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Download full textOberg, Larry R. – 1979
This review of the literature on undergraduate libraries, the historical context from which they arose, and their status at the end of the 1970's points out that a long tradition of lack of concern for undergraduate bibliographical needs was broken dramatically in 1949 by the construction of Lamont Library, the Harvard undergraduate facility.…
Descriptors: College Libraries, Construction Programs, Higher Education, History
Goldhor, Herbert, Comp. – 1981
This fact book, compiled to fill the need of practicing librarians and researchers for recent data on public libraries, contains statistics concerning or relevant to the U.S. public library system. Data on all aspects of American public libraries are summarized from such sources as annual reports, journal articles, surveys, books, doctoral theses,…
Descriptors: Foreign Countries, Library Administration, Library Expenditures, Library Facilities
Sager, Donald J. – 1982
This analysis of data from major library studies provides a wide range of information on public libraries in America in the 1970's. Following a discussion of the history and stated purpose of American public libraries, figures are presented for library size, population served, area served, governing bodies, financial support, revenue allocation,…
Descriptors: Computer Output Microfilm, Library Administration, Library Automation, Library Collections
Bard, Therese B.; Sakai, Edith N. – 1981
Factors related to the extraordinary growth and development of school libraries in the United States between 1945 and 1980 are reviewed in this report, which describes the establishment of standards for school library media centers, Knapp Foundation funding of school library projects, federal funding of school libraries, the professional…
Descriptors: Certification, Educational Technology, Elementary Secondary Education, Financial Support
Peer reviewedShkolnik, Leon – College and Research Libraries, 1991
Discusses the organization of academic libraries and considers the question of centralization versus branch or departmental libraries. Issues that are raised include cost, administrative difficulties, interdisciplinary access, user expectations and demands, the role of faculty, and prospects for the future in light of technological developments.…
Descriptors: Academic Libraries, Access to Information, Branch Libraries, Costs
Wisconsin State Dept. of Public Instruction, Madison. Div. of Library Services. – 1990
A task force on school library media issues was appointed in Wisconsin to describe the current program status in the state; identify those factors that are preventing the fulfillment of the library media program's mission--that every student in public elementary and secondary schools in Wisconsin has a right to a comprehensive program of library…
Descriptors: Curriculum Development, Elementary Secondary Education, Information Retrieval, Information Technology
