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Edvardsen, Linn Haugestad, Ed. – OCLC Online Computer Library Center, Inc., 2011
Geek the Library, a community awareness campaign designed to highlight the vital role of public libraries and raise awareness about the critical funding issues many libraries face, was developed based on the research findings included in "From Awareness to Funding: A study of library support in America." This study, published by OCLC in…
Descriptors: Public Libraries, Library Services, Financial Support, Libraries
Howard, Edward N. – Wilson Libr Bull, 1969
Descriptors: Ghettos, Libraries, Library Facilities, Library Services
Constantine, J. Robert – 1970
The libraries of Indiana, as agencies of culture, have been vitally affected by wars, cycles of prosperity and depression and by innovations in public policy at the national level of government, reflecting the history of the state. Although an overriding importance has been attached to the libraries of the state as a means of promoting the…
Descriptors: Cultural Activities, History, Libraries, Library Services
Foust, James D.; Hughes, Warren R. – 1970
This study contains an inventory of Indiana's present library facilities together with projections of the need for future library resources based on the population projections. To facilitate presentation and analysis of the data in this report, 14 state planning regions were used. The relevant geographic regions section defines Indiana's economic…
Descriptors: Information Services, Libraries, Library Circulation, Library Facilities
Olson, Edwin E. – 1970
The areas of strength and the areas of weakness in the general patterns of library user service policies in Indiana are identified. The study also presents information which will have an impact on planning and provision of future library services in the state. The current pattern of library service policies in Indiana are compared with the optimal…
Descriptors: Information Centers, Information Services, Libraries, Library Policy
Tolliver, Don L. – 1972
A survey of twelve public libraries was conducted to determine the effects of the Teletype Writer Exchange (TWX) on library service in the State of Indiana. The centers seem to try very hard to provide excellent service for their satellites, and the satellites overwhelmingly support the centers. The TWX System is not being overtaxed consistently…
Descriptors: Communication Problems, Evaluation, Interlibrary Loans, Libraries
Mathews, Virginia H.; Lacy, Dan – 1970
The effects of social change on libraries nationally are presented in order to provide a framework for the Indiana-oriented study of library futures. The two major postwar social changes that have most directly affected libraries are: (1) population changes in growth, distribution and quality; and (2) increased investment in scientific research…
Descriptors: Automation, Communications, Computers, Economic Factors