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Download full textCalifornia Association of Library Trustees and Commissioners, Petuluma. – 1986
Published in response to requests for a permanent record of California's CALTAC (California Association of Library Trustees and Commissioners) WILL (Workshops in Library Leadership) program, an ongoing program funded by an LSCA (Library Services and Construction Act) grant from the California State Library, this report is a compilation of the…
Descriptors: Community Relations, Computer Software, Financial Support, Legislation
Library of Congress, Washington, DC. – 1987
Fiscal year activities are summarized for seven organizational areas of the Library of Congress: (1) Administration--Office of the Librarian and Management Services; (2) National Programs--American Folklife Center, Children's Literature Center, Educational Liaison Office, Exhibits Office, Federal Library and Information Center Committee,…
Descriptors: Annual Reports, Cataloging, Copyrights, Federal Programs
General Accounting Office, Washington, DC. – 1987
In response to a request by the Senate Committee on Appropriations for an examination of the A-76 program of the Department of Commerce's National Oceanic and Atmospheric Administration (NOAA), in particular NOAA's decision to contract for the operation of its Central Library, this report describes a General Accounting Office (GAO) review which:…
Descriptors: Administrative Change, Audits (Verification), Contracts, Cost Effectiveness
Weech, Terry L. – 1987
An evaluation of cooperative collection management among academic libraries participating in the Illinois Collection Analysis Matrix (ICAM) was conducted in March 1987 by the Illinois Association of College and Research Libraries (IACRL) and the Illinois Board of Higher Education (IBHE). Data were gathered from two questionnaires, one of which was…
Descriptors: Academic Libraries, Evaluation Methods, Higher Education, Library Administration
Library of Congress, Washington, DC. – 1985
Fiscal year activities are summarized for seven organizational areas of the Library of Congress: (1) Administration: Offices of the Librarian and Associate Librarian for Management; (2) National Programs: American Folklife Center, Children's Literature Center, Educational Liaison Office, Exhibits Office, Federal Library Committee, Information…
Descriptors: Annual Reports, Cataloging, Copyrights, Federal Programs
Vandergrift, Kay E.; And Others – School Library Journal, 1987
Outlines the stages in the decision-making process for libraries acquiring optical data disk systems, including the establishment of a project manager or task force, feasibility studies, creating a planning document, hardware and software evaluation, devising processes and policies, and analyzing contracts. (CLB)
Descriptors: Decision Making, Evaluation Criteria, Feasibility Studies, Guidelines
Peer reviewedBryant, Bonita – Library Resources and Technical Services, 1987
Reviews the influences of organizational evolution and intentional change, library posture toward collection development, personnel management, and human perspectives on the establishment of an administrative framework for achieving collection development goals. (Author/EM)
Descriptors: Academic Libraries, Higher Education, Library Administration, Library Collection Development
Congress of the U.S., Washington, DC. House Committee on Education and Labor. – 1989
This report is designed to accompany House of Representatives Bill (H.R.) 2742, which amends and reauthorizes the Library Services and Construction Act (LSCA) through 1994. In discussing the background of the bill and the need for the legislation, it is noted that, since recommendations from the 1991 White House Conference on Library and…
Descriptors: Federal Aid, Federal Legislation, Library Administration, Library Automation
Kittel, Dorothy – 1985
Based on fiscal year 1985 annual reports from 48 states, this report describes interlibrary cooperation and resource-sharing activities supported by Library Services and Construction Act (LSCA), Title III, funds during 1985. A summary of types of activities reported includes the establishment, maintenance, and expansion of communication networks…
Descriptors: Annual Reports, Communications, Data Analysis, Federal Aid
Broadbent, Marianne; Grosser, Kerry – 1986
This report summarizes a 1985 study during which 85 special library/information center managers from Melbourne, Australia, were interviewed to ascertain their continuing professional development activities, needs, and aspirations. Major areas of investigation included the extent and nature of organizational support for continuing professional…
Descriptors: Developed Nations, Financial Support, Foreign Countries, Inservice Education
Texas State Library, Austin. Dept. of Library Development. – 1985
This long range plan was prepared to satisfy the requirements of the Library Services and Construction Act (LSCA), P.L. 98-480 and to guide the Texas State Library and Archives Commission in the fulfillment of its statutory mission. The plan provides a framework for the establishment or expansion of programs to carry out the purposes mandated by…
Descriptors: Cooperative Planning, Guidelines, Library Administration, Library Cooperation
Smith, Gordon W. – 1987
Based on an in-depth study of the staffing of the California State University (CSU) libraries at Pomona, San Bernardino, and San Francisco, this report examines the adequacy of the formulas used to allocate staff to the 19 CSU system libraries. Focused on the impact of library staffing on the ability of students and faculty to access and use…
Descriptors: Access to Information, Administrative Organization, College Libraries, Financial Support
Galejs, John; And Others – 1987
This final report is a product of a Preservation Planning Program (PPP) self-study conducted by the Iowa State University, working with the Association of Research Libraries' (ARL) Office of Management Studies. The PPP is designed to put self-help tools into the hands of library staff responsible for developing plans and procedures for preserving…
Descriptors: Academic Libraries, Higher Education, Library Administration, Library Facilities
Pennsylvania State Library, Harrisburg. – 1983
This report of the 95-member Council for the Comprehensive Plan for Libraries, which included representatives from government, libraries, and the public sector, is not intended to answer all the questions for all those concerned about the future of libraries, but rather to bring focus to the issues and to set a direction for solving the problems…
Descriptors: Advisory Committees, Library Administration, Library Cooperation, Library Materials
Scheppke, Jim, Ed. – 1984
Intended as an orientation guide, this manual presents information on library network operations for use by staff and advisory council members of the Texas Library System. The first chapter describes the role of systems in public library development in Texas, with a delineation of the history of Texas library systems, a chronology of related…
Descriptors: Advisory Committees, Guidelines, Library Administration, Library Networks
