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Amarasinghe, N. – 1977
This report describes the current activities and future priorities of the Ceylon National Library Services Board, which was set up in 1970 for planning and developing library services on a national scale. Among other functions, the board is concerned with establishing the Ceylon National Library, promoting the development of library education and…
Descriptors: Developing Nations, Library Education, Library Planning, Library Services
Hales, Celia E. – 1979
This paper examines the need for accurate, reliable data on energy, flowing upward to the national government from various energy-intensive information systems. Part I explores the need for a national policy coordinating this flow within both the United States and, for comparative purposes, Great Britain. Part II presents in outline form the…
Descriptors: Energy, Information Systems, Libraries, Library Role
Download full textCongress of the U.S., Washington, DC. House Committee on Education and Labor. – 1979
This publication details the proceedings of an oversight hearing on federal library programs which focused on those programs that (1) make federal funds available to school districts to purchase instructional materials and school library resources, (2) authorize funds for the support of college and university libraries and for the improvement of…
Descriptors: Federal Aid, Federal Programs, Hearings, Learning Resources Centers
Harvey, John F. – 1975
This overview of the libraries under the direction of the University describes the accomplishments of the university libraries for the years 1972 to 1973 as well as projects planned for the immediate future. Descriptions of the programs, services, responsibilities and holdings of the following libraries are included: Main Campus--Zimmerman Library…
Descriptors: College Libraries, Higher Education, Libraries, Library Facilities
Pasick, Adele – 1977
This transcript of a presentation at the 1977 annual staff conference of the Regina Public Library discusses a children's services study conducted during the year and places it in the context of the total services of the library. Results of over 600 interviews with children concerning library use, television viewing habits, and differences between…
Descriptors: Children, Interviews, Library Services, Public Libraries
Ellison, John W.; And Others – 1978
This self evaluation form, designed to aid librarians in the care and storage of phonograph records, was developed from an extensive literature search on the subject of storage and care of non-book materials. A checklist of items relevant to proper care and storage procedures includes such information as temperature, humidity, types of packaging,…
Descriptors: Audiodisc Recordings, Audiovisual Aids, Bibliographies, Check Lists
Ellison, John W.; And Others – 1978
This self-evaluation form or checklist is designed to assist librarians who work with active non-book collections of films, filmstrips, filmloops, transparencies, and slides in evaluating the quality of their storage and care practices. A rationale for having a storage and care program, and recommendations for storing and taking care of non-book…
Descriptors: Audiovisual Aids, Bibliographies, Check Lists, Films
Johns Hopkins Univ., Baltimore, MD. Milton S. Eisenhower Library. – 1968
This fifth and final report describes activities since June, 1965. Centralization of the Eisenhower Library Collection was completed early in 1965 and a circulation system became operational in April, 1965. The main portion of this report focuses on various aspects of the circulation system such as preparation of identification cards; the…
Descriptors: Automation, College Libraries, Information Storage, Library Circulation
PDF pending restorationBLASINGAME, RALPH; AND OTHERS – 1968
INCLUDED IN THIS APPENDIX TO THE STUDY OF OHIO PUBLIC LIBRARIES AND THE LIBRARY NEEDS OF OHIOANS ARE THE TWO QUESTIONNAIRES SENT TO LIBRARIANS IN THE STATE. THE FIRST IS CONCERNED WITH THE RELATIONSHIP BETWEEN PUBLIC LIBRARIES AND THE STATE LIBRARY AND THE SECOND IS DESIGNED TO OBTAIN FACTUAL INFORMATION ABOUT THE INDIVIDUAL LIBRARY. RESULTS FROM…
Descriptors: Library Services, Library Surveys, Public Libraries, Questionnaires
MCCROSSAN, JOHN; AND OTHERS – 1968
THIS STUDY, UNDERTAKEN FOR THE OHIO STATE LIBRARY, PROVIDES IN PART I A DETAILED ACCOUNT OF THE NUMBER AND LOCATION OF BLIND, PARTIALLY SIGHTED, AND PHYSICALLY HANDICAPPED PEOPLE IN OHIO AND A SURVEY OF THE LIBRARY SERVICES PRESENTLY AVAILABLE TO THEM. PART II, WRITTEN BY RAYNARD SWANK, GIVES LONG RANGE RECOMMENDATIONS FOR PROVIDING THE…
Descriptors: Libraries, Library Cooperation, Library Facilities, Library Services
MARTIN, LOWELL A. – 1967
THIS DOCUMENT IS A STUDY OF THE READING POTENTIAL OF BALTIMORE'S CULTURALLY AND EDUCATIONALLY DEPRIVED AND THE ENOCH PRATT FREE LIBRARY'S ROLE IN SERVING THE DISADVANTAGED. AFTER DESCRIBING THE PRESENT CONDITIONS OF THE INNER CITY AND ITS INHABITANTS AND AFTER A BRIEF HISTORY OF PRATT'S SERVICE IN CITY AREAS, THE AUTHOR DISCUSSES CHARACTERISTICS…
Descriptors: Disadvantaged, Economically Disadvantaged, Library Collections, Library Services
New York State Education Dept., Albany. Div. of Library Development. – 1968
These 19 articles on school-public library cooperation have appeared in library and education periodicals or conference proceedings. Topics covered include: the problems and opportunities of library service to students; various relationships between school and public libraries; aspects of library cooperation in general; and descriptions of…
Descriptors: Federal Aid, Librarians, Library Cooperation, Library Services
Kuncaitis, Yadwiga – 1968
This study, prepared as a part of a comparative study of the Cleveland and Columbus Union catalogs (LI 000 788), reviews the literature on the subject since 1956 under the headings: (1) historical overview, (2) functions of a union catalog, (3) operational costs, and (4) new technology. A bibliography of 32 items is appended. (RP)
Descriptors: Bibliographies, Catalogs, Libraries, Library Cooperation
Kuncaitis, Yadwiga; Goldwyn, A.J. – 1967
This comparative study of the Cleveland Regional Union Catalog located at Case Western Reserve University and the Ohio State Library Catalog located in Columbus had as its purpose evaluation of the effectiveness of the catalogs and determination of their potential roles in Ohio library service. Data gathered on questionnaires and from analysis of…
Descriptors: Catalogs, Libraries, Library Cooperation, Library Services
Axam, John A. – 1968
The Reader Development Program (RDP) of the Free Library of Philadelphia was begun in 1966 with funds from Title I of the Library Services and Construction Act. The program was created in order to develop a demonstration reading program to reach and help the culturally disadvantaged. The RDP involves three approaches in providing library service…
Descriptors: Disadvantaged, Disadvantaged Youth, Educationally Disadvantaged, Functional Literacy
