NotesFAQContact Us
Collection
Advanced
Search Tips
Education Level
Laws, Policies, & Programs
Assessments and Surveys
What Works Clearinghouse Rating
Showing 1 to 15 of 45 results Save | Export
Peer reviewed Peer reviewed
Direct linkDirect link
Atkinson, Ross – New Directions for Higher Education, 1995
Advances in information technology are forcing librarians and administrators to reinvent scholarly information exchange. The old question of what constitutes a research collection remains, but is transferred to a new medium. This is an opportunity to take advantage of the new possibilities and to correct some previous mistakes in collection…
Descriptors: Academic Libraries, College Libraries, Educational Trends, Higher Education
Lee, Hwa-Wei – 1991
This report presents recommendations for the upgrading of higher education information resources in Papua New Guinea (PNG) according to acceptable norms, effective sharing of resources through phased introduction of automation and networking, and the creation of a database of information resources. The report was based on a survey of 41 PNG…
Descriptors: Academic Libraries, Consultants, Databases, Developing Nations
Rotman, Laurie; And Others – Online, 1995
The Draper Laboratory Library created the Draper Gopher in response to the following factors: library downsizing, the computer services department's changing role, customer needs, and developments in technology affecting the information environment. Results of its implementation include user-focused reference services; increased interlibrary loan…
Descriptors: Access to Information, Change Agents, Information Management, Information Systems
Peer reviewed Peer reviewed
Atkinson, Ross – Journal of Academic Librarianship, 1990
Argues that preservation and collection development can be effectively coordinated only when the underlying political forces driving these two operations are defined and compared. The discussion explores some of the functions and values of preservation and collection development from a primarily political point of view in three contexts:…
Descriptors: Academic Libraries, Higher Education, Innovation, Library Collection Development
Peer reviewed Peer reviewed
Dean, John F. – Journal of Library Administration, 1986
Examines changes in emphasis on collection development and conservation in both library and archival materials in recent years, and outlines evaluative criteria and priorities to be used in formulating collection management policy. (CLB)
Descriptors: Archives, Evaluation Criteria, Library Collection Development, Library Planning
Peer reviewed Peer reviewed
Ferguson, Anthony W.; And Others – Journal of Library Administration, 1987
Considers 10 areas of internal operations in which the Research Libraries Group/North American Collection Inventory Project (RLF/NCIP) Conspectus can be used as a management aid: collection priorities, collection management, space utilization, preservation programs, staffing allocations, material fund requests, accreditation, materials selection,…
Descriptors: Budgeting, Financial Support, Library Administration, Library Collection Development
Peer reviewed Peer reviewed
Smith, Eldred – Microform Review, 1991
Discusses the national program for preservation microfilming in research libraries and suggests that microfilm is not the appropriate medium to be used. Recommendations for the electronic storage of materials on computerized databases are made; disadvantages of microfilm are described; interlibrary loan problems are discussed; and effects on…
Descriptors: Copyrights, Databases, Information Storage, Interlibrary Loans
Daval, Nicola, Ed. – 1987
Presentations on NCIP (North American Collections Inventory Project) program developments and future program directions are combined with business meeting minutes in this report from the Association of Research Libraries (ARL). The text of remarks presented as part of a panel discussion on the program theme includes: (1) "Development and Use…
Descriptors: Academic Libraries, Cataloging, Conferences, Library Associations
Peer reviewed Peer reviewed
Seibert, Warren F. – Journal of Academic Librarianship, 1985
This reexamination of earlier forecasts and statistics related to research library growth--Purdue studies first published in 1965, data and forecasts from Fremont Rider's 1944 book--shows mixed results for evidence of continuing rapid growth of collections and acquisition expenditures and marked decline in acquisition rates. (16 references) (EJS)
Descriptors: Academic Libraries, Futures (of Society), Graphs, Library Collection Development
Peer reviewed Peer reviewed
Handlin, Oscar – American Scholar, 1987
The role of the research library and issues in access to increasing quantities of information are discussed, including the problems of cataloging and classifying information and the barriers to access often created by librarians. (MSE)
Descriptors: Access to Information, Budgets, Cataloging, Classification
Peer reviewed Peer reviewed
Auchstetter, Rosann M. – College and Research Libraries, 1990
Explores the role of the academic rare book library in terms of its financial justification and concludes that the primary justification lies in its utility as a research library. It is also concluded that institutions unable to support a proper rare book collection might be advised to develop appropriate special collections instead. (19…
Descriptors: Academic Libraries, Cost Effectiveness, Higher Education, Library Collection Development
Peer reviewed Peer reviewed
Stroller, Michael E. – Microform Review, 1989
Argues that the quality of information provided to scholars by microform sets of manuscript collections, as compared to original manuscripts and critical editions, does not justify the expansion of research libraries' collection boundaries and fiscal responsibilities to include such materials. (CLB)
Descriptors: Cost Effectiveness, Library Collection Development, Library Role, Manuscripts
Peer reviewed Peer reviewed
Atkinson, Ross – Library Resources & Technical Services, 1995
Discusses humanities scholarship from the research library's perspective. Topics include reference versus citation; bibliographic authority and authority control; library collection development which reflects a variety of research methodologies; retention policies; and the derivative nature of reference and citation.(LRW)
Descriptors: Academic Libraries, Authority Control (Information), Bibliographic Records, Citations (References)
Peer reviewed Peer reviewed
Willard, Louis Charles – Microform Review, 1991
Provides a critical examination of the methods and procedures currently followed in the national program for preservation microfilming in research libraries and suggests alternative approaches for selecting materials for microfilming. Source literature is discussed as being important to focus on, and the cost and completeness of bibliographic…
Descriptors: Bibliographic Records, Cataloging, Cost Effectiveness, Criteria
Buschman, John – 1983
This examination of the past and present states of collection development in the research library covers background information, theories, and associated problems. A historical review of methods that have been and are currently being used for collection development includes discussions of the changes imposed by World War II on the practice of…
Descriptors: Academic Libraries, Background, Faculty, Higher Education
Previous Page | Next Page ยป
Pages: 1  |  2  |  3