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Download full textCenter for Education Statistics (ED/OERI), Washington, DC. – 1987
Information on library networks that was included in a survey conducted by the Center for Education Statistics--the "Survey of Library Networks and Cooperative Library Organizations: 1985-1986"--indicates that there were 760 library networks at that time, with aggregate library membership estimated to be 76,280. Over three-fourths of the networks…
Descriptors: Consortia, Continuing Education, Interlibrary Loans, Library Collection Development
PDF pending restorationPaskoff, Beth; Perrault, Anna – 1990
A shelflist sampling project was conducted at six academic libraries in Louisiana--Loyola University, Louisiana State University, Nicholls State University, Southeastern Louisiana University, Southern University, and Tulane University--and the University of California at Santa Barbara. The main objective of the data-gathering and analysis using…
Descriptors: Academic Libraries, Comparative Analysis, Data Analysis, Data Collection
Kuzel, Judith; Erickson, Su – Illinois Libraries, 1995
Discusses the Teen Health Information Network (THINK), a grant-funded partnership of Aurora, Illinois, public libraries, schools, and community agencies to provide materials, information, and programming on issues related to teen health. Seven appendixes provide detailed information on survey results, collection evaluation and development,…
Descriptors: Adolescents, Elementary Secondary Education, Grants, Health Activities
Dole, Wanda; And Others – 1996
In 1989, the Online Computer Library Center (OCLC) introduced a microcomputer-based evaluation tool called the Collection Analysis CD. In 1993, the SUNY Stony Brook Libraries used this tool to measure its collections against those of 27 Association of Research Libraries (ARL) peer libraries and of a "mythical" peer group. In 1996, the…
Descriptors: Academic Libraries, Comparative Analysis, Consortia, Data Analysis
Soete, George J., Comp. – SPEC Kit, 1998
This survey was conducted to discover how extensively ARL (Association of Research Libraries) libraries are involved in formal, active programs of collaboration for collections management. Seventy ARL libraries completed a questionnaire focusing on all collections formats and a number of related collections management activities. Results indicated…
Descriptors: Academic Libraries, Consortia, Higher Education, Library Administration
Louisiana State Library, Baton Rouge. – 1996
Libraries in Louisiana strengthen the economy and serve the people. Libraries and their employees play a significant role in the Louisiana infrastructure, consuming state goods and services, complementing educational institutions, creating a literate citizenry, and providing cost effective access to information for business, industry, government…
Descriptors: Academic Libraries, Access to Information, Community Services, Economic Impact
