ScanGrants (www.scangrants.com) is a free, online listing of grants, scholarships, and other types of funding in the health sciences. It is basically a launch pad for anyone looking for money to fund medical research or community/public health projects, or to finance their education in various healthcare fields. The goal is to enable researchers,…

Summarizes universe data on libraries in 2-year and 4-year degree-granting postsecondary institutions. Includes information about services, staff, collections, and expenditures. Data are from the Academic Libraries Survey of the Integrated Postsecondary Education Data survey. (SLD)

A panel discussion on bibliographic instruction was presented by three librarians at a meeting of the New England Chapter of the Association of College and Research Libraries in November 1974. Defining bibliographic instruction as instruction in the use of library materials rather than library orientation, the panelists talked about the…

Legislation to establish integrated national library service in Zimbabwe was enacted in 1985, but its development has been hampered by lack of funds. A school of library and information science has been established at Harare Polytechnic. Staff training and financial support are main problems facing service in future. (6 references) (EJS)

This discussion of the problem of funding college and university media centers outlines the general categories of available support, assesses current prospects of attracting funds for instructional technology in higher education, and explores the implications that a media center poses for a library's internal budget policy. Twenty-nine references…

Discusses the need for research libraries to develop a greater sense of financial accountability, both from a moral standpoint and to provide better services. Topics covered include areas where cost benefit tradeoffs have been neglected, possible consequences of not becoming accountable, and the debate over user fees. (12 references) (CLB)

This article briefly outlines university/industry interactions and describes the issues surrounding them: advantages of mutual support, the role of academic libraries, impact on research, patent agreements, freedom of speech, access in libraries, the expanding user community, student participation in career-related activities, and impact on…

Six essays addressing the provision of online search services in academic libraries highlight passing on costs, academic library turf, current and future funding (on and off campus), a healthy competition, the future role of libraries, charges to users, end user searching, and online information. References are provided. (EJS)

Describes the various innovations in university libraries fostered by the new British universities which became operative between 1961 and 1965. The article stresses that a fresh start more easily enabled and even encouraged innovation in approach and techniques. Ninety-six references are listed. (LLS)

This paper examines the relocation of Athabasca University, an open-access, distance education institution, from Edmonton to Athabasca, Alberta, Canada, and the effect of that move on the library. Factors that helped make the move successful are discussed, including the 5-year institutional planning process; a government grant for the purchase of…

This description of the origins, development, and procedures of the Black Women Oral History Project at the Schlesinger Library, Radcliffe College, highlights funding, preparations, interviews, editing and transcription, and distribution of transcripts. Also included is a brief history of "Women of Courage," a traveling photographic…

Summarizes status of academic libraries at beginning of 1980s in relationship to changes in broader society and technologies powering new communication networks (computers, video, teletext and videotex); outlines strategies for educating future library professionals; and forecasts how technologies might impact academic library beyond present…

This report is designed to (1) educate non-librarians as to how Virginia libraries are funded, (2) inform librarians of funding outside their particular specialty, (3) suggest the adequacy and inadequacy of such funding and its dependability, and (4) outline the formulas by which funds are distributed. Section I, a short outline of factors…

Addresses the role of academic research libraries as affected by powerful economic and technological forces. The shift in emphasis from collections to access, planning the transition, objectives to enhance traditional library collections and services, and funding the transition are highlighted. Four references are provided. (EJS)

Academic librarians must begin to see the budget for what it really is--the reflection of institutional intent--and act accordingly. It is no longer sufficient to regard the budget as a source of funds; it is a tool for implementation and decision. (Author/MSE)