videodisc usage on library storage needs are also briefly discussed. A…
Descriptors: College Libraries, Computer Programs, Facility Requirements, Higher Education
New York State Library, Albany. Div. of Library Development. – 1989
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…
Descriptors: Elementary Secondary Education, Higher Education, Library Automation, Library Networks
Download full textMcCombs, 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
Loveday, Anthony J.; And Others – 1981
This set of papers presented to the General Research Libraries Division, University Libraries Section, of the International Federation of Library Associations during its 47th annual conference (1981) includes: "SCONUL (Standing Conference of National and University Libraries) and British University Library Standards: Some Observations on the…
Descriptors: Academic Libraries, Financial Support, Library Acquisition, Library Cooperation
Association of Research Libraries, Washington, DC. Office of Management Studies. – 1980
This set of materials on the employment status of librarians in research libraries, assembled by the Systems and Procedures Exchange Center (SPEC) of the Association of Research Libraries (ARL), contains: (1) the results of a survey of ARL member libraries conducted in December 1979 on the employment status of librarians; (2) policy statements on…
Descriptors: Academic Rank (Professional), College Libraries, Employment Level, Employment Patterns
International Federation of Library Associations, The Hague (Netherlands). – 1985
Papers on library history presented at the 1985 International Federation of Library Associations (IFLA) conference include: (1) "The Historical Role of Libraries in Scholarly Communication" (Pamela Spence Richards, Rutgers University, United States); (2) "Current Bibliographies for Library History: An International Review and a Feasibility Study"…
Descriptors: Academic Libraries, Bibliographies, Curriculum Development, Directories
International Federation of Library Associations, The Hague (Netherlands). – 1985
Papers on national libraries which were presented at the 1985 International Federation of Library Associations (IFLA) conference include: (1) "The Lenin State Library in Transition" (N. S. Kartashov, The Lenin State Library, USSR); (2) "Preserving for Access" (Guy Sylvestre, Canadian Institute for Historical Microreproductions,…
Descriptors: Academic Libraries, Foreign Countries, Higher Education, Information Science
Tees, Miriam H.; And Others – 1981
This set of nine papers on special library concerns includes papers presented by participants from Canada, Denmark, East Germany, the United States, and the United Kingdom. Papers are entitled: "The Needs of the Special Librarian and the Library Association," by Miriam H. Tees; "Position and Development of Special Libraries within…
Descriptors: Biological Sciences, Foreign Countries, Government Publications, Information Services
Williams, Gordon; And Others – 1968
The costs of providing access to serial literature in four university research libraries were examined in this study, and a methodology was developed for comparing borrowing costs with the costs of acquisition, cataloging, maintenance, and circulation. Mathematical models are provided by which any library can determine at what frequency of use of…
Descriptors: Cost Effectiveness, Costs, Interlibrary Loans, Library Acquisition
Karatygina, T. F. – 1974
The organization and development of scientific and technical libraries in the Soviet Union are natural results of the policy of the Communist Party and the Soviet Government for the intensive economic and cultural development of the country. Soon after the establishment of Soviet power, the libraries of the Supreme Economic Council were formed.…
Descriptors: Agency Role, Centralization, Communism, Economic Development
Association of Research Libraries, Washington, DC. – 1975
At the meeting of the Association of Research Libraries in Chicago, the principal program element focused on the future of card catalogs, a topic of special concern to large research libraries, whose catalogs are becoming cumbersome, expensive to maintain, and complicated by changes in cataloging rules. Papers by William Welsh and John Rather of…
Descriptors: Card Catalogs, Cataloging, College Libraries, Conference Reports
