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PDF pending restorationKuntz, Patricia S. – 2001
In the province of Quebec, the role of language and religion has been a significant feature in defining nationality, educating the young, and building infrastructures such as libraries. In contrast to English-Canadian provinces, only after 1960 did the government of Quebec authorize public support for public libraries to serve its francophone…
Descriptors: Foreign Countries, French Canadians, Library Development, Library History
Peer reviewedBeckman, Margaret – Canadian Library Journal, 1990
Discusses ways to decrease costs when planning the design of a new library or an addition that also considers future needs. Topics discussed include space allocation considerations for the collection, users, and staff; entrances and exits; structural loading; building configuration; information technology considerations; and staff willingness to…
Descriptors: Adoption (Ideas), Building Design, Cost Effectiveness, Facility Expansion
Peer reviewedNilsen, Kirsti; McKechnie, Lynne (E. F.) – Library Quarterly, 2002
Discusses results of interviews at Canadian public libraries that were conducted to determine who users thought were responsible for collection development. Concludes that librarian's work is misunderstood because of its hidden nature and suggests implications for the image of librarians, recruitment, and staffing and funding of libraries.…
Descriptors: Interviews, Librarians, Library Collection Development, Library Funding
Hills, Gordon H. – 1997
This book draws on an extensive literature review and personal experience to examine cross-cultural issues in the development of libraries for Arctic indigenous communities. Although the book highlights circumstances in Alaska, its geographical scope is circumpolar, including Canada, Greenland, and the former Soviet Union and present-day Russian…
Descriptors: Alaska Natives, American Indian Education, American Indians, Biculturalism
Canadian Health Libraries Association. – 1998
Nine Canadian health libraries participated in a pilot test of the Benchmarking Tool Kit between January and April, 1998. Although the Tool Kit was designed specifically for health libraries, the content and approach are useful to other types of libraries as well. Used to its full potential, benchmarking can provide a common measuring stick to…
Descriptors: Benchmarking, Comparative Analysis, Evaluation Criteria, Evaluation Methods
Download full textCook, Michael N., Comp.; Hernandez, John J., Comp.; Nicholson, Shawn, 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. The survey addressed the following questions about numeric data (i.e., any information resource, print or non-print, with considerable numeric content) in academic libraries: (1) What relationships…
Descriptors: Academic Libraries, Access to Information, Foreign Countries, Higher Education
Seibert, Warren F.; Kuenz, Marjorie A. – 1992
The analyses reported here on the growth and change of medical school libraries are based on the annual statistics of 67 U.S. and Canadian medical school libraries, 1975-89, and 4 primary statistics from "parent," main campus libraries, all of them members of the Association of Research Libraries. The results show that medical school…
Descriptors: Academic Libraries, Economic Impact, Foreign Countries, Higher Education
