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Dunkle, Clare B. – Journal of Academic Librarianship, 1996
This article draws on parallels between outsourcing in business and in libraries to examine the difficulties and implications of outsourcing the catalog department. Topics include outsourcing at Wright State University (Ohio), management concerns, vendor objectives, cataloging as a noncore activity; and selective versus total outsourcing. Contains…
Descriptors: Academic Libraries, Business Administration, Cataloging, Higher Education
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Bundy, Alan L. – Australian Library Journal, 1978
The libraries of nine British polytechnics were surveyed in the following categories: accommodation of users, management, staffing, services, interlibrary cooperation, user education, collection size, periodicals, audiovisual resources, cataloging and classification, binding and processing, and funding. (JAB)
Descriptors: College Libraries, Higher Education, Library Administration, Library Collections
Hood, Elizabeth – 1986
In response to an ambitious acquisitions effort at Trinity University's Elizabeth Coates Maddux Library during 1980/81, the library's cataloging department quintupled its monographic processing output while increasing its staff only by the addition of seven permanent and two temporary support staff members. Production standards, initially…
Descriptors: Academic Libraries, Cataloging, Higher Education, Library Administration
Tramdack, Philip J.; And Others – Library Administration & Management, 1993
Includes three articles that address issues associated with the automation and management of library acquisitions departments. Highlights include the systems librarian's point of view; restructuring the cataloging and acquisitions departments in a large academic library after NOTIS implementation; and the workflow in a smaller university library.…
Descriptors: Academic Libraries, Higher Education, Library Acquisition, Library Administration
Saint Mary's Coll., Notre Dame, IN. – 1980
A nine month self-study aimed at improving public and technical services, internal operations, and overall management was conducted during 1979-80 by the library staff at Saint Mary's College. A part of the Small Library Planning Program, the study was funded by the Lilly Foundation through the Office of Management Studies, Association of Research…
Descriptors: Administrative Organization, College Libraries, Higher Education, Library Administration
Packer, Donna; And Others – 1986
This collection development policy provides a framework within which library faculty subject specialists at Western Washington University make library material acquisition decisions. The collection policies address aspects of collection scope and collection intensity, current needs and long-term goals of the university's academic program and…
Descriptors: Academic Libraries, Administrative Policy, Higher Education, Library Administration
Davis, Jinnie Y. – 1983
Written when an in-house retrospective conversion project on the monographs collection of an academic library was 80% complete, this paper presents factors for consideration by decision-makers prior to establishing a similar project. Topics considered together with a description of how North Carolina State University (NCSU) handled each, include:…
Descriptors: Academic Libraries, Higher Education, Library Administration, Library Automation
Ho, James – Library Administration & Management, 1988
Presents a quantitative method for implementing management by objectives (MBO) in library technical services. Several mathematical formulas show the relationships between such variables as: (1) volume of works; (2) total materials budget; (3) number of staff; (4) working hours; (5) productivity; and (6) tasks. (four references) (MES)
Descriptors: Academic Libraries, Budgets, Higher Education, Library Administration
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Ray, Ron L. – Journal of Academic Librarianship, 1998
Examines three circumstances likely to alter the organization of acquisitions expertise in libraries: holistic understanding superseding specialized expertise; diverging futures for acquisitions expertise and acquisitions departments; and the role of acquisitions expertise outside the library. (AEF)
Descriptors: Futures (of Society), Higher Education, Holistic Approach, Holistic Evaluation
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Abel-Kops, Chad P. – Catholic Library World, 2000
Focuses the issue of outsourcing cataloging in academic and special libraries. Examines the goal of outsourcing to increase production at reduced costs; a case of outsourcing at Wright State University of Ohio; confidentiality issues of outsourcing by law firms and other corporations; contracts; debates on "whether" and "what"…
Descriptors: Academic Libraries, Budgets, Cataloging, Change
Reed-Scott, Jutta, Comp.; And Others – 1993
This Association of Research Libraries (ARL) publication presents data from 119 U.S. and Canadian research libraries that were members of ARL during the 1991-92 fiscal year. The Preservation Statistics Questionnaire was designed to yield statistical information on the current level of preservation efforts in research libraries and on the key…
Descriptors: Academic Libraries, Foreign Countries, Higher Education, Library Administration
Krzywkowski, Valerie I., Ed. – 1984
The 15 papers in this collection discuss various aspects of computer use in libraries and several other aspects of library service not directly related to computers. Following an introduction and a list of officers, the papers are: (1) "Criminal Justice and Related Databases" (Kate E. Adams); (2) "Software and Hard Thought:…
Descriptors: Academic Libraries, Computer Science, Databases, Higher Education
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Francis, Simon – Electronic Library, 1984
Relates problems prompted by implementation of online circulation and cataloging systems in Polytechnic of North London's Library Service. Conversion of records from former card catalog to computer file and organizational problems (position of central technical services unit, position of Library Service in total information handling structure of…
Descriptors: Cataloging, College Libraries, Foreign Countries, Higher Education
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Bavakutty, M. – International Library Review, 1984
Reports on survey utilizing questionnaires, interviews, examination of relevant records, and personal observation to assess state of the art of college libraries in Kerala (smallest Indian state). Administrative set-up, organizational efficiency, finances, book selection and acquisition, technical processing, library collections, library services,…
Descriptors: Academic Libraries, Developing Nations, Higher Education, Library Administration
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Jones, Ray – Library Trends, 1982
Outline of the operation and services of the Data Library in the University of Florida Libraries includes a brief history, administration of the library system, development of collection of machine-readable data files, data users, technical services, reference services, funding, and staff recruitment, training, and development. Four references are…
Descriptors: Cataloging, College Libraries, Databases, Higher Education
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