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Rodrigues, Helena F. – Microcomputers for Information Management, 1996
Discusses the evolving role of academic libraries in providing products and services to distance learners. Guided by accreditation standards, libraries are examining how well their services satisfy the unique needs of these students. Gives examples of library policies and procedures, highlights Internet significance, and discusses future trends in…
Descriptors: Academic Libraries, Accrediting Agencies, Distance Education, Futures (of Society)

Courtney, Nancy – Journal of Academic Librarianship, 2003
Most of 814 academic libraries surveyed allow onsite access to unaffiliated users, and many give borrowing privileges to certain categories of users. Use of library computers to access library resources and other computer applications is commonly allowed although authentication on library computers is increasing. Five tables show statistics.…
Descriptors: Academic Libraries, Access to Information, Higher Education, Library Equipment
Krutulis, Mary E. – Library Administration & Management, 1996
Describes the Mudge Matrix model, a technique that assigns weights through a series of comparisons, which was developed and applied to librarian's salaries at Indiana University libraries in order to examine inequities. Criteria included external and internal contact with libraries, supervisory capacities, independence, responsibility levels, and…
Descriptors: Academic Libraries, Comparative Analysis, Employee Responsibility, Evaluation Criteria

Massey, Susan A.; Malinconico, S. Michael – Library Resources & Technical Services, 1997
Discusses cataloging policy at the University of Alabama libraries that allows the acceptance of LC (Library of Congress) classification call numbers from OCLC cataloging into the local database without shelflisting, and describes a study that measured error rates for locally unshelflisted samples to determine the disarrangement of the local…
Descriptors: Academic Libraries, Cataloging, Classification, Cost Effectiveness
Bond, Robert – Wilson Library Bulletin, 1989
Reviews the development of the Western History Department of the Denver Public Library and describes the current collection, which includes military records, manuscripts and personal papers, newspapers, photographs, and paintings. The discussion covers library policies that balance public access and preservation, financial support for the…
Descriptors: Access to Information, Archives, Financial Support, Library Collections

Strife, Mary L. – Reference Librarian, 1994
Considers ethical issues faced by special libraries concerning access to information and the needs of clients, the organization, and society. Topics discussed include collection development policies; physical access; user fees; organizational loyalty versus intellectual freedom; social responsibility; and personal values. (Contains 10 references.)…
Descriptors: Access to Information, Ethics, Information Needs, Intellectual Freedom

Ziolkowski, Darlene M. – Journal of Library Administration, 1995
Discusses the importance of managing diversity in student academic library employment. Provides suggestions for orientation, policy review and enforcement, supervisory and management training, task training, interviewing techniques, correct placement, job descriptions, performance reviews, and scheduling. Notes importance of communication,…
Descriptors: Academic Libraries, Bilingual Students, Cultural Pluralism, Interpersonal Communication

Olsen, Margaret S. – International Information and Library Review, 1995
Presents a historical background of effects that the end of the Cold War had on Slavic and East European collections, and focuses on declines in the acquisition of new materials via blanket orders and exchanges. Examines results of a survey of Slavic librarians to determine acquisition sources. Tables display survey responses. (JMV)
Descriptors: Change Agents, Exchange Programs, Foreign Countries, Librarians

Demas, Samuel; And Others – Library Resources & Technical Services, 1995
Presents guidelines for identifying, evaluating, and selecting Internet resources based on a conceptual model and organizational framework of a collection development policy formulated at Cornell University's library. Topics include collection development in an electronic library and a taxonomy of Internet resources. (Author/LRW)
Descriptors: Academic Libraries, Classification, Computer Networks, Electronic Libraries
Tenopir, Carol – Library Journal, 1995
Discusses the impact of Internet access on library reference services based on 1994 interviews with almost two dozen university librarians. Highlights include library policy, overcrowded workstations and methods of controlling use, recreational use of terminals that interferes with more formal library use, restriction as a form of censorship, and…
Descriptors: Academic Libraries, Access to Information, Censorship, Computer Networks

Emergency Librarian, 1991
Summarizes research from Ph.D. dissertations that indicates that schools with a written policy on the selection and reconsideration of library materials are more successful in retaining questioned materials. Highlights include legal aspects of censorship; censorship attempts by community members, teachers, and librarians; and prospects for future…
Descriptors: Censorship, Citizen Role, Court Litigation, Futures (of Society)

Weathers, Barbara – Catholic Library World, 1991
Reviews selection guidelines suggested by the Catholic Library Association (CLA) for parish and school libraries. Highlights include who develops the selection policy; American Library Association selection guidelines for school libraries; criteria for both print and nonprint materials; how to handle censorship challenges; and issues concerning…
Descriptors: Catholic Schools, Censorship, Criteria, Elementary Secondary Education
Bennett, Valerie M.; Palmer, Eileen M. – Microcomputers for Information Management, 1993
Compares the use of a telefacsimile network and the Internet-based software, Ariel, for interlibrary loan document delivery in the Health Sciences Libraries Consortium. Topics discussed include document processing efficiency, impact of the Ariel workstations on interlibrary loan procedures, interlibrary loan policies, and possible prototype…
Descriptors: Comparative Analysis, Computer Networks, Computer Software, Consortia

Robbins, Louise S. – Library Quarterly, 1993
Ralph A. Ulveling's 1951 challenge to the American Library Association (ALA) policy on censorship is described. Ulveling's proposal to segregate materials containing propaganda and the efforts of the ALA Intellectual Freedom Committee to address lack of consensus in the profession and librarians' role in protecting intellectual freedom are…
Descriptors: Access to Information, Censorship, Communism, Conferences

Emergency Librarian, 1993
Presents the research finding that collection development based on sound principles can ensure both better quality materials and increased use by teachers and students. Findings suggesting that collection development should be a cooperative enterprise framed by board- and school-approved guidelines are listed. (seven references) (EA)
Descriptors: Boards of Education, Cooperation, Elementary Secondary Education, Instructional Materials