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Hirshon, Arnold – 1987
This report summarizes the decisions of the Virginia Commonwealth University Joint Committee to Study Library Periodical Services that were scheduled for implementation for the fall 1987 semester. Approved decisions are outlined for the areas of: (1) photocopiers, including photocopy services and Vendacard; (2) bound volumes, including loan…
Descriptors: Academic Libraries, Access to Information, Costs, Higher Education
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Moore, Matthew S. – Journal of Educational Media & Library Sciences, 1997
Defines book display as an adult service as choosing and positioning adult books from the library collection to increase their circulation. The author contrasts bookstore arrangement for sales versus library arrangement for access, including contrasting missions, genre grouping, weeding, problems, and dimensions. (Author/LRW)
Descriptors: Access to Information, Adults, Books, Bookstores
Williams, Joe – Computers in Libraries, 2003
Explains how Texas A&M University libraries developed a wireless network, including problems encountered, and describes three wireless services currently being delivered using Personal Digital Assistants (PDAs), tablet PCs, and wireless laptop computers. Topics include costs versus value; data security and access; wireless access points;…
Descriptors: Academic Libraries, Access to Information, Costs, Higher Education
Hirshon, Arnold; And Others – 1986
Developed in response to issues raised about the circulation of bound periodicals, the cost of photocopies, and the condition of the photocopiers, this report of the Joint Committee to Study Library Periodical Services at the Virginia Commonwealth University libraries recommends goals for periodicals services for both campuses of the university.…
Descriptors: Academic Libraries, Access to Information, Costs, Higher Education
Gorman, Michael; Tyckoson, David A.; Jackson, Mary E.; Schmidt, C. James; Baker, Betsy – American Libraries, 2000
These articles address the core values of librarianship, focusing on democracy and public libraries; equity of access to information, including building collections, circulation policies, interlibrary loan, and intellectual property and licensing; intellectual freedom, including rating systems for various media; and library service in the light of…
Descriptors: Access to Information, Change, Democracy, Intellectual Freedom
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McGrath, William E. – Library Trends, 2002
Develops a comprehensive, unified, explanatory theory of librarianship by first making an analogy to the unification of the fundamental forces of nature. Topics include dependent and independent variables; publishing; acquisitions; classification and organization of knowledge; storage, preservation, and collection management; collections; and…
Descriptors: Access to Information, Classification, Library Acquisition, Library Circulation
McCulley, Lucretia; Ream, Dan – Virginia Librarian, 1988
The directors of 40 academic libraries in Virginia were surveyed to obtain information on their practices relating to public access, services, and fees in their libraries. Complete or partial responses were received from 21 libraries in private institutions and 14 from state-supported institutions. These responses indicate that all of the…
Descriptors: Academic Libraries, Access to Information, Fees, Higher Education
Anderson, Nancy D.; Stenstrom, Patricia F. – 1989
Documentation supplied in this kit demonstrates how research libraries provide services to visiting scholars as distinguished from other categories of external user. A "visiting scholar" is most often defined as a faculty member affiliated with an institution of higher education but the term may also include independent scholars and persons…
Descriptors: Academic Libraries, Access to Information, Higher Education, Library Circulation
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Getz, Malcolm – College and Research Libraries, 1987
Reports measures of the gains in search time and likelihood of success in known-item searches with the Acorn automated catalog at Vanderbilt University. User time and search success are valued in dollar terms to make the measures meaningful for system design choices. (Author/CLB)
Descriptors: Access to Information, Comparative Analysis, Cost Effectiveness, Information Seeking
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Nicewarner, Metta; Simon, Matthew – Journal of Academic Librarianship, 1996
Discussion of the use of academic libraries by public borrowers focuses on policies developed at the University of Nevada, Las Vegas. Highlights include library networks and identity problems; access to materials; fee-based reference services; and requiring patrons to register a credit card to be used for replacement materials and fines. (LRW)
Descriptors: Academic Libraries, Access to Information, Credit Cards, Fines (Penalties)
Evans, G. Edward; Amodeo, Anthony J.; Carter, Thomas L. – 1999
This book covers the role, purpose, and philosophy related to each of the major functional areas of library public service. This sixth edition, on the presumption that most people know the basic facts about computer hardware, does not include the chapter (in the previous edition) on computer basics, and instead integrated specific technological…
Descriptors: Access to Information, Document Delivery, Government Publications, Information Services
Mason, Marilyn Gell – Library Journal, 1996
Reviews earlier predictions about technological change in libraries, finds that providing equal access to information remains the library's mission, and forecasts the future. Topics include ownership versus access, electronic resources, information infrastructure, users, levels of service fees, circulation, librarians as "information…
Descriptors: Access to Information, Copyrights, Electronic Publishing, Fees
Coffman, Steve – Searcher, 1999
Examines the Amazon.com online bookstore as a blueprint for designing the world's largest library. Topics include selection; accessibility and convenience; quality of Web sites and search tools; personalized service; library collection development, including interlibrary loan; library catalogs and catalog records; a circulation system; costs;…
Descriptors: Access to Information, Bibliographic Records, Bookstores, Costs
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Florida Dept. of State, Tallahassee. Div. of Library and Information Services. – 1998
This 49th annual Florida Library directory with statistics edition includes listings for over 1,000 libraries of all types in Florida, with contact named, phone numbers, addresses, and e-mail and web addresses. In addition, there is a section of library statistics, showing data on the use, resources, and financial condition of Florida's libraries.…
Descriptors: Access to Information, Elementary Secondary Education, Higher Education, Libraries
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Deason, Melissa; And Others – 1992
The role that rural libraries could have in increasing the awareness level of disability issues in their communities and in expanding opportunities for the disabled was studied in a survey of 401 rural Indiana and Iowa libraries. A review of the literature associated with rural rehabilitation services suggests that the two crucial barriers to the…
Descriptors: Access to Information, Accessibility (for Disabled), Check Lists, Cost Effectiveness
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