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Download full textCAUSE, Boulder, CO. – 1991
Seven papers from the 1990 CAUSE Conference Track VII: Managing Applications and Technology are presented. Authors describe how colleges and universities are incorporating emerging technologies into their campus environments: hardware; software; and procedural techniques. Papers and their authors are as follows: "The Iowa Student Information…
Descriptors: Academic Libraries, College Administration, College Planning, Communication Audits
LeClercq, Angie Whaley, Comp. – 1993
Responses of 62 member libraries from the Association of Research Libraries (ARL) to a survey conducted by the Systems and Procedures Exchange Center (SPEC) about library policies and practices related to the fair use of unpublished manuscript materials indicates that recent court decisions and the current debate over fair use affect library…
Descriptors: Academic Libraries, Access to Information, Copyrights, Court Litigation
Claassen, Lynda Corey, Comp. – 1993
This kit developed by the Systems and Procedures Exchange Center (SPEC) of the Association of Research Libraries (ARL) presents results of a survey of development and fundraising activities in libraries that are members of ARL, as well as some sample documents used in connection with development and fundraising. Eighty-seven institutions…
Descriptors: Academic Libraries, Annual Reports, Budgets, Developmental Programs
Siggins, Jack, Comp. – 1992
Faculty status for librarians at academic institutions has been an unresolved issue for many decades. In 1991, the Office of Management Services of the Association of Research Libraries (ARL) conducted a survey of the 107 members on the topic of faculty status. Ninety-nine responses were received. Responses clearly reveal that the term…
Descriptors: Academic Libraries, Academic Rank (Professional), Career Development, College Faculty
Lee, Tamera, Comp.; Jenda, Claudine, Comp. – SPEC Kit, 1998
This survey was conducted to determine how ARL (Association of Research Libraries) libraries are participating in extension/outreach through three objectives: identify the level of involvement; determine the types of outreach service, as well as user populations; and ascertain the impact on the library, including its financial donor programs. A…
Descriptors: Academic Libraries, Distance Education, Higher Education, Library Associations
Soete, George J., Comp. – SPEC Kit, 1998
This survey was conducted to discover how extensively ARL (Association of Research Libraries) libraries are involved in formal, active programs of collaboration for collections management. Seventy ARL libraries completed a questionnaire focusing on all collections formats and a number of related collections management activities. Results indicated…
Descriptors: Academic Libraries, Consortia, Higher Education, Library Administration
Montanelli, Dale S., Ed.; Stenstrom, Patricia F., Ed. – 1999
This book, emphasizing service to users, includes 10 chapters by different librarians who have had experience as practitioners. Chapters are: (1) "Avoiding the Seven Deadly Sins, or Technology and the Future of Library Service in Academic Libraries" (Michael Gorman); (2) "The Gateway Library: Rethinking Undergraduate Services" (Lizabeth A.…
Descriptors: Academic Libraries, Access to Information, Cataloging, Higher Education
Seibert, Warren F.; Kuenz, Marjorie A. – 1992
The analyses reported here on the growth and change of medical school libraries are based on the annual statistics of 67 U.S. and Canadian medical school libraries, 1975-89, and 4 primary statistics from "parent," main campus libraries, all of them members of the Association of Research Libraries. The results show that medical school…
Descriptors: Academic Libraries, Economic Impact, Foreign Countries, Higher Education
Ragsdale, Kate W., Comp. – 1991
This Systems and Procedures Exchange Center (SPEC) Kit presents the results of a survey on issues and concerns associated with planning for library services for persons with disabilities. The survey was sent to 119 U.S. and Canadian Association of Research Libraries (ARL) and returned by 74. The report is based on the responses of libraries which…
Descriptors: Academic Libraries, Access to Information, Accessibility (for Disabled), Disabilities
Rayward, W. Boyd, Ed. – 1992
The conference that generated these papers focused on the range of issues presently facing university libraries. Because there is no general consensus on the nature or importance of the most substantive problems or the solutions to those problems, the conference was designed to encourage discussion of the issues. An analysis of a series of recent…
Descriptors: Academic Libraries, Change Strategies, Electronic Libraries, Financial Support
Kaufman, Paula T., Comp.; Mitchell, Aubrey H., Comp. – 1994
This compilation contains copies of the following library documents that presented recent cases for new space: (1) Excerpts from "Harnessing Technologies to Unleash Their Potential" and "Kelvin Smith Library. The Electronic Learning Environment--Transforming Access to Knowledge: A Program Statement" from Case Western University…
Descriptors: Academic Libraries, Educational Environment, Evaluation Criteria, Futures (of Society)
Darling, Pamela W.; And Others – 1993
This publication is designed as a guide for libraries that have elected to undertake a formal study of preservation needs in preparation for planning and implementing programs to meet those needs. The manual is divided into four sections. The first section (Chapters 1-2) provides an overview and orients the reader to the planning process. The next…
Descriptors: Academic Libraries, Committees, Consultants, Emergency Programs
International Federation of Library Associations, The Hague (Netherlands). – 1990
The 16 reports in this collection were presented at an open forum on research libraries and meetings of three more specialized sections: (1) "Nature and Purpose of the Division of General Research Libraries" (Ernst Kohl); (2) "Objectives and Goals of the Section of Parliamentary Libraries" (Ernst Kohl); (3) "The IFLA…
Descriptors: Academic Libraries, Decentralization, Evaluation Criteria, Federal Government
Clark, Collin, Ed. – 1990
This report provides information that characterizes libraries in California, profiling each library within its appropriate library type, i.e., public, academic, special, state agency, and county law. The data were gathered through the annual report forms for fiscal year 1988-1989 that were returned by 866 libraries of an estimated total of 1,000…
Descriptors: Academic Libraries, Annual Reports, Higher Education, Interlibrary Loans
Texas State Library, Austin. Dept. of Library Development. – 1991
The statistical data on Texas academic libraries presented in this report were extracted from the 1988 national Integrated Postsecondary Education Data System (IPEDS) database, which was obtained from the U.S. Department of Education. The statistics supersede those previously published in "Texas Academic Library Statistics, 1988." The…
Descriptors: Academic Libraries, Annual Reports, Higher Education, Library Circulation
