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Adding Bite to the Bark: Using LibGuides2 Migration as Impetus to Introduce Strong Content Standards
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Fritch, Melia; Pitts, Joelle E. – Journal of Electronic Resources Librarianship, 2016
The authors discuss the long-term accumulation of unstandardized and inaccessible content within the Libguides system and the decision-making process to create and implement a set of standards using the migration to the LibGuides2 platform as a vehicle for change. Included in the discussion are strategies for the creation of standards and…
Descriptors: Standard Setting, Information Policy, Compliance (Legal), Change Strategies
Access for All: A New National Library for Tomorrow's Learners. The Report of the National Library of Education Advisory Task Force.
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National Library of Education (ED/OERI), Washington, DC. – 1997
The responsibility of the National Library of Education (NLE) is to maintain a comprehensive collection of education information, to serve as a central point for education information services, and to establish a national network of education information providers. This report contains recommendations that are intended to challenge the NLE to…
Descriptors: Access to Information, Accountability, Education, Feedback
Collection Assessment and Acquisitions Budgets.
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Ferguson, Anthony W. – Journal of Library Administration, 1992
Discussion of collection assessment focuses on academic library experiences. Topics addressed include library accountability; funding shortages; barriers to collection assessment; strategies to aid in assessment, including adequate training and performance incentives; and implications of collection assessment for library budgets, including…
Descriptors: Academic Libraries, Accountability, Budgets, Evaluation Methods
Evaluating Public Library Collections: Why Do It, and How to Use the Results.
Intner, Sheila S.; Futas, Elizabeth – American Libraries, 1994
Discusses evaluation procedures for public libraries. Topics addressed include accountability; cooperation among libraries; economic factors; evaluation options, including the use of staff and/or consultants; problems uncovered; and factors to consider when deciding to keep or discard materials, including community needs, circulation statistics,…
Descriptors: Accountability, Community Relations, Consultants, Economic Factors
Assessment and Accountability in Reference Work. Part IV: Taking Human Beings into Account.
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Nuckolls, Karen A.; And Others – Reference Librarian, 1992
Four articles address human factors in libraries, including (1) working with staff and users during library automation; (2) the concepts of diversity and multiculturalism when assessing reference staff and collections; (3) a mentoring program for librarians undergoing tenure review; and (4) patron privacy and the accountability of the reference…
Descriptors: Academic Libraries, Academic Rank (Professional), Accountability, Cultural Pluralism
Assessment and Accountability in Reference Work. Part VI: Connections with the Rest of the Library.
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Moody, Marilyn K.; And Others – Reference Librarian, 1992
Presents seven articles that discuss reference librarians and technical services librarians; evaluating online public access catalogs; bibliographic instruction and CD-ROMs; interactive multimedia and electronic media in academic libraries; open versus closed stacks for academic library periodical collections; policies and procedures manuals as…
Descriptors: Academic Libraries, Accountability, Evaluation Methods, Guides