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ERIC Number: ED320603
Record Type: Non-Journal
Publication Date: 1989-Dec-31
Pages: 47
Abstractor: N/A
ISBN: N/A
ISSN: N/A
EISSN: N/A
Long-Range Strategic Planning for Libraries & Information Resources in the Research University. The Final Report on a Research Program on the Future of the Academic Research Library.
California Univ., Los Angeles. Graduate School of Library and Information Science.
This final report on a project at the University of California at Los Angeles (UCLA) on strategic planning for libraries and information resources in the research university begins with an introductory section on levels of consideration in planning; issues of current concern (effects of technology, economics of libraries, changes in the academic enterprise, and changes in patterns of publication); program goals and objectives; and strategic management. Project components, the time schedule and budget, administration, advisory committee, disciplinary task forces, supporting studies, research projects, and communications are described in the second section. The next section covers management of the project, including time schedule and budget, management of sub-projects, and project data files. The following specific results are discussed in the fourth section: (1) internal management concerns, including administrative structure and personnel; (2) external management concerns, including publishing, political/social/legislative/legal issues, cooperative programs, and technological concerns; (3) needs for print publications; (4) the integration of library/computer/telecommunications; (5) inter-institutional cooperation; (6) acquisition of foreign material; (7) library services; (8) information centers; (9) user interfaces; (10) digitized images; (11) off-campus users; (12) expert service development; (13) indexing and abstracting services; (14) desktop publishing; (15) database development; (16) file conversion; and (17) project management. (MES)
Publication Type: Reports - Research
Education Level: N/A
Audience: N/A
Language: English
Sponsor: Council on Library Resources, Inc., Washington, DC.
Authoring Institution: California Univ., Los Angeles. Graduate School of Library and Information Science.
Grant or Contract Numbers: N/A