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Download full textGerald, Debra, E., Ed. – 2000
The 11th Federal Forecasters Conference provided a forum where 180 forecasters from different federal agencies and other organizations could meet and discuss forecasting in the United States. The theme for this conference was "Forecasting, Policy, and the Internet." In the morning session, a panel presentation featured three speakers.…
Descriptors: Evaluation Methods, Expenditures, Federal Government, Futures (of Society)
Gerald, Debra E., Ed. – 1999
The 10th Federal Forecasters Conference provided a forum where 127 forecasters from different federal agencies and other organizations met to discuss various aspects of the conference's theme, "Forecasting in the New Millennium," that could be applied in the United States. A keynote address, "Procedures for Auditing Federal…
Descriptors: Evaluation Methods, Expenditures, Federal Government, Futures (of Society)
Daval, Nicola, Ed. – 1983
This set of minutes from a semiannual meeting of the Association of Research Libraries (ARL) includes three presentations: "The Economics of Document Delivery" by Donald B. Simpson, "Electronic Journal Publishing and Libraries" by Jay K. Lucker, and "Policies and Controversies" by Hugh C. Atkinson. Atkinson reviews…
Descriptors: Academic Libraries, Facsimile Transmission, Information Networks, Interlibrary Loans
Education Commission of the States, Denver, CO. Center for Community College Policy. – 2002
Every year the Education Commission of the States (ECS) Center for Community College Policy holds a policy forum to which state community college directors and association presidents are invited. The goal of these forums is to provide an opportunity for community college state directors and association presidents to discuss critical policy issues…
Descriptors: Budgets, Community Colleges, Economics of Education, Educational Finance
Research Libraries Group, Branford, CT. – 1982
A major conclusion reached by 18 university, academic and administrative officers, library directors, economists and management specialists, who met in October 1981 to explore issues related to the financial management of academic research libraries, is that current approaches to cost reduction are only short-term solutions. These approaches are…
Descriptors: College Administration, College Libraries, Higher Education, Library Administration
Peer reviewedLee, Sul H., Ed. – Journal of Library Administration, 1989
Eight articles examine the impact of rising costs of serials and monographs on library services. Topics covered include crisis management strategies; insights from the vendor's perspective; the particular problems of research institutions; the impact of tight budgets on technical processes; and options for cost savings through resource sharing and…
Descriptors: Budgeting, Change Strategies, Crisis Management, Financial Problems
Young, Diana, Comp. – 1982
This report presents papers, transcripts of speeches and group discussions, and other documents from a June 1982 conference on school and library services to children in the southeastern United States. The major presentations include: (1) a keynote address by Sara W. Hodgkins entitled "Our Children, Our Future"; (2) the transcript of an…
Descriptors: Accreditation (Institutions), Censorship, Childhood Needs, Demonstration Programs
Daval, Nicola, Ed. – 1989
Papers from the joint meeting are assembled in this document. Each of the meeting's five program sessions featured presentations by a Standing Conference of National and Universal Libraries (SCONUL) director and an Association of Research Libraries (ARL) director. The presentations highlight perspectives from both sides of the Atlantic and are…
Descriptors: Academic Libraries, Foreign Countries, Higher Education, Information Technology
Psacharopoulos, George – 1981
Cost and expenditure developments in countries that are members of the Organisation for Economic Co-operation and Development are considered. The time evolution of overall educational expenditure without reference to a particular school level is examined, using National Account statistics. This analysis involves: examining the education share in…
Descriptors: Comparative Education, Educational Finance, Expenditures, Federal Aid
Harvey, Diane, Ed. – 1990
This membership meeting of the Association of Research Libraries (ARL) focused on the impact of the new information technologies on scholarly exchange. The program was organized into two sessions comprising 11 papers in all. In the first session, three influential leaders presented papers exploring different aspects of the conference topic. In the…
Descriptors: Academic Libraries, Higher Education, Information Networks, Information Technology
Barber, Elinor G., Ed. – 1985
Sources and impacts of foreign student flows are addressed in two papers from the Institute of International Education's 1984 conference. Summaries of conference sessions and assessments of the meaning of student flows, particularly from the viewpoints of different types of higher education institutions, are also provided. In…
Descriptors: College Students, Degrees (Academic), Developed Nations, Developing Nations
