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Peer reviewedOliver, Kent – Public Libraries, 1997
When the Johnson County Library (Shawnee Mission, Kansas) went the extra mile to comply with the Americans with Disabilities Act (ADA), an intensive program of building modification, new equipment acquisition, staff education, and community-awareness promotion was the result. A Disabilities Awareness Month was also launched. (AEF)
Descriptors: Accessibility (for Disabled), Building Design, Community Involvement, County Libraries
Peer reviewedBalarabe, Ahmed Abdu – Third World Libraries, 1995
Discusses the development of Nigerian federal universities and their libraries. Topics include library funding; the Nigerian economic crisis and the university library system; rationale for the World Bank Federal Universities Adjustment Loan Project that was used for library materials, staff development, and equipment; and problems with the…
Descriptors: Academic Libraries, Developing Nations, Economic Factors, Foreign Countries
Michaels, Andrea; And Others – Computers in Libraries, 1992
Five articles discuss designing library interiors for ergonomic needs and requirements of the Americans with Disabilities Act. Highlights include elements of library furnishings for use with technology; directories of vendors that supply libraries and distributors of technological devices for the blind and physically handicapped; adaptive…
Descriptors: Assistive Devices (for Disabled), Electronic Mail, Facility Guidelines, Federal Legislation
Download full textFlorida International Univ., Miami. Libraries. – 1992
This report explores the significance of the Americans with Disabilities Act of 1990 (ADA) for the Florida International University Libraries and describes adaptations that can be made to insure compliance with the law. Following a discussion of the law and definitions of terms, the paper lists auxiliary aids and services that should be purchased…
Descriptors: Accessibility (for Disabled), Assistive Devices (for Disabled), College Libraries, Communication Aids (for Disabled)
McLellan, Francis R. – 1992
This practicum was designed to improve a high school education media center through systematic collective action. The goal was to improve delivery of education media services by: (1) improving material conditions; (2) developing collaboration between education media specialists and academic teachers; and (3) involvement of the entire learning…
Descriptors: Change Strategies, Course Integrated Library Instruction, High Schools, Learning Resources Centers
International Federation of Library Associations and Institutions, The Hague (Netherlands). – 1986
Papers on library buildings and equipment which were presented at the 1986 International Federation of Library Associations (IFLA) conference include: (1) "Changes in Library Buildings" (H. Faulkner-Brown, United Kingdom), which defines a desirable library building as being flexible, compact, accessible, extendable, varied, organized,…
Descriptors: Building Plans, Developed Nations, Facility Planning, Facility Requirements
Morrison, LaVerne; And Others – 1982
This guide to the planning and design of school library or learning resources centers (LRC) is divided into two parts. Guidelines provided in the first section cover the planning responsibilities of the district LRC director and the learning resources specialist/librarian; development of educational specifications; location; required spaces;…
Descriptors: Accessibility (for Disabled), Check Lists, Educational Facilities Design, Elementary Secondary Education
Library of Congress, Washington, DC. Div. for the Blind and Physically Handicapped. – 1979
This report outlines topics addressed at the meeting in the areas of policy and procedures, planning and development, reading materials, equipment, reference services, music services, volunteer services, and publication services; information is presented in question and answer format in each subject area. Questions and comments directed to guest…
Descriptors: Blindness, Conference Reports, Directories, Educational Programs
Densmore, Glen; Bourne, Charles – 1965
This study was conducted to determine what fraction of the total cost of the Stanford University library system can properly be charged to each of the four major groups of users: undergraduate students, graduate students, faculty and staff, and non-Stanford users. Eight separate cost elements were developed for each of the library's cost centers…
Descriptors: Administration, Budgeting, College Libraries, Cost Effectiveness
Department of Housing and Urban Development, Washington, DC. – 1975
This handbook contains policy and procedure guidelines for establishing and maintaining libraries for the Department of Housing and Urban Development (HUD) (in regional, area, and insuring offices). In addition to delineating the relationship between these field libraries to the headquarters HUD Division Library, the text offers guidelines…
Descriptors: Government Libraries, Guides, Library Circulation, Library Collections
Roth, Harold L., Ed. – 1964
The text is made up of a number of general papers followed by the presentations of specific plans of college and university, public, and school libraries. The general sessions were devoted to areas of common interest to anyone contemplating a library program. Topics discussed include--(1) elements in planning a library building program, (2)…
Descriptors: Buildings, College Libraries, Construction Programs, Controlled Environment
Doms, Keith, Ed.; Rovelstad, Howard, Ed. – 1960
The content of the first major institute organized and operated by the Section on Buildings and Equipment of the Library Administration Division is presented. The general meeting papers and discussion include all phases of building from the general to the specific. Examples of--(1) college and university libraries, (2) public libraries, and (3)…
Descriptors: College Libraries, Design Requirements, Equipment Evaluation, Facility Case Studies
McNally, Paul Terence – 1972
To summarize practice in the organization and administration of non-book materials in libraries and to suggest modifications for Australian practice, this guide comprises a procedure manual for handling non-book materials and services in college of advanced education libraries. Sections of the guide cover the range of materials and equipment to be…
Descriptors: Audiovisual Aids, Cataloging, Classification, Codification
Davie, D. Kevin, Comp.; Fox, James, Comp.; Preece, Barbara, Comp. – 1999
The Association of Research Libraries (ARL), in partnership with Geographic Information System (GIS) vendors and foundations launched the GIS Literacy Project in 1992. This SPEC Kit and Flyer provide results from a survey conducted to examine how, in the years since the GIS Literacy Project began, ARL libraries have organized their delivery of…
Descriptors: Academic Libraries, Geography, Higher Education, Information Systems
Peer reviewedDreger, Megan – North Carolina Libraries, 1997
Describes results of a survey of North Carolina selective depository libraries. Focuses on equipment, CD-ROM resources, Internet resources, and library policies. Results indicate that these depository libraries are making great strides in providing access to material in electronic format. Six tables show results. The questionnaire is included.…
Descriptors: Access to Information, Depository Libraries, Electronic Publishing, Government Publications
