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Mongeau, Deborah; Stringer-Hye, Richard – 1991
This report describes the planning and design process for the University of Rhode Island Library's new map room, which was undertaken as part of a library expansion and renovation program. The first of the report's three major sections describes how equipment was selected for the map room and discusses the advantages and disadvantages of three…
Descriptors: College Libraries, Facility Improvement, Higher Education, Library Collection Development
Townley, Charles T. – 1999
This paper describes the New Mexico State University (NMSU) Library's strategic plan to develop its services amid an atmosphere of change. A summary of the following components of the strategic plan is given: vision; mission; values; and goals. The revised organizational functions are then illustrated, as well as the role of the selector-liaison…
Descriptors: Academic Libraries, Higher Education, Library Collection Development, Library Development
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Coutinho, Fiona C.; Eastman, Caroline M.; Hare, Christopher B.; Skinder, Robert F. – Issues in Science & Technology Librarianship, 1999
Describes the ongoing Electronic Library Project at the University of South Carolina, aimed at integrating digital resources within the traditional university research library setting. Discusses the development, implementation and future plans of the Electronic Science Library and Electronic Academic Library. (AEF)
Descriptors: Academic Libraries, Electronic Libraries, Higher Education, Library Development
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Nelson, Garet; Stanley, Laurel; Eyman, David; Seiden, Peggy – 1996
The prospect of resolving a library's space and utilization problems through expansion and renovation carries with it the question of how to maintain operations during construction. Few libraries, especially those in the academic world, can afford to close their doors for very long, even though the prospect of maintaining ongoing operations amid…
Descriptors: Academic Libraries, Facility Expansion, Higher Education, Library Development
Crosbie, Michael J.; Hickey, Damon D. – 2001
This book presents and appraises seven college and university libraries designed by Perry Dean Rogers & Partners of Boston. The firm has been designing campus libraries for the past 30 years. These projects are the most recent in an oeuvre of some 29 libraries designed and constructed for some 27 colleges and universities around the country. The…
Descriptors: Academic Libraries, Architects, Building Design, Designers
Gedeon, Randle – 2000
When a new library system, WestCat, was installed in the Western Michigan University Libraries (August 1998), an initiative was undertaken to announce its arrival, establish its identity, and train the university community in its use. To promote this initiative, two committees were broadly charged with the responsibilities of publicity and…
Descriptors: Academic Libraries, Higher Education, Information Systems, Library Automation
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Birdsall, Douglas G.; Hensley, Oliver D. – College and Research Libraries, 1994
Presents a strategic planning model originally developed for university research and illustrates its usefulness for academic libraries. Library development and fund-raising activities are used as examples to illustrate the various stages of strategic planning, including scanning the environment, designing the plan, acceptance, and adoption.…
Descriptors: Academic Libraries, Adoption (Ideas), Fund Raising, Higher Education
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Dugdale, David; Dugdale, Christine – Journal of Documentation, 2000
Describes the development of the ResIDe Electronic Library at the University of the West of England, Bristol. Analyzes potential of the system to increase economy, efficiency and effectiveness in library services and relates it to how the needs of sponsors and students can be met. (Author/LRW)
Descriptors: Academic Libraries, Electronic Libraries, Foreign Countries, Higher Education
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Sapp, Gregg; Suttle, George – Journal of Academic Librarianship, 1994
Describes an effort to quantify annual collection expansion and shelf space capacities with a computer spreadsheet program. Methods used to quantify the space taken at the beginning of the project; to estimate annual rate of collection growth; and to plot stack space and usage, volume equivalents and usage, and growth capacity are covered.…
Descriptors: College Libraries, Computer Oriented Programs, Data Collection, Data Processing
Nitecki, Danuta A., Ed.; Kendrick, Curtis L., Ed. – 2001
This collection of essays addresses the planning, construction, and operating issues relating to high-density library shelving facilities. The volume covers essential topics that address issues relating to the building, its operations, and serving the collections. It begins with an introduction by the volume's editors, "The Paradox and…
Descriptors: Case Studies, Higher Education, Information Storage, Libraries
McNicol, Annette – 1999
This paper describes experiences in re-engineering and re-designing Technical Services of the library at the Nathan campus of Griffith University in Brisbane, Queensland (Australia). The goal of the project, which was overseen by an outside consultant, was to have a 50% improvement in productivity (which would mean that 50% of the staff currently…
Descriptors: Academic Libraries, Foreign Countries, Higher Education, Institutional Advancement
Lavagnino, Merri Beth – Library Administration and Management, 1998
Describes the four-step process of designing a library systems office at the University of Illinois at Urbana-Champaign (UIUC): (1) Collect Data: Why Create a Systems Office; (2) Organize and Present Preliminary Data: Educate and Involve Stakeholders; (3) Identify Actions: Write a Plan; and (4) Implement. Addresses the major problems encountered,…
Descriptors: Academic Libraries, Design Preferences, Facility Guidelines, Facility Planning
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Zuidema, Karen Huwald – Library Resources & Technical Services, 1999
Describes the framework in which the research library at the University of Illinois at Chicago (UIC) reengineered its technical services operations. Focuses on the activities of the "Before Team" in evaluating, measuring, and redesigning the work processes that occur before the library receives an item. Discusses the results. (Author/AEF)
Descriptors: Academic Libraries, Higher Education, Library Development, Library Planning
Garner, Imogen – 1999
This paper describes the experiences of a recent change process that focused on the delivery of reference services at the University of Western Australia (UWA). UWA reference librarians felt that they could not fulfill all of their duties while working from the reference desk for a significant period of time each day; they wanted time away from…
Descriptors: Academic Libraries, Change Strategies, Foreign Countries, Higher Education
Benaud, Claire-Lise; Bordeianu, Sever – 1998
This publication provides librarians with a broader understanding of outsourcing issues in academic libraries. The book investigates the literature, then presents a survey of more than 200 academic research libraries involved with outsourcing projects. This book synthesizes prevailing theories and practice, details pros and cons, an outlines steps…
Descriptors: Academic Libraries, Authority Control (Information), Cataloging, Higher Education
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