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Knox, Emily – Public Services Quarterly, 2011
Support for intellectual freedom, a concept codified in the American Library Association's Library Bill of Rights and Code of Ethics, is one of the core tenets of modern librarianship. According to the most recent interpretation of the Library Bill of Rights, academic librarians are encouraged to incorporate the principles of intellectual freedom…
Descriptors: Intellectual Freedom, Academic Freedom, Academic Libraries, Ethics
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Thornton, Elaine – Journal of Web Librarianship, 2009
iTunes University is a free service offered by Apple iTunes to educational institutions. It serves as a platform for the management and distribution of educational, instructional, and informational resources through both audio and video podcasts. Participation in the service among colleges and universities continues to grow since its official…
Descriptors: Academic Libraries, Foreign Countries, Database Management Systems, Information Management
Barrett, Helle, Comp.; Brown, Gerald R., Comp. – 2002
This document reports developments in school librarianship from around the world. Reports from the following countries, regions, and organizations are included: Austria; the Australian School Library Association; the Botswana Secondary School Librarians Association; Burundi; the Association for Teacher-Librarianship in Canada; the Canadian School…
Descriptors: Developed Nations, Developing Nations, Elementary Secondary Education, Foreign Countries
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Knuth, Rebecca – International Information and Library Review, 1995
Provides an overview of school library development in Great Britain and the United States and discusses five factors that have facilitated or retarded school library development in each country: standards, staffing and certification, government support, rationale for school libraries, and professional organizations. (Author/LRW)
Descriptors: Certification, Comparative Analysis, Foreign Countries, Government Role
Meyer, Richard W.; Mayo, Mary Jane – 2001
This report describes the University Library Alumni Outreach Research Project. The goals of the project were twofold: to describe and analyze alumni outreach initiatives currently offered by university libraries belonging to the Association of Research Libraries (ARL) as well as the alumni programs and services offered by the universities…
Descriptors: Academic Libraries, Alumni, Alumni Associations, Foreign Countries
Daval, Nicola, Ed. – 1987
Presentations on NCIP (North American Collections Inventory Project) program developments and future program directions are combined with business meeting minutes in this report from the Association of Research Libraries (ARL). The text of remarks presented as part of a panel discussion on the program theme includes: (1) "Development and Use…
Descriptors: Academic Libraries, Cataloging, Conferences, Library Associations
International Federation of Library Associations, The Hague (Netherlands). – 1985
Papers on rare books and precious documents which were presented at the 1985 International Federation of Library Associations (IFLA) conference include: (1) "The Planned Census of Incunabula in Libraries in the FRG (Federal Republic of Germany): A Contribution to Retrospective Bibliographic Control" (Franz Georg Kaltwasser, West…
Descriptors: Cataloging, Foreign Countries, Global Approach, Intellectual History
Cook, 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