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Children of Immigrants and Multiethnic Heritage: Australia, Canada, the United Kingdom, and the United States.
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Wertheimer, Ruth Jacobs; Foy, Kathleen M. – Library Trends, 1980
Discusses the role of the library in the life of an immigrant child or the child of immigrants or immigrant descendants. Twenty-two references are cited. (FM)
Descriptors: Children, Cultural Influences, Ethnic Groups, Foreign Countries
Libraries: Deliverers of Lifelong Learning.
Hull, Barbara – Adults Learning (England), 2001
A survey of British adult students returning to education found they lacked basic as well as information literacy skills and have difficulty with information retrieval and use of learning resource centers. Partnerships between adult educators as facilitators and librarians as teachers are needed. (SK)
Descriptors: Adult Education, Foreign Countries, Information Literacy, Information Retrieval
Public Library Services to Canadian Ethnocultural Communities: An Overview.
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Zielinska, Marie – Library Trends, 1980
Provides an overview of Canadian public library services to ethnic groups, including historical background, programs of the Toronto Public Library, the Multilingual Biblioservice (MBS) of the National Library of Canada, local holdings, and local acquisition programs. Fifteen references are cited. (FM)
Descriptors: Cultural Pluralism, Ethnic Groups, Foreign Countries, Library Collections
Public Library Services to Ethnocultural Minorities in Australia: A State-of-the-Art Survey.
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Rasmussen, Radha; Kolarik, Ivan – Library Trends, 1980
Surveys Australian public library services to ethnic groups, including library-based activities, community information services, libraries of ethnic communities, and service to aborigines. More than 50 references are cited. (FM)
Descriptors: Community Information Services, Cultural Pluralism, Ethnic Groups, Foreign Countries
Interactive Information Networks and UK Libraries.
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Vickery, Brian; And Others – Journal of Documentation, 1984
This report considers the effects of new technology (online search services) on user access to information; the role of libraries in providing such access; the structure of a future national information network in the United Kingdom; and general managerial considerations. Seventeen references are cited. (EJS)
Descriptors: Foreign Countries, Information Networks, Information Retrieval, Information Systems
National Libraries Section. General Research Libraries Division. Papers.
International Federation of Library Associations, The Hague (Netherlands). – 1983
Papers on national library services and activities, which were presented at the 1983 International Federation of Library Associations (IFLA) conference, include: (1) "The National Library of China in its Gradual Application of Modern Technology," a discussion by Zhu Nan and Zhu Yan (China) of microform usage and library automation; (2)…
Descriptors: Developing Nations, Foreign Countries, Information Science, International Organizations
Library Automation in the Netherlands and Pica.
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Bossers, Anton; Van Muyen, Martin – Electronic Library, 1984
Describes the Pica Library Automation Network (originally the Project for Integrated Catalogue Automation), which is based on a centralized bibliographic database. Highlights include the Pica conception of library automation, online shared cataloging system, circulation control system, acquisition system, and online Dutch union catalog with…
Descriptors: Cataloging, Databases, Foreign Countries, Library Acquisition
Professional Assistance to Legislators: The Research Branch of Canada's Library of Parliament.
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Finsten, Hugh – Government Information Quarterly, 1985
Describes the organizational structure of the research unit of the Parliamentary Library of Canada and lists a variety of services offered to Parliamentary members, committees, associations, and delegations. (CLB)
Descriptors: Developed Nations, Federal Government, Foreign Countries, Government Libraries
On-line Information Services in the University of Hong Kong Libraries: Three Years' Experience.
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Tso, P. S. – International Library Review, 1984
Reports results of user survey complemented by personal discussions organized to ascertain users' satisfaction with and impact of On-line Information Service (OLIS) introduced by University of Hong Kong Libraries in January 1980. Subject searches, relevance of citations, and costs are discussed. The questionnaire and OLIS requests form are…
Descriptors: College Libraries, Cost Effectiveness, Foreign Countries, Higher Education
Children's Libraries Section. Libraries Serving the General Public Division. Papers.
International Federation of Library Associations, The Hague (Netherlands). – 1983
Papers on children's services, which were presented at the 1983 International Federation of Library Associations (IFLA) conference, include: (1) "Education and Training of Children's Librarians: An Investigation" by Eva Glistrup (Denmark), which presents preliminary results from a 1982 survey of institutions in 30 countries (30% response…
Descriptors: Adolescents, Children, Computer Assisted Instruction, Developing Nations