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Pearson, Lois R. – American Libraries, 1983
Relates responses of 69 librarians ranging in age from 39 to 84 to a two-page questionnaire concerning retirement planning. Personal experiences, financial concerns, continuing professional connections, alternative options, and the trauma and joys of retirement are noted. A 33-item bibliography is included. (EJS)
Descriptors: Librarians, Library Associations, Middle Aged Adults, Midlife Transitions
PDF pending restorationUrban Libraries Council, Evanston, IL. – 1993
The topic of this Urban Libraries Council (ULC) Frequent Fast Facts Survey is library staffing. These ULC Frequent Fast Facts Surveys are not intended to be scientific studies of the library community but rather "snapshots" on topics of current interest. Further analysis of the results is suggested, and for that reason, the completed…
Descriptors: Library Administration, Library Associations, Library Personnel, Library Policy
Download full textKyrillidou, Martha, Comp.; Rodriguez, Ken, Comp.; Newton, Joanna, Comp. – 1997
This report presents data from 116 U.S. and Canadian research libraries that were members of the Association of Research Libraries (ARL) during the 1995-96 fiscal year. The 1995-96 Preservation Statistics questionnaire was designed to yield statistical information on the current level of preservation efforts in research libraries and on the key…
Descriptors: Academic Libraries, Foreign Countries, Higher Education, Library Associations
Association of Coll. and Research Libraries, Chicago, IL. Education and Behavioral Sciences Section. – 1988
For years librarians discarded historical curriculum collections because they were not current, and because the libraries did not have adequate space to store them. Therefore, records of trends in subject content taught to generations of children and young people from kindergarten through grade 12 were unwittingly destroyed. In response to this…
Descriptors: Academic Libraries, Archives, Curriculum Guides, Databases
Peer reviewedBlood, Richard W. – RQ, 1983
The online search evaluation form recommended by the Machine-Assisted Reference Section Committee on Measurement and Evaluation of Service of the American Library Association is discussed. Each of the 10 questions recommended for inclusion and questions rejected as inappropriate are analyzed. Eleven references and the Search Evaluation…
Descriptors: Evaluation Criteria, Libraries, Library Associations, Library Services
Kyrillidou, Martha, Comp.; Young, Mark, Comp. – 2002
This document reports the 2001-2002 salary data for all professional staff working in ARL (Association of Research Libraries) libraries. Data for 9,198 professional staff members were reported for the 1,130 ARL university libraries, including their law and medical libraries (859 staff members reported by 69 medical libraries and 724 staff members…
Descriptors: Academic Libraries, Foreign Countries, Higher Education, Law Libraries
International Federation of Library Associations, The Hague (Netherlands). – 1984
This document comprises two papers on geography and map libraries and cartographic materials which were presented at the 1984 IFLA general conference. "Cartographic Materials as a Resource for National and Regional Planning and Development," by E. Hans van de Waal (Utrecht), addresses the importance of cartographic materials for…
Descriptors: Cartography, Developing Nations, Foreign Countries, Geography
International Federation of Library Associations, The Hague (Netherlands). – 1985
Papers on library history presented at the 1985 International Federation of Library Associations (IFLA) conference include: (1) "The Historical Role of Libraries in Scholarly Communication" (Pamela Spence Richards, Rutgers University, United States); (2) "Current Bibliographies for Library History: An International Review and a Feasibility Study"…
Descriptors: Academic Libraries, Bibliographies, Curriculum Development, Directories
Pattie, Ling-yuh W.; Lach, Michael – 1992
This publication reports results of a survey of 83 ARL (Association of Research Libraries) member libraries that examined the decision making process in migration from one automated library system to another. Data are reported on planning; implementation; workflow redesign; and training, publicity, and evaluation. Supplemental materials include:…
Descriptors: Academic Libraries, Higher Education, Integrated Library Systems, Library Associations
