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Direct linkGrogg, Jill E. – Library Journal, 2007
Librarians face two very pressing charges: make voluminous numbers of electronic resources as visible as possible in a landscape with multiple access points, and simultaneously manage all the technology, tasks, and data necessary to facilitate such ubiquitous access. In the past ten years, solutions have emerged and become commonplace in many…
Descriptors: Management Systems, Electronic Equipment, Librarians, Library Services
Peer reviewedBeasley, Kenneth E. – Library Trends, 1974
Some apparent parameters, involving attitudes and behaviors, that affect urban libraries are discussed. (PF)
Descriptors: Libraries, Library Services, Political Influences, Political Issues
Peer reviewedFrankenfield, Pearl – Catholic Library World, 1975
A real community program needs not only programs but a new perspective on the total program of the library aimed at joining the theoretical to the practical, with a shift in accent to the needs of the patron as an individual. (Author/PF)
Descriptors: Community Programs, Community Relations, Libraries, Library Services
Rayward, W. Boyd – Coll Res Libr, 1969
Descriptors: Automation, Evaluation, Libraries, Library Services
Bob, Murray L. – 1978
The unresolved aspects of access that were handled in the "Report of the Commissioner of Education's Committee on Library Development, 1970" and the "Report of the Commissioner of Education's Committee on Direct Access, 1974" are discussed. Travel distance to libraries providing reference and referral, interlibrary loan, and…
Descriptors: Information Needs, Information Seeking, Libraries, Library Planning
PDF pending restorationOhio State Library, Columbus. – 1977
A comprehensive five-year program is outlined for the improvement of library services, particularly programs which can be assisted by the Library Services and Construction Act. Prepared by the State Library staff and based on the program developed in 1972, it provides brief descriptions of the State Library, as well as public, university, school,…
Descriptors: Improvement Programs, Libraries, Library Planning, Library Services
Lopez, Manuel D. – 1976
This supplement to the "Bibliography of the History of Libraries in New York State" contains primary and secondary sources, in English or translated, completed or published from 1968 to 1972. Documents are concerned with functions and activities of individual New York State libraries and/or systems, and library development on a statewide…
Descriptors: Bibliographies, History, Libraries, Library Services
Download full textNelson Associates, Inc., Washington, DC. – 1965
DATA OBTAINED FROM VISITS TO ALL TYPES OF LIBRARIES, INTERVIEWS WITH ABOUT 80 PEOPLE, AND STATISTICAL DATA FURNISHED BY THE COLORADO STATE LIBRARY FROM THE BASIS FOR THIS SURVEY OF LIBRARY RESOURCES IN COLORADO. LIBRARY SERVICES ARE FOUND TO BE INADEQUATE AND IT IS RECOMMENDED THAT THE STATE LIBRARY ASSUME LEADERSHIP FOR STATE PROGRAMS, THAT THE…
Descriptors: Libraries, Library Cooperation, Library Services, Library Surveys
EISNER, JOSEPH – 1968
THIS REPORT PRESENTS RECOMMENDATIONS FOR IMPLEMENTING THE PROGRAMS PROPOSED IN "LIBRARIES FOR THE PEOPLE OF NEW JERSEY," BY LOWELL A. MARTIN AND MARY V. GAVER (NEW JERSEY LIBRARY ASSOCIATION, LIBRARY DEVELOPMENT COMMITTEE, NOVEMBER, 1964.) RECOMMENDATIONS COVER (1) INTERLIBRARY COOPERATION ACTIVITIES TO BE UNDERTAKEN AMONG AREA…
Descriptors: Interlibrary Loans, Libraries, Library Cooperation, Library Services
Perry, Elisabeth Israels; Hacker, Harold – 1978
The position taken is that convenient free access to information from all types of libraries is one guarantee that we will have the kind of society we want. Private endowments, foundation support, and federal funds should be sought. Specialized libraries ought to be considered national resources and funded accordingly. Other access problems…
Descriptors: Architectural Barriers, Financial Problems, Information Needs, Libraries
Department of Education and Science, London (England). – 1972
The task of the working party was to analyze how a scheme for the establishment of a public lending right might be devised in practical terms. It did not consider whether or not such a scheme should be introduced, nor what effect it might have on the finances of the library services or authors concerned. This report: establishes the nature of the…
Descriptors: Authors, Copyrights, Foreign Countries, Libraries
Leimkuhler, Ferdinand F.; Cooper, Michael D. – 1970
The approach to library planning studied in this report is the use of accounting models to measure library costs and implement program budgets. A cost-flow model for a university library is developed and listed with historical data from the Berkeley General Library. Various comparisons of an exploratory nature are made of the unit costs for…
Descriptors: Cost Effectiveness, Libraries, Library Expenditures, Library Planning
New York State Education Dept., Albany. – 1970
A plan of action by which library service and development in New York State can respond to rapid and dynamic changes in society is outlined. The program is based on the principles that any state resident has a right to convenient access to local libraries to meet his needs, that statewide library networks constitute the most efficient means to…
Descriptors: Libraries, Library Networks, Library Planning, Library Services
Thompson, Anthony, Ed. – 1971
The IFLA Annual 1970 is divided into two sections. Section one is the IFLA General Council Proceedings and contains: (1) the Opening Plenary Session; (2) the Plenary Session on the theme "Libraries as a Force in Education;" (3) the Plenary Session on the theme "Lenin and Libraries;" and (4) the reports on activities, meetings in Moscow, and…
Descriptors: Annual Reports, Foreign Countries, Libraries, Library Associations
Harrigan, Joan – 1971
It is the contention of this paper that libraries are accountable and that library performance can be measured under the accountability concept. Accountability includes three aspects: (1) basic principles, (2) performance objectives and (3) educational engineering. In order to explore this position, the following topics are dealt with in this…
Descriptors: Administration, Libraries, Library Education, Library Planning
