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Peer reviewedOltmanns, Gail V. – Journal of Library Administration, 1995
Addresses the students' perspective of library employment. Discusses a study conducted at the University of Virginia (1987) on student attitudes and library employment practices, and provides 12 recommendations for better management. Also notes the implication of part-time work, the importance of using performance measures, and the benefits of…
Descriptors: Employment Practices, Higher Education, Job Performance, Library Administration
Peer reviewedBaker, Shirley K. – Journal of Library Administration, 1998
Describes the Online Computer Library Center (OCLC) advisory committees in terms of research, public, college and university, and special libraries. All four of the type-of-library advisory groups work to shape OCLC policies and programs, according to the particular needs of each group. OCLC's financial and programmatic success depends upon…
Descriptors: Academic Libraries, Advisory Committees, Higher Education, Library Development
Peer reviewedHawks, Carol Pitts – Journal of Library Administration, 1992
Describes the role of automation in library acquisitions and serials departments in support of collection development. Highlights include workstations and expert systems; links to external databases; vendor services, including serials services and online review and selection of approval books; and automated access to collection development…
Descriptors: Cost Indexes, Databases, Expert Systems, Library Acquisition
Peer reviewedKennedy, Kit – Journal of Library Administration, 2000
Discusses issues related to managing electronic resources in academic libraries from a vendor's perspective. Topics include collection development policies; format and content; decisions to buy, borrow, or link to online resources; ethics and SPARC (Scholarly Publishing and Academic Resources Coalition); service, cost, and value; vendors'…
Descriptors: Academic Libraries, Access to Information, Costs, Ethics
Peer reviewedRichards, Daniel T.; Prelec, Antonija – Journal of Library Administration, 1992
Discusses serials cancellations; reviews library collection assessment policies and reasons for assessment studies; describes a survey of academic health sciences libraries that examined serials cancellation projects, including the decision-making process, regional or national cooperation, and the methodology used; and explains a generic serials…
Descriptors: Academic Libraries, Decision Making, Evaluation Criteria, Evaluation Methods
Peer reviewedBillings, Harold – Journal of Library Administration, 1996
This special issue contains eight papers from a conference on library collection development and networking issues. Discusses the library's role and the need for new policies; serial costs and recommendations for resource sharing; evaluation of academic periodicals; partnerships and the relationship of vendors and libraries; and models and trends…
Descriptors: Academic Libraries, Access to Information, Computer Networks, Conferences
