Contains 13 articles that discuss archives and electronic records. Highlights include national archives, including the United States and Canada; New York and Pennsylvania state archives; the United Nations; the Pennsylvania State University archive; and professional organizations, including the Society of American Archivists and the International…

Describes the benefits to researchers of the microfiche publication of the "National Inventory of Documentary Sources in the United States," which consists of finding aids for U.S. manuscript and archival collections. Arranged in four parts based on origin, each is described in detail as to scope and arrangement. (EM)

This document presents the annual report for Vermont's LSTA (Library Services and Technology Act) programs for the 2001 fiscal year. Part A, "Numerical/Landscape Data," compiles numerical information on grants, applications, and awards for the fiscal year. Part B, "Promising Practices/Exemplary Programs," describes a…

Designed to help business firms, corporations, researchers, and others identify libraries with major collections in the fields related to business that are accessible to the public, this brochure may also inform library staff of sources of information in the field for their own networking and for referrals of library users. An expanded and updated…

This issue of "The Bookmark" is a reader, containing a collection of articles that relate in some way to the history and development of the New York State Library and the library development programs for which this library is responsible. Most of the articles--which have appeared in earlier issues of the journal--provide brief views of…

The paper presents data on map collections in governmental, academic, public, institutional, and corporate libraries in Ohio. Only those collections containing over 100 maps are included in the study. The overall objective is to increase awareness of cartography as a source of information. A more specific objective is to provide comparative,…

The Florida Interlibrary Loan Improvement Project (FILIP), initiated in 1979 by the Florida State Library to examine and analyze the interlibrary loan patterns and problems of the Florida Library Information Network (FLIN), compared the use of the OCLC Interlibrary Loan subsystem as a mode of communication between FLIN member libraries to the use…

This report consists of the responses of the institutions of the State University of New York to the library questionnaires of the Education Division of the U.S. Department of Health, Education, and Welfare, and the New York State Education Department, for fall 1976 and fall 1977. It includes data on library collections, staff, operating…

To address an abiding concern of technical services managers regarding the efficient use of staffing resources, a questionnaire was distributed to 200 heads of technical services in medium-sized libraries to ask about their operations, with 82 usable questionnaires returned from 40 public, 38 academic, and 4 state libraries. Respondents were asked…

The Institute of Museum and Library Services (IMLS) undertook a study of the use of technology and digitization activities in libraries and museums nationwide. This report first presents key cumulative findings of the survey that measured technology use and digitization activities by museums and libraries. It then presents a series of tables and…

This paper reports on a leadership institute for library staff at Stanford University (California) and the California State Library that had the goal of elevating the quality of services libraries and related bodies provide to information users in the 21st century through development of library leaders and managers and by increasing the…

This overview of OhioLINK, a library automation project that links 17 academic libraries and the state library in Ohio, describes the planning, governance, mandates, and structure of the network. Implementation of OhioLINK at Miami University is discussed, including selection of a library automation system, representation on OhioLINK committees,…

This comprehensive report details the activities of a study which investigated public, public secondary school, community college, academic, state institutional, and state library agencies, in order to: (1) assess the current status of libraries in literacy education; (2) determine an expanded role for libraries in literacy education; and (3)…

From January 1980 through December 1982 the Illinois Valley Library System (IVLS) and 33 of its participating libraries conducted an experimental project to test the costs and benefits of OCLC use in small and medium-sized libraries. A series of 8 reports on the project have been produced, and the tables from the first report, which give…

Discusses the interdependency between academic libraries and state library agencies, and describes a survey which assessed the needs of Pennsylvania's academic libraries that could be addressed by state library agencies. The needs discussed include advocacy of academic libraries, linked systems protocols, telecommunications, and new technologies.…