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Research USA, Inc., Chicago, IL. – 1989
The Association of College and Research Libraries (ACRL) commissioned Research USA, Inc., to conduct a survey of 468 of their individual members in order to find out more about them, their libraries, and their involvement with ACRL. Some of the specific areas studied in the survey include: (1) the type and place of their employment; (2) their…
Descriptors: Academic Libraries, Higher Education, Library Associations, Library Personnel
Peer reviewedLynch, Beverly P. – Library Trends, 1982
Discusses the adoption of "Standards for University Libraries" in 1978/79 by Association of Research Libraries (ARL) and Association of College and Research Libraries (ACRL), including the definition of universities and colleges, ARL/ACRL committees, the standards, and a survey of 88 library directors concerning usefulness of standards.…
Descriptors: Academic Libraries, Higher Education, Library Administration, Library Associations
Download full textSteele, Patricia Ann, Comp.; Walters, Carolyn, Comp. – SPEC Kit, 2001
This SPEC (Systems and Procedures Exchange Center) Kit presents the results of a survey of Association of Research Libraries (ARL) member libraries designed to provide a description of how they are responding to demands for greater hours of access and service. Survey responses indicate what hours of access and service libraries are providing and…
Descriptors: Academic Libraries, Foreign Countries, Higher Education, Library Associations
Dow, Ronald F.; Avery, Christine – 1993
Two separate reports combined here present the fifth and sixth annual salary surveys of the academic libraries of Pennsylvania. Questionnaires were sent to libraries at 141 two-year, baccalaureate, comprehensive, and doctoral granting colleges and universities. Responses were received from 96 institutions for a return rate of 68% to the 1992…
Descriptors: Academic Libraries, Higher Education, Librarians, Library Associations
Fretwell, Gordon, Comp.; And Others – 1994
This report presents data from the 1992 Association of Research Libraries (ARL) annual salary survey. Forty-two tables report data on professional salaries and years of experience, including breakdowns for minority librarians; distribution of professional staff by salary and position and by sex and position; the type of institution; and size of…
Descriptors: Academic Libraries, Foreign Countries, Higher Education, Librarians
Brown, Karen, Comp.; Holmes, Emily, Comp. – SPEC Kit, 2002
This SPEC (Systems and Procedures Exchange Center) Kit presents the results of a survey of Association of Research Libraries (ARL) member libraries designed to explore to what extent preservation activities have been integrated into research library operations by examining the many facets of mature preservation programs and determining how much…
Descriptors: Academic Libraries, Foreign Countries, Higher Education, Library Associations
Stambaugh, Laine, Comp.; Gomez, Joni, Comp. – SPEC Kit, 1999
This survey of Association of Research Libraries (ARL) members gathered data on library support staff classification specifications in ARL libraries, the process for classifying these positions, and salary and title comparisons with similar positions outside of the library. It also asked when the last classification study was performed within the…
Descriptors: Academic Libraries, Classification, Foreign Countries, Higher Education
Kyrillidou, Martha, Comp.; Rodriguez, Ken, Comp.; Newton, Joanna, Comp. – 1997
This report presents data from 116 U.S. and Canadian research libraries that were members of the Association of Research Libraries (ARL) during the 1995-96 fiscal year. The 1995-96 Preservation Statistics questionnaire was designed to yield statistical information on the current level of preservation efforts in research libraries and on the key…
Descriptors: Academic Libraries, Foreign Countries, Higher Education, Library Associations
Reed-Scott, Jutta, Comp.; And Others – 1995
This document presents data from 115 U.S. and Canadian research libraries that were members of the Association of Research Libraries (ARL) during the 1993-94 fiscal year. The Preservation Statistics questionnaire which is included is designed to yield statistical information on the current level of preservation efforts in research libraries, and…
Descriptors: Academic Libraries, Foreign Countries, Higher Education, Library Associations
Reed-Scott, Jutta, Comp.; Daval, Nicola, Comp. – 1993
This document consists of a complete run of "ARL Preservation Statistics" from its inception in 1988 through 1993, a total of 5 issues: 1988-89, 1989-90, 1990-91, 1991-92, 1992-93. The annual "ARL Preservation Statistics" questionnaire is designed to yield statistical information on the current level of preservation efforts in…
Descriptors: Academic Libraries, Foreign Countries, Higher Education, Library Associations
Reed-Scott, Jutta, Comp.; And Others – 1993
This Association of Research Libraries (ARL) publication presents data from 119 U.S. and Canadian research libraries that were members of ARL during the 1991-92 fiscal year. The Preservation Statistics Questionnaire was designed to yield statistical information on the current level of preservation efforts in research libraries and on the key…
Descriptors: Academic Libraries, Foreign Countries, Higher Education, Library Administration
Association of Coll. and Research Libraries, Chicago, IL. Education and Behavioral Sciences Section. – 1988
For years librarians discarded historical curriculum collections because they were not current, and because the libraries did not have adequate space to store them. Therefore, records of trends in subject content taught to generations of children and young people from kindergarten through grade 12 were unwittingly destroyed. In response to this…
Descriptors: Academic Libraries, Archives, Curriculum Guides, Databases
Peer reviewedBellardo, Trudi; Stephenson, Judy – Journal of Academic Librarianship, 1986
Fifty-five Association of Research Libraries member academic libraries were surveyed to determine trends in use of commercially available online numeric databases. Databases searched, searchers, users, publicity, library role in relation to numeric databases, and librarians' attitudes toward and knowledge of databases are examined. The…
Descriptors: Academic Libraries, Higher Education, Library Associations, Library Services
Young, Mark, Comp.; Kyrillidou, Martha, Comp.; Blixrud, Julia, Comp. – 2002
This report presents statistics on how ARL (Association of Research Libraries) member libraries spend money on electronic resources. The following tables are included: (1) a summary table of electronic resources and library materials expenditures in ARL university libraries, 1992-93 to 2000-01; (2) summary statistics for university libraries,…
Descriptors: Academic Libraries, Foreign Countries, Higher Education, Library Associations
Novotny, Eric, Comp. – SPEC Kit, 2002
This SPEC (Systems and Procedures Exchange Center) Kit presents the results of a survey of Association of Research Libraries (ARL) member libraries designed to document how ARL member libraries are collecting, using, and modifying their data on reference service transactions. A total of 74 of 124 ARL member libraries responded to the survey. A…
Descriptors: Academic Libraries, Data Collection, Evaluation Methods, Foreign Countries
