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Polanka, Sue, Ed. – ALA Editions, 2012
With their explosive sales and widespread availability over the past few years, e-books have definitively proven that they're here to stay. In this sequel to her best-selling book of the same title, expert Polanka dives even deeper into the world of digital distribution. Contributors from across the e-book world offer their perspectives on what's…
Descriptors: Pilot Projects, School Libraries, Public Libraries, College Libraries
Drake, Paul Burton – Online Submission, 2015
This publication follows the tradition of publishing selected papers from the Pacific Islands Association of Libraries, Archives and Museums (PIALA) annual conferences. This 24th annual conference was held in Koror, Republic of Palau, November 10-15, 2014. This volume includes a listing of the PIALA 2014 Organizing Committee and PIALA Officers and…
Descriptors: Foreign Countries, Conferences (Gatherings), Malayo Polynesian Languages, Conference Papers
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Harrison, Tiffany; Ward, Randall; Pace, Sean; Cornelius, Andi – Community & Junior College Libraries, 2009
The librarian for the Stevens-Henager College, Murray, Utah campus was hired in the spring of 2008 and given the task of maintaining and improving the college's library and bookstore. It was soon discovered that many areas needed improvement (processes, outreach, policies, personnel, work-flow, etc.) Fortunately, she possessed skills from previous…
Descriptors: College Libraries, Private Colleges, Library Administration, Librarians
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Welwood, R. J. – Canadian Library Journal, 1977
Descriptors: Academic Libraries, Books, Budgeting, College Libraries
Belanger, Charles H.; Lavallee, Lise – 1980
The steps involved in tailoring a periodical and monograph price index to a university library are examined, as are the difficulties involved in applying a simple methodology such as a price index when the data base has not been organized to play an active role in the decision-making process. The following topics are addressed: the shifting of…
Descriptors: Books, Budgeting, College Libraries, Cost Indexes
United States Bureau of Education, Department of the Interior, 1915
Special statistical reports on public, society, and school libraries have been published periodically by the United States Bureau of Education. Nine of these reports have appeared in the past 40 years, the last one, preceding the present 1913 report, presented the statistics of 1908. The earlier reports included the names of all libraries…
Descriptors: Statistical Data, School Libraries, Library Schools, Public Libraries
Center for Statistics (ED/OERI), Washington, DC. – 1986
The "College and University Libraries" machine-readable data file (MRDF) is one component of the larger "Higher Education General Information Survey" (HEGIS). It contains data on the characteristics and activities of approximately 3,000 academic libraries associated with most of the institutions of higher education in the…
Descriptors: Academic Libraries, Audiovisual Aids, Books, Clerical Workers