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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
Tee, Edward Lim Huck – 1970
An attempt is made to trace the history of every major library in Malay and Singapore. Social and recreational club libraries are not included, and school libraries are not extensively covered. Although it is possible to trace the history of Malaysia's libraries back to the first millenium of the Christian era, there are few written records…
Descriptors: Foreign Countries, History, Libraries, Library Planning
Peer reviewedFoster, Barbara – International Library Review, 1973
The author primarily focuses on specific Israel contributions to librarianship, but at the same time observes their general library practices. (6 references) (SJ)
Descriptors: Foreign Countries, Librarians, Libraries, Library Science
Five Associated Univ. Libraries, Syracuse, NY. – 1970
The report of the Five Associated University Libraries (FAUL) Access Committee describes procedures for increasing ease of access to FAUL holdings by its user populations, as developed within the two-year period from 1968-1970. Brief descriptions of the activities of the Committee covering: in-person borrowing privileges, circulation system…
Descriptors: College Libraries, Libraries, Library Networks, Library Services
Patrinostro, Frank S., Comp.; Sanders, Nancy P., Ed. – 1972
The intent of this fourth volume of the "Survey of Automated Activities in the Libraries of the World" is to identify and describe computer-based library projects in the Latin American countries. Information was drawn from survey questionnaires sent to individual libraries. However, few of the South American libraries responded, and as a…
Descriptors: Foreign Countries, Libraries, Library Automation, Library Services
Harrison, K. C. – Library Association Record, 1978
A UNESCO consultant describes services provided by academic, public, and school libraries in Mauritius, and discusses levels of professionalism and salaries of librarians, opportunities for library education, and the possibility of developing a national library service. (JAB)
Descriptors: Developing Nations, Libraries, Library Education, Library Services
Slater, Margaret; Fisher Pamela – 1969
An analysis of 6300 acts of use in 104 technical libraries in the United Kingdom is reported. This study restricts itself to information search employing documents through the library and concentrates on the following aspects of behavior: (1) the form of the demand made upon the library, (2) the origin of the demand, (3) the kinds of documents…
Descriptors: Feedback, Foreign Countries, Libraries, Library Services
Peer reviewedMehernoosh, Khadije; Umapathy, K. S. – International Library Review, 1979
The scope, methods, data, conclusions, and recommendations of a study examining press coverage of libraries and their services in Iran are presented, as are the views of librarians concerning such coverage or the lack of it. Tables provide totals of library-oriented items printed in Iranian dailies, weeklies, and monthlies. (FM)
Descriptors: Libraries, Library Services, Library Surveys, News Reporting
Peer reviewedHull, David; Fearnley, Henry D. – Special Libraries, 1976
A statistical survey was made of the general condition and problems of the museum library, using a questionnaire sent to a random sample of 856 historical, art, science, and other museum libraries. (Author)
Descriptors: Librarians, Libraries, Library Collections, Library Services
Smith, Charles Edmund – 1970
Specific aspects of public library administration that were investigated by this study were: economics of librarianship (improving services and reducing costs); promoting the use of public libraries; coordination of library branches having varied sizes, services and distances from one another; library cooperation; student use of libraries; methods…
Descriptors: Administration, Foreign Countries, Libraries, Library Cooperation
Heath, Janeth L.; Johnson, Kent B. – 1971
The purpose of this study was to survey and analyze Rose Park, a residential area in the north-west part of Salt Lake City. A questionnaire was used to solicit information. The questions were formed through analysis of other surveys by means of an extensive literature search. Questionnaires were distributed randomly to 215 families and were…
Descriptors: Economic Factors, Libraries, Library Services, Library Surveys
Department of Education and Science, London (England). – 1969
The study was undertaken to examine the functions and organization of the British Museum Library, the National Central Library, the National Lending Library for Science and Technology, and the Science Museum Library in providing national library facilities; to consider whether in the interests of efficiency and economy such facilities should be…
Descriptors: Foreign Countries, Information Needs, Libraries, Library Planning
Holmes, Susan E. – 1977
A survey was conducted to determine the reading and library use patterns of adults 18 years of age or older. One hundred subjects chosen by a random sample technique were individually questionned by the researcher and data were tabulated by computer using the Statistical Package for the Social Sciences (SPSS). A profile of the respondent was…
Descriptors: Adults, Libraries, Library Services, Library Surveys
White, Ruth W., Ed. – 1971
A project team was commissioned to gather information which could be used by the Reference Standards Committee of the American Library Association in their development of standards for library reference services. The metropolitan Atlanta area was selected because it includes in an accessible geographical area the entire range of types of…
Descriptors: Libraries, Library Services, Library Standards, Library Surveys
Stephens, Eileen; Nijenberg, Caroline – 1978
This directory is designed to provide information on automated systems and/or equipment used in libraries to provide a tool for planning future automation in the context of interlibrary cooperation considerations, and to inform the library and information community of the state of the art of automation in Massachusetts libraries. The main body is…
Descriptors: Databases, Directories, Libraries, Library Automation
