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Drafting Recommendations for a Shared Statewide High-Density Storage Facility: Experiences with the State University Libraries of Florida Proposal
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Walker, Ben – Resource Sharing & Information Networks, 2008
In August 2007, an $11.2 million proposal for a shared statewide high-density storage facility was submitted to the Board of Governors, the governing body of the State University System in Florida. The project was subsequently approved at a slightly lower level and funding was delayed until 2010/2011. The experiences of coordinating data…
Descriptors: Research Libraries, Academic Libraries, Program Proposals, Shared Resources and Services
Minor Repairs in a Small Research Library.
Berger, Pearl – Library Journal, 1979
Makes a case for an in-house minor repairs workshop to treat circulating materials of a small research library. Preservation methods, materials, and training are discussed, and useful reference sources are mentioned. (JD)
Descriptors: Inservice Education, Library Materials, Methods, Preservation
The Allocation of Materials Funds. SPEC Kit 36.
Association of Research Libraries, Washington, DC. Office of Management Studies. – 1977
This Association of Research Libraries (ARL) kit contains source documents providing information on the general background, statistics/criteria, formulas, and decision-making processes used in the allocation of materials funds in academic libraries. The kit comprises: (1) a working paper on "Guidelines for the Allocation of Library Materials…
Descriptors: Academic Libraries, Budgeting, Guidelines, Higher Education
Expert Systems in ARL Libraries. SPEC Kit 174.
Bailey, Charles W., Jr., Comp.; Myers, Judy E., Comp. – 1991
This Systems and Procedures Exchange Center (SPEC) kit presents the results of a survey of library members of the Association of Research Libraries (ARL) which assessed their perceptions of expert systems and determined their level of expert system development activity; 78 of these ARL libraries returned useable surveys, and 7 submitted planning…
Descriptors: Academic Libraries, Computers, Expert Systems, Higher Education
Private Foundations. SPEC Kit 22.
Association of Research Libraries, Washington, DC. Office of Management Studies. – 1975
Because of the variety in the nature and interests of foundations, libraries often seek an understanding of several foundations' interests, funding history, future plans, and strategies in terms of their own needs before approaching a single foundation. A review of foundation giving within the past few years shows that construction and expansion…
Descriptors: Academic Libraries, Grants, Grantsmanship, Higher Education
External Fund Raising. SPEC Kit 48.
Association of Research Libraries, Washington, DC. Office of Management Studies. – 1978
Responses to a 1978 telephone survey of selected Association of Research Libraries (ARL) directors indicated a movement toward the use of endowed funds for collection development and toward external funding for special collections. Other needs for which libraries were seeking external monies included technological improvements, publications,…
Descriptors: Academic Libraries, Endowment Funds, Financial Support, Fund Raising
Staff Development. SPEC Kit 18.
Association of Research Libraries, Washington, DC. Office of Management Studies. – 1975
This set of materials on staff development in research libraries was assembled by the Systems and Procedures Exchange Center (SPEC) of the Association of Research Libraries (ARL). Selected portions of management studies, reviews, and evaluations are included from the University of Washington Libraries, the University of Rochester Library, the…
Descriptors: Academic Libraries, Affirmative Action, Higher Education, Librarians