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Accessible Libraries on Campus: A Practical Guide for the Creation of Disability-Friendly Libraries.
McNulty, Tom, Ed. – 1999
This guide addresses issues related to academic library services to people with disabilities. The following chapters are included: (1) "Disability in Higher Education: An Overview" (Tom McNulty); (2) "Wayfinding in Libraries: The Importance of Universal Appeal and Universal Access" (Susan Gilbert Beck); (3) "Accessible Text Formats: From RFB&D…
Descriptors: Academic Libraries, Access to Information, Accessibility (for Disabled), Disabilities
Mizer, Linda; And Others – Book Report, 1990
Includes 12 articles that suggest activities to involve junior and senior high school students with their school libraries. Suggestions include a program to promote the reading of quality books; the use of questionnaires to improve individualized service; a checklist for book fairs; library clubs; student book reviewers; booktalks; research…
Descriptors: Book Reviews, Junior High Schools, Learning Resources Centers, Library Services
Eckwright, Gail Z., Ed.; Keenan, Lori M., Ed. – 1994
The focus of this collection of papers about library reference service is on the community outside the library, rather than the special populations served within it. "Conflicts in Value Systems" (Allen B. Veaner) is an overview of the major conflict areas facing the library profession today. "Reference Services for Off-Campus…
Descriptors: Continuing Education, Costs, Evaluation, Extension Education
Download full textClark, Collin, Ed. – 1985
This document includes final summary reports from recent federally funded Library Services and Construction Act (LSCA) demonstration projects in California. While some projects reported at length and others provided the bare facts, reports are excerpted but published as received, without editing beyond a uniform first page. The Summary Report Form…
Descriptors: Community Services, Library Cooperation, Library Networks, Library Services
Association of Research Libraries, Washington, DC. Office of Management Studies. – 1984
Preliminary reports from seven Association of Research Library (ARL) members conducting research on current public services concerns describe progress to date and initial findings. Research grants of up to $4,000 were provided for the projects, which were selected in part because of their potential usefulness to academic and research libraries.…
Descriptors: College Faculty, College Libraries, College Students, Higher Education
Lance, Keith Curry; Cairns, Schanie; Cole, Holly; Dickenson, Don; Eastburn, Daphne; French, Jennifer; Marks, Robbie Bravman; Williamson, M. Claire – Online Submission, 2006
This submission presents sixteen issues of Fast Facts from the Library Research Service covering topics regarding academic, public, school and special libraries in Colorado, the Mountain West and Southwest Regions. The following are Fast Facts titles from 2006 (1) Colorado Public Library Performance Rankings (2004 Data); (2) How Librarians Help…
Descriptors: Library Research, Special Libraries, School Libraries, Librarians
McCabe, Gerald B., Ed.; Person, Ruth J., Ed. – 1995
This book is designed to educate campus administrators on the issues facing their libraries, and the role that a library should have on the campus. Chapters are: (1) "The Academic Library: Its Place and Role in the Institution" (Joanne R. Euster); (2) "What Community Colleges Need from Their Libraries" (David R. Dowell & Jack A. Scott); (3)…
Descriptors: Academic Libraries, Administrator Education, College Libraries, Community Colleges
Banks, Jennifer – 1993
This resource guide focuses on handling library materials that are too deteriorated to benefit from other preservation treatments. Hopeless case items, that would require an unreasonable amount of conservation work to fix, can be resolved through a process of reselecting items by replacing them or reformatting them. The reselection integrates…
Descriptors: Academic Libraries, Books, Cataloging, Decision Making
LeClercq, Angie Whaley, Comp. – 1993
Responses of 62 member libraries from the Association of Research Libraries (ARL) to a survey conducted by the Systems and Procedures Exchange Center (SPEC) about library policies and practices related to the fair use of unpublished manuscript materials indicates that recent court decisions and the current debate over fair use affect library…
Descriptors: Academic Libraries, Access to Information, Copyrights, Court Litigation
Montanelli, Dale S., Ed.; Stenstrom, Patricia F., Ed. – 1999
This book, emphasizing service to users, includes 10 chapters by different librarians who have had experience as practitioners. Chapters are: (1) "Avoiding the Seven Deadly Sins, or Technology and the Future of Library Service in Academic Libraries" (Michael Gorman); (2) "The Gateway Library: Rethinking Undergraduate Services" (Lizabeth A.…
Descriptors: Academic Libraries, Access to Information, Cataloging, Higher Education
Ragsdale, Kate W., Comp. – 1991
This Systems and Procedures Exchange Center (SPEC) Kit presents the results of a survey on issues and concerns associated with planning for library services for persons with disabilities. The survey was sent to 119 U.S. and Canadian Association of Research Libraries (ARL) and returned by 74. The report is based on the responses of libraries which…
Descriptors: Academic Libraries, Access to Information, Accessibility (for Disabled), Disabilities
Office of Educational Research and Improvement (ED), Washington, DC. – 1985
This collection of seven reports provides information about Library Services and Construction Act (LSCA) key program areas in the fiscal year 1985. The use of LSCA funds to provide library services is illustrated in each of the following reports: (1) "Meeting the Literacy Challenge" (Adrienne Chute); (2) "Library Services to the…
Descriptors: Annual Reports, Blindness, Data Analysis, Federal Aid
Gardner, Jeffrey J. – 1989
The seven reports in this collection address strategic planning for change in academic and research libraries. An overview is provided in the introduction, which discusses elements of the strategic planning process; library values and operating philosophy; a vision for the library of the future; environmental analysis; assessment of current…
Descriptors: Academic Libraries, Change Strategies, Evaluation Criteria, Futures (of Society)
Clark, Collin, Ed. – 1986
This document includes final summary reports from 16 recent federally funded Library Services and Construction Act (LSCA) projects in California. This volume covers generally the period 1984-85, and reports are presented in six subject areas: programs for children, information and referral projects, institutional services, literacy, local history,…
Descriptors: Community Services, Federal Aid, Library Cooperation, Library Networks
Epstein, Susan Baerg – 1984
In preparation for a 2-day workshop on the potential for library automation in Maine, comments regarding expectations for the workshop, specific questions, and concerns were solicited from librarians throughout Maine. This document comprises written testimony received by the solicitor. Among the issues addressed are: needs and desires in the area…
Descriptors: Academic Libraries, Library Automation, Library Cooperation, Library Networks
