Library workflows are an area where repetitive stress can potentially reduce staff efficiency. Day to day activities that require a repetitive motion can bring about physical and psychological fatigue. For library managers, it is important to seek ways in which this type of repetitive stress can be alleviated while having the added benefit of…

Technological innovations have transformed all areas of community college libraries. Automated library systems, office software, and Internet access have altered work processes for library personnel and have changed research methodologies for students and faculty. The purpose of this bounded multiple case study was to explore how the adoption of…

This guide is based on findings of a year-long study undertaken by the Institute of Museum and Library Services (IMLS) to evaluate Institute-sponsored programs for youth aged 9-19 between 1998 and 2003, and discussion with the IMLS Youth Action Committee and practitioners about the kind of information needed for planning and implementing effective…

Twenty-one scholarly papers and fourteen abstracts comprise the content of the ninth annual "Brick and Click Libraries Symposium," held annually at Northwest Missouri State University in Maryville, Missouri. The peer-reviewed proceedings, authored by academic librarians and presented at the symposium, portray the contemporary and future…

The Texas Public Library Summary for 1999 contains summaries of the information submitted by Texas public libraries in the 1999 Annual Report/System Membership Application Form (ARSMA) and reported in detail in the Texas Public Library Statistics for 1999. The Summary provides an overview of Texas public library income, expenditures, services, and…

Based on data submitted by the libraries, this volume contains a directory of Texas public libraries and their branches as well as selected statistical information for 1979. The directory identifies the address, phone number, hours open, name of head librarian, and system membership for each library. The statistical profiles present data on the…

This publication contains information taken from the 1985 Annual Report/System Membership Applications submitted by public libraries in Texas. The statistics reflect each library's last local fiscal year or status at the end of that year, except in the case of staffing and schedule information, which is as current as possible. The report is…

The data published in this volume were taken from the 1994 Annual Reports submitted by public libraries in Texas. This volume contains only local library statistics, county statistics, and summary data for the state and for the 10 library systems. Directory information and summary statistics formerly published in the statistics book are contained…

The data published in this volume were taken from the 1995 Annual Reports submitted by public libraries in Texas. This volume contains local library statistics, county statistics, and summary data for the state and for the 10 library systems. Directory information and summary statistics formerly published in the statistics book are contained in…

Designed to give the citizens of Texas information on the 1990 White House Conference on Library and Information Services process, this book is intended to disseminate information on the White House Conference and the Texas Conference; provide information and forms to encourage conference involvement through delegate nomination and resolution…

Information presented in this report is taken from the 1986 Annual Report/System Membership Applications submitted by public libraries in Texas. The report is divided into five sections which contain: (1) general information, including listings of the Texas State Library governing or advisory committees; the Texas State Library Administrative…

This statistical compilation, the latest in a series of annual directories intended to provide a comprehensive source of statistics on academic libraries in Texas, provides information on collection size, additions and withdrawals, government documents, microforms, audiovisual materials, serials, periodicals, student and faculty populations,…

The data published in this volume were taken from the 1999 Annual Reports submitted by public libraries in Texas. This volume contains local library statistics, county statistics, and summary data for the state and for the 10 library systems. Section I, Summary Statistics, contains data on statewide public library statistics, summary…

The data published in this volume were taken from the 1993 Annual Reports submitted by public libraries in Texas. This volume contains only local library statistics, county statistics, and summary data for the state and for the 10 library systems. Directory information and summary statistics formerly published in the statbook are contained in…

Information presented in this report is taken from the 1986 Annual Report/System Membership Applications submitted by public libraries in Texas. The report is divided into five sections which contain: (1) general information, including listings of the Texas State Library governing or advisory committees; the Texas State Library Administrative…