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Gould, Thomas H.P. – Scarecrow Press, 2011
Today's library is still at the heart of all university activities, helping students and faculty become better learners, teachers, and researchers. In recent years there has emerged the formalizing of one or more of these activities into an Academic Commons. These centers of information have been labeled variously but they all share a commonality:…
Descriptors: Higher Education, Guidelines, College Libraries, Student Empowerment
Association of Research Libraries, 2010
This user's guide was developed to advance local planning at ARL member libraries. It is written for library leaders writ large and for anyone leading or contributing to research library planning processes. Users do not need advanced facilitation skills to benefit from this guide, but facilitators charged with supporting scenario planning will…
Descriptors: Research Libraries, Library Administration, Strategic Planning, Long Range Planning
International Federation of Library Associations and Institutions (NJ1), 2009
These Guidelines constitute the third edition of the International Federation of Library Associations (IFLA) "Multicultural Communities: "Guidelines for Library Services." This revision follows the IFLA Section of Library Services to Multicultural Populations' "2006-2010 Strategic Plans": to review and revise the…
Descriptors: Guidelines, Library Services, Libraries, Cultural Differences
Bolt, Nancy, Ed.; Burge, Suzanne, Ed. – International Federation of Library Associations and Institutions (NJ1), 2008
Libraries of government departments provide information to policymakers, to government staff and employees, and, sometimes, to the general public. It is essential that libraries of government departments are organised and managed so as to collect and provide the information most needed by government decision makers, government workers, and the…
Descriptors: Government Libraries, Guidelines, Library Administration, User Needs (Information)
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Beckman, Margaret – Canadian Library Journal, 1981
Discusses the relevance of political power to the library's administration in post-secondary institutions. (CHC)
Descriptors: Academic Libraries, Governance, Librarians, Library Administration
Michigan Library, Lansing. – 1994
This manual contains information about the Michigan Documents Depository Library Program as administered by the Library of Michigan, a brief history of the program, the types of publications distributed, and guidance on handling and processing depository shipments. The first section briefly outlines the history of the Michigan documents depository…
Descriptors: Depository Libraries, Government Publications, Library Administration, Library Materials
Schamber, Linda – 1988
This two-page digest briefly outlines some of the technological trends in updating a library, and briefly discusses the administrative issues and strategies involved. It begins by describing the wholly integrated information environment, which would include: (1) public-access personal and professional communications networks; (2) information…
Descriptors: Budgets, Change Strategies, Computer Networks, Information Systems
Mississippi State Dept. of Education, Jackson. – 1984
This primer for Mississippi school librarians is designed for use as a planning guide by teachers, librarians, administrators, and supervisors involved in developing school library programs. The ten chapters of the bulletin cover: philosophy of the school library; standards; school library facilities; library collection development, including…
Descriptors: Cataloging, Classification, Elementary Secondary Education, Library Acquisition
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Public Libraries, 1986
Presents revision of the original "Guidelines for Establishing Information and Referral Service in Public Libraries," adopted by the Public Library Association Board of Directors on January 22, 1980. The revision approved on January 8, 1985, reflects changes in terminology and in the information and referral field during past five years. (EJS)
Descriptors: Community Information Services, Guidelines, Library Administration, Library Planning
Oringdulph, Robert E.; And Others – Library Administration & Management, 1990
Six articles discuss library buildings and construction: (1) library buildings and their parts; (2) the North Campus Library of California State University at Long Beach in 1995; (3) new structures for teaching libraries; (4) construction standards for California public libraries; (5) Sick (Library) Building Syndrome; and (6) using focus-group…
Descriptors: Academic Libraries, Building Design, Facility Guidelines, Futures (of Society)
Baumbach, Donna – MultiMedia Schools, 1998
Describes seven "habits" for effective school library media specialists: (1) Be proactive; (2) Begin with the end in mind; (3) Put first things first; (4) Think win/win; (5) Seek first to understand, then to be understood; (6) Synergize (get students, teachers, administrators, community members to work cooperatively); and (7) Sharpen the saw (take…
Descriptors: Cooperative Planning, Librarian Attitudes, Librarians, Library Administration
Jeavons, Thomas H. – 1994
In the context of faster growth of community information needs and demands than growth of public funds, questions about where new resources can be found are the subject of much discussion within the library profession. This report is an attempt to raise questions and clarify issues that should be considered in advance of the formulation of library…
Descriptors: Costs, Endowment Funds, Financial Support, Fund Raising
Anderson, Pauline H. – 1980
Some of the issues currently confronting libraries are discussed from the perspective of the librarian in an independent school, including automation, censorship, copyright legislation, evaluation, insurance, and networks. A section of statements about these issues and questions relating them to the respondent's library is provided as a guide to…
Descriptors: Check Lists, Elementary Secondary Education, Evaluation Criteria, Guidelines
Madden, Susan B. – School Library Journal, 1991
Offers definitions, statistics, and suggestions for public librarians working with homeschoolers. Library concerns are addressed, including censorship, negative staff attitudes, technology demands, and administrative limits; and ways to make homeschoolers more welcome are suggested, including compiling homeschooling resource materials, library…
Descriptors: Censorship, Elementary Education, Home Schooling, Library Administration
Western Australia Education Dept., Perth. – 1986
Relevant to all principals and teachers, specifically those teachers who are responsible for library resource collections, this statement is designed to outline the role of teacher librarians in government secondary schools in Western Australia and to show how their original role of resource provision and management can be extended to meet the…
Descriptors: Administrator Responsibility, Educational Cooperation, Educational Responsibility, Foreign Countries
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