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Public Administration Service, Washington, DC. – 1978
This report (1) reviews the concept, development, and effectiveness of the Regional Library Resource Centers (RRC's) of Pennsylvania as a part of the state's organization for public library services; (2) recommends possible desirable changes in their number, scope of services, interlibrary relationships, and funding; and (3) drafts regulations for…
Descriptors: Development, Evaluation, Financial Support, Interlibrary Loans
Dalton, Phyllis I. – 1978
This comprehensive action plan addresses eight areas important to the development of county-wide cooperative library service: the utilization of total library resources and services, accessibility of library service, organization, financing, special services for special needs, short range action plans, and long-range planning. Additional sections…
Descriptors: County Programs, Demography, Financial Support, Geography
Arsulich, Michael – 1979
A survey of users of the teachers' library at the San Diego County Department of Education was conducted to assess the level of effectiveness of the library's collection and services in four general areas: (1) professional literature and curriculum collection, (2) publications from the professional resource and development service, (3) textbook…
Descriptors: Bibliographies, Evaluation Methods, Library Planning, Library Services
COHRSSEN, B.A.; WESSEL, C.J. – 1967
THIS REPORT SUMMARIZES THE FINDINGS OF A SEARCH IN THE LIBRARY AND MANAGEMENT SCIENCES LITERATURE TO DETERMINE THE STANDARDS AND METHODS OF EVALUATING THE EFFICIENCY AND EFFECTIVENESS OF LIBRARY SERVICES AND OPERATIONS. A MATRIX IS USED TO SHOW WHICH MANAGEMENT TECHNIQUES, EITHER ANALYTICAL OR OPERATING, MAY BE APPLICABLE FOR EVALUATING THE…
Descriptors: Administration, Costs, Evaluation, Evaluation Criteria
Download full textBUNGE, CHARLES A. – 1967
IN ORDER TO EXAMINE THE RELATIONSHIP BETWEEN FORMAL LIBRARY EDUCATION AND EFFECTIVENESS IN ANSWERING REFERENCE QUESTIONS, FIELD STUDIES WERE CONDUCTED IN WHICH 9 PAIRS OF REFERENCE STAFF MEMBERS IN MEDIUM-SIZED PUBLIC LIBRARIES WERE ASKED A SET OF TEST REFERENCE QUESTIONS AND OBSERVED WHILE THEY ANSWERED THEM. MAJOR CONCLUSIONS WERE THAT--(1) THE…
Descriptors: Comparative Analysis, Evaluation, Field Studies, Graduate Study
Copenhaver, Christina; Boelke, Joanne – 1968
This selective bibliography covers library services and materials for the culturally, educationally, or economically deprived in the United States and Canada. It includes 365 references to journal and newspaper articles, reports, books, bibliographies, theses, and pamphlets published from 1960 to Fall, 1968, with emphasis on materials dated 1965…
Descriptors: Bibliographies, Conferences, Disadvantaged, Disadvantaged Youth
Wessel, C. J.; And Others – 1968
This report summarizes (1) data and information collected to facilitate the development of criteria for the evaluation of the efficiency and effectiveness of Army Technical Libraries; (2) the findings on the mission and objectives of Army Technical Libraries; (3) the areas in which adequate standards for performance are feasible, and (4) presents…
Descriptors: Administration, Cost Effectiveness, Costs, Evaluation
Troutman, Joan C. – 1967
This survey of data bases emphasizes reference data bases only and is intended to be indicative of the variety and number of magneti" tape files in existence of a type which might be utilized in an information service center in an university library. It reflects both projects undertaken on a large national scale and those which serve the needs of…
Descriptors: Automation, College Libraries, Information Centers, Information Processing
Regional Planning Commission, Cleveland, OH. – 1968
In February, 1965 the boards of the Cleveland Public and Cuyahoga County Library Districts engaged the Regional Planning Commission to prepare a plan for the expansion or modification of their branch library systems. The general goal of the study was the design of a fully satisfying level of branch library service for the people of Cuyahoga…
Descriptors: Community Planning, Decentralization, Evaluation, Library Networks
Bidwell, Charles M.; Day, Muriel L. – 1968
The Statewide Film Library Network developed this procedural appendix for use by staff members of participating libraries so that they could organize their procedures along lines compatible with the system. The general objectives of the manual are to indicate steps in sending and receiving messages within the Network, to suggest methods for the…
Descriptors: Codification, Computer Oriented Programs, Equipment Utilization, Films
Sellen, Betty-Carol, Ed.; Karkhanis, Sharad, Ed. – 1968
The purpose of this institute was to consider the ways in which various phases of interlibrary cooperation could be developed in a large and geographically scattered system composed of many once autonomous units which have developed independently up to the present. Attending the institute were librarians from the City University of New York and…
Descriptors: College Libraries, Conference Reports, Library Cooperation, Library Facilities
Rogers, Margaret – Oregon School Study Council Bulletin, 1968
Objectives of this paper are: (1) to provide a practical point of view, based on experience of library and audiovisual practitioners, for expanding secondary school library programs into instructional materials center programs as demanded by instructional programs involving flexible scheduling, inquiry, and independent study; (2) to provide an…
Descriptors: Bibliographies, Budgeting, Learning Resources Centers, Librarians
Denver Regional Council of Governments, CO. – 1968
The purpose of this plan is to provide a guide for designing improvements in public library service in the Denver metropolitan region and for evaluating the libraries as they develop. The report examines the background of public library planning activities, characteristics of the region, local library systems, area library resources and minimum…
Descriptors: Financial Support, Library Cooperation, Library Networks, Library Planning
Massachusetts Inst. of Tech., Cambridge. Sensory Aids Evaluation and Development Center. – 1967
Proceedings from a conference on braille production and services are summarized. Only equipment which is ready for use is considered. Specific methods of producing braille discussed include the following: use of plates from a stereograph, computer line printer, braille embossers or braille writers, continuous strip embossed tape from a teletype…
Descriptors: Blindness, Braille, Conference Reports, Electromechanical Technology
Hutcherson, Ethel Madge – 1967
A study was made to determine what library administrators think is the role of public libraries in retraining of adults, what libraries are doing to provide training, and how they differ when classified by size of population served. About 600 libraries serving populations of 50,000 or more were studied--age of library, location, branches, adult…
Descriptors: Administrator Attitudes, Community Size, Doctoral Dissertations, Evaluation
