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Direct linkVaughan, Jason – Journal of Academic Librarianship, 2007
An academic library working group was charged in 2005 to create a records retention schedule and policy applicable to records containing personally identifiable information of library patrons. This group conducted a survey and extensive research, culminating in an adopted library records retention schedule and policy implemented in 2006.
Descriptors: Academic Libraries, Information Management, Library Policy, Confidential Records
Perrault, Anna H.; Dixon, Jeannie – Community & Junior College Libraries, 2007
Beginning in 1994, a series of collection analysis and assessment projects of community college library/LRC collections in Florida has been conducted by the College Center for Library Automation (CCLA). The purpose of the assessments conducted through LINCC, the network for Florida community colleges, was to provide data for improvement of…
Descriptors: Community Colleges, College Libraries, Library Research, Library Development
Baughman, M. Sue, Ed. – Association of Research Libraries, 2013
"Research Library Issues" ("RLI") focuses on current and emerging topics that are strategically important to research libraries. The articles explore issues, share information, pose critical questions, and provide examples. This issue includes the following articles: (1) ARL Library Budgets after the Great Recession, 2011-13…
Descriptors: Research Libraries, Budgets, Staff Utilization, College Libraries
Gibson, Tess – Journal of Access Services, 2008
Interlibrary lending is often overlooked when resource-sharing operations are evaluated. The relevant literature shows a lack of current lending studies. It can be difficult to convince administrators that lending should be considered to be as important as borrowing in spite of the fact that one cannot operate without the other. 26,800 cancelled…
Descriptors: Library Services, Library Networks, Library Administration, Library Policy
Association of Research Libraries, Washington, DC. Office of Univ. Library Management Studies. – 1975
Future directions for the Office of University Library Management Studies include the development and extension of new applications of their Management Review and Analysis Program (MRAP). A management audit, which would telescope MRAP into a diagnostic tool for use by research libraries, and the Services Development Program, which would provide a…
Descriptors: Administration, Annual Reports, College Libraries, Library Administration
Download full textKordish, Heike – 1976
Important to the cost analysis process is prior consideration and precise description of the scope of the activity and the tasks to be included so that proper methodology can be applied and the data can be collected with consistency and accuracy. The preparatory steps involved in doing a cost study, particularly in the area of cataloging in a…
Descriptors: Cataloging, Cost Effectiveness, Costs, Data Collection
Gwinn, Nancy E. – Library Journal, 1977
A history of the activities of the Council on Library Resources is described. (AP)
Descriptors: Libraries, Library Administration, Library Automation, Library Research
Parsons, Jerry L. – Wilson Library Bulletin, 1976
Descriptors: Administrator Characteristics, College Libraries, Librarians, Library Administration
Library Research Service, 2009
Issues 266 through 282 of "Fast Facts" from the Library Research Service present data collected from libraries in Colorado and throughout the nation. Topics addressed in these "Fast Facts" from 2009 include interlibrary loan in academic libraries, public librarian salaries, book, newspaper, and periodical prices from 2004 to…
Descriptors: Library Research, User Satisfaction (Information), Outcomes of Education, Public Libraries
Mitchell, Eugene S. – 1988
This paper surveys the history and development of some of the major theories and concepts of leadership: (1) the trait approach--research focusing on personality characteristics presumed to set leaders apart from others; (2) leader behavior--what leaders actually do; and (3) situational variables--characteristics of the particular situation.…
Descriptors: Leadership, Leadership Qualities, Library Administration, Library Research
Peer reviewedEdwards, Ralph M. – Library Quarterly, 1975
The function of library management is seen as different from the functions of librarians performing as professionals. (Author)
Descriptors: Administration, Librarians, Library Administration, Library Research
Daval, Nicola, Ed. – 1984
Program presentations on issues related to bibliographic control and access to collections and business meeting minutes are combined in this report. Under the program title, "The Sum of the Parts: Sharing Responsibility," the following addresses are included: (1) "The Building Blocks: Elements in a System of Distributed…
Descriptors: Cataloging, Library Administration, Library Associations, Library Catalogs
Association of Research Libraries, Washington, DC. Office of Univ. Library Management Studies. – 1976
Some of the conditions in research libraries which have shaped the Office of University Library Management Studies' (OMS) approach to library management studies are outlined, OMS activities during 1976 are described, as well as priorities for 1977. OMS work with member libraries in 1976 indicated that research libraries are primarily concerned…
Descriptors: Administration, Annual Reports, College Libraries, Library Administration
Association of Research Libraries, Washington, DC. Office of Univ. Library Management Studies. – 1977
The Office of University Library Management Studies (OMS) activities which are reviewed include providing member libraries with resources and services ranging from research and development programs to information collection and dissemination programs and training. In addition to conducting Management Skills Institutes and regional and special…
Descriptors: Administration, Annual Reports, College Libraries, Library Administration
National Center for Education Statistics (ED), Washington, DC. – 1994
The four papers contained in this volume were presented at the August 1994 meetings of the American Statistical Association as a session titled, "Public Policy and Data Comparability: New Interest in Public Library Data." The first paper, "Public Library Statistics: Two Systems Compared" (Mary Jo Lynch), describes two systems…
Descriptors: Census Figures, Demography, Library Administration, Library Research
