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Battelle Memorial Inst., Columbus, OH. Columbus Labs. – 1983
Based on observations made at the National Library Service for the Blind and Physically Handicapped (NLS) on September 8, 9, and 10, 1982 and on documents supplied by NLS, this report compares standards published in the 1979 document entitled "Standards of Service for the Library of Congress Network of Libraries for the Blind and Physically…
Descriptors: Library Administration, Library Facilities, Library Networks, Library Personnel
Download full textDemmer, Linda – 1999
This document serves as a "talking paper" for the Consultation Task Force for Library Space Standards. The current required formulae for planning library and learning resource facilities for community colleges in California are found in the California Code of Regulations (CCR), Title 5, Section 57030, "Library Space." This…
Descriptors: Academic Libraries, Community Colleges, Library Development, Library Facilities
Burger, Leslie; Weaver, Barbara – 1995
The need for new standards has arisen in Florida public libraries as a result of the library profession's shift from quantitative, input-based standards to qualitative, output-based standards to measure library performance and excellence. The standards in this document were developed after over 100 participants identified subjects to be addressed…
Descriptors: Access to Information, Community Relations, Cooperation, Financial Support
Hecht, Alfred – 1991
In Spring 1991, the LRC (Learning Resources Center)/library at Parkland College (PC) was quantitatively assessed in terms of staff size, collection size, budget allocation, circulation, and space allocation. Adequacy indicators from fiscal year (FY) 1991 and FY90 were compared to those from FY88. In addition, PC's LRC/library was compared to…
Descriptors: College Libraries, Community Colleges, Comparative Analysis, Financial Problems
Molnar, John E. – 1987
This report is a response to House Joint Resolution No. 32 of the 1986 General Assembly of Virginia that directed the Council of Higher Education to conduct a study of the academic library facility needs in Virginia's public system of higher education. In preparing its response to the resolution, the council incorporated much of the report of a…
Descriptors: Academic Libraries, Access to Information, Government Role, Guidelines
Kansas State Library, Topeka. – 1992
The periodic review and development of public library standards are undertaken by the Kansas State Library to best serve the public interest by insuring the quality of the state's public libraries. Standards are defined for the structure and governance of libraries. Service objectives and standards for automation and technology are defined.…
Descriptors: Comparative Analysis, Evaluation Methods, Library Automation, Library Collections
