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Peer reviewedLeong, Alice – Special Libraries, 1979
Distinguishes five main categories of special libraries in Singapore: those of private organizations, foreign governments, government departments, statutory boards, and regional organizations. Statistical data are provided for library holdings, professional staff employment, and subject profiles, and suggestions for improving various aspects of…
Descriptors: Government Libraries, Graphs, Library Administration, Library Associations
Peer reviewedSeibert, 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 reviewedBeatty, Susan; Maguire, Wesla – Canadian Library Journal, 1985
Outlines development of Alberta Library Services to the Handicapped, formed through a contract signed between Alberta Culture and Calgary Public Library Board. Highlights include four main contract clauses, patron eligibility rules, circulation of talking books, problems, service evaluation, program changes, and a large print book service. Four…
Descriptors: Foreign Countries, Graphs, Large Type Materials, Library Collections
Stubbs, Kendon – 1980
In order to explain the derivation and implications of the Association of Research Libraries (ARL) Library Index (a descriptive statistical indicator of research library quality which is based on an analysis of certain key library characteristics), this paper discusses regression and correlation as methods for measuring relations between such…
Descriptors: College Libraries, Correlation, Evaluation Criteria, Factor Analysis
Download full textTexas State Library, Austin. Dept. of Library Development. – 1992
Data in this report were derived from the 1991 annual reports submitted by public libraries in Texas and reflect each library's local fiscal year. The report begins with general information about the Texas State library system, including addresses of agencies and names of administrative personnel. A directory of public libraries and branches is…
Descriptors: Annual Reports, Graphs, Income, Librarians
Studdiford, Abigail – 1982
Based on information in Department of Education files and further comments from former project directors, this historical review of projects funded from fiscal years 1978 to 1981 under Title II-C of the Higher Education Act (HEA II-C) of 1965, as amended in 1976, looks at projects in collection development, preservation and conservation of major…
Descriptors: Academic Libraries, Cataloging, Charts, Federal Programs
