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Download full textComptroller General of the U.S., Washington, DC. – 1984
This report summarizes the views of depository librarians on the Government Printing Office's (GPO) depository library program as obtained from a questionnaire administered by the U. S. General Accounting Office. The questionnaire was developed to obtain background information for that office's response to the request of the Chairman of the Joint…
Descriptors: Cataloging, Depository Libraries, Federal Programs, Government Publications
Association of Research Libraries, Washington, DC. Office of Management Studies. – 1984
This collection of documents from Association of Research Libraries (ARL) member libraries in the United States and Canada contains examples of strategic planning, a method which deliberately attempts to concentrate resources in areas that could make a substantial difference in future performance and capabilities. Contents include: (1) a…
Descriptors: Academic Libraries, Educational Planning, Foreign Countries, Higher Education
Association of Research Libraries, Washington, DC. Office of Management Studies. – 1979
A 1979 Systems and Procedures Exchange Center (SPEC) survey on special collections in Association of Research Libraries (ARL) institutions focuses on centralized departments that handle rare books, manuscripts, archives, and author-subject collections. Statistical results from 66 survey replies reporting on the staffing, size, and expenditures of…
Descriptors: Academic Libraries, Community Support, Higher Education, Information Needs
Peer reviewedFaull, Sandra K. – Government Information Quarterly, 1985
Describes the development and current status of state plans that address depository departments in regional libraries. The effectiveness of existing programs is assessed, and suggestions for improvements are offered. (CLB)
Descriptors: Depository Libraries, Government Publications, Library Planning, Library Services
Carlson, David, Comp.; Morein, P. Grady, Comp. – 1983
In order to collect information on online bibliographic searching activities in smaller academic libraries, a survey was conducted in December 1982 of 252 college and university libraries located in public and private institutions with enrollments of between 1,000 and 5,000 students. An 88.5% response rate was achieved. It was found that 65% of…
Descriptors: Academic Libraries, Fees, Higher Education, Information Retrieval
Association of Research Libraries, Washington, DC. Office of Management Studies. – 1983
During the summer of 1982, the Association of Research Libraries (ARL) surveyed its members regarding their interlibrary loan (ILL) traffic and procedures. A response rate of 97% (110 out of 113 libraries surveyed) was obtained. The survey concentrated on loan charges and changes since a similar l976-77 survey. It was found that 33% of respondents…
Descriptors: Academic Libraries, Fees, Higher Education, Interlibrary Loans
Gorman, Kathleen – 1987
This System and Procedures Exchange Center (SPEC) flyer/kit is based on two research efforts: a 1986 SPEC survey on the collection and use of management statistics related to reference services, and a 1987 supplemental survey on qualitative measures of reference services. A brief introduction describes the survey and discusses the evaluation of…
Descriptors: Academic Libraries, Computer Networks, Databases, Evaluation Methods
Anderson, Nancy D.; Stenstrom, Patricia F. – 1989
Documentation supplied in this kit demonstrates how research libraries provide services to visiting scholars as distinguished from other categories of external user. A "visiting scholar" is most often defined as a faculty member affiliated with an institution of higher education but the term may also include independent scholars and persons…
Descriptors: Academic Libraries, Access to Information, Higher Education, Library Circulation
National Commission on Libraries and Information Science, Washington, DC. – 1974
The National Commission on Libraries and Information Science held a Mountain Plains Regional Hearing in Denver, Colorado, on September 18, 1974. The Commission was particularly interested in the present status of library and information services in the region including: cooperative efforts, state interest in a national program, the use of new…
Descriptors: American Indians, Cable Television, Federal Programs, Financial Support
