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Mendrinos, Roxanne Baxter – American Libraries, 1998
A delegate with the People to People Ambassador program describes her visit to Russia in 1997, focusing on facilities, collections, and services of the Academy of Sciences in St. Petersburg, Fundamentals Library of St. Petersburg State Technical University and Open Library Systems Center, National Library of Russia (St. Petersburg), and Russian…
Descriptors: Foreign Countries, Higher Education, Information Technology, Libraries
Download full textLitzer, Don – 1991
Local genealogical societies and libraries have a common interest in providing genealogical researchers with materials and expert assistance. Societies and libraries can cooperate to meet genealogists' needs in several ways: (1) collection development, access, and creation; (2) indirect reference service (societies as a referral resource; (3)…
Descriptors: Community Organizations, Family History, Genealogy, Information Needs
Tucker, John Mark, Ed. – 1998
Contributors to this volume shed light on old stories and focus attention on new issues relating to civil rights, libraries and black librarianship. Papers deal with such topics as people who taught others to read, people who founded libraries and those who supported them, library organizers and library users, people who wrote and edited books for…
Descriptors: Black Leadership, Blacks, Civil Rights, Librarians
National Commission on Libraries and Information Science, Washington, DC. – 1991
This collection of addresses, remarks, and papers presented at the second White House Conference on Library and Information Services (WHCLIS2) includes excerpts from remarks made by First Lady Barbara Bush, President George Bush, Marilyn Quayle, and William T. Esrey of United Telecommunications, Inc., and keynote addresses by Mary Futrell from the…
Descriptors: Access to Information, Democracy, Information Technology, Library Collections
Beach, Alta, Comp. – 1986
Designed to help business firms, corporations, researchers, and others identify libraries with major collections in the fields related to business that are accessible to the public, this brochure may also inform library staff of sources of information in the field for their own networking and for referrals of library users. An expanded and updated…
Descriptors: Academic Libraries, Business, Interlibrary Loans, Library Collections
Wright, H. Stephen – 1986
This filing manual was developed to address certain problems unique to music catalog filing. Prior to development of the manual, a thorough study of the existing arrangement in the Northern Illinois University Music Library's catalog was undertaken and staff members were interviewed to determine the extent of "unwritten" rules, if any…
Descriptors: Academic Libraries, Cataloging, Higher Education, Library Catalogs
Hodgson, Tom; Garoogian, Andrew – 1981
This 1974/75 survey with a follow-up study in 1980 assembles data on the management and use of vertical file (VF) collections in the 18 libraries of the City University of New York. Results of questionnaires sent to 188 reference department heads or reference librarians show that the sizes of the VF collections studied range from 1,000 to 79,000…
Descriptors: College Libraries, Filing, Higher Education, Library Collections
Nitecki, Joseph Z. – 1977
Present central library operations are discussed in terms of emerging needs and possible direction for future development. Library objectives include acquiring and organizing relevant records of knowledge, and providing satisfactory information service standards. Issues relating to objectives include the library's involvement in planning and…
Descriptors: Budgets, College Libraries, Library Administration, Library Collections
South Carolina State Library, Columbia. – 1978
This ninth annual report of the South Carolina State Library covers the fiscal period July 1, 1977-June 30, 1978. Included are a list of the board members and professional staff, an organizational chart, descriptions of the objectives and responsibilities of the various parts of the library, and public library statistics for libraries, librarians,…
Descriptors: Annual Reports, Federal Aid, Interlibrary Loans, Library Circulation
Popov, Vladimir – 1979
The adoption of a multilateral international convention on the Universal Availability of Publications (UAP) is the best possible guarantee for the practical implementation of the decisions and recommendations of the UNESCO UAP conference to be held in 1981-82. This convention should declare the principle of UAP and should determine the basic…
Descriptors: Conferences, Copyrights, Information Services, Interlibrary Loans
Michigan State Dept. of Education, Lansing. – 1979
This report details the proceedings of the Michigan pre-White House Conference on Libraries and Information Services held from March 26-28, 1979. Demonstrations, displays, discussions, elections, and participants are described, and the 68 resolutions arising from the discussions are listed according to the following topics: (1) finance, (2)…
Descriptors: Accessibility (for Disabled), Financial Support, Libraries, Library Automation
Danford, Robert E., Ed. – 1980
Convened by representatives of 15 private liberal arts colleges, this conference addressed the role and place of the library in the liberal arts college, the needs of academic users, and alternatives to current practices. This collection of presentations and reports includes "Introductory Remarks," by Robert E. R. Huntley; "Collection Development…
Descriptors: Academic Libraries, Higher Education, Information Seeking, Liberal Arts
CASEY, GENEVIEVE M. – 1968
TWENTY EIGHT STATE INSTITUTIONS AND THIRTEEN COUNTY INSTITUTIONS FOR THE MENTALLY ILL AND TUBERCULAR WHICH RECEIVE 50 PERCENT OF THEIR SUPPORT FROM THE STATE ARE INCLUDED IN THIS SURVEY OF INSTITUTIONAL LIBRARIES. DATA COLLECTED FROM FIELD VISITS AND QUESTIONNAIRES ON LIBRARY COLLECTIONS, PERSONNEL, PHYSICAL FACILITIES, SERVICES AND BUDGET FOR…
Descriptors: Correctional Institutions, Institutions, Libraries, Library Collections
Blasingame, Ralph; Ridinger, Thornton J. – 1966
The scope of this study included (1) reviewing the present plan for regional library development; (2) analyzing statutes affecting library organization and financing; (3) conducting a survey of the library collections, staff, and physical facilities presently existing; (4) compiling data on educational, social, and economic conditions in West…
Descriptors: Financial Support, Intellectual Property, Librarians, Libraries
Nelson Associates, Inc., Washington, DC. – 1969
The report examines patron characteristics and use patterns of the New York Public Library Research Libraries. A general user survey was conducted as well as surveys of the use of the Photographic Service, Special Collections, Special Study Areas, and Reference Correspondence Service. Chapter I is a summary of principal findings and conclusions.…
Descriptors: Library Collections, Library Facilities, Library Planning, Library Services
