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SPEC Kit 302: Managing Public Computing (November 2007)
SPEC Kit 302 explores the management of library public computing, i.e., those computers that are located in public spaces for use by patrons, as distinct from staff computers and servers....
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SPEC Kit 301: Liaison Services (October 2007)
SPEC Kit 301 explores the current roles of liaisons in ARL libraries, any changes in focus in their interactions with academic departments, whether liaisons are being reactive to faculty and...
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SPEC Kit 300: Open Access Resources (September 2007)
SPEC Kit 300 gathers information on whether and how ARL member libraries are selecting, providing access to, cataloging, hosting, tracking usage of, and promoting the use of open access research...
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SPEC Kit 299: Scholarly Communication Education Initiatives (August 2007)
SPEC Kit 299 explores what kind of initiatives ARL member libraries have used or plan to use to educate faculty, researchers, administrators, students, and library staff at their institutions about...
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SPEC Kit 298: Metadata (July 2007)
SPEC Kit 298 investigates how metadata is implemented in ARL member libraries: which staff are creating metadata and for what kinds of digital objects, what schemas and tools they use...
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Creating a Preferred Future: Ensuring Success in the New Environment
Slides from the October 2005 Future of Government Documents symposium in Seattle, Washington. creating-preferred-future-2005.ppt
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SPEC Kit 297: Library Development (December 2006)
SPEC Kit 297 investigates the staffing, reporting relationships, and duties of library development programs in ARL member libraries to provide a baseline for institutions as they work to create, refine,...
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SPEC Kit 296: Public Services in Special Collections (November 2006)
SPEC Kit 296 explores public service staffing, reference and public services offered, methods of patron access, types of intellectual access tools used, patron registration, the reference interview process, and public...
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SPEC Kit 295: Remote Shelving Services (October 2006)
SPEC Kit 295 focuses on user services and how they have changed since the last survey in 1998 that was published in SPEC Kit 242 Library Storage Facilities, Management, and...
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SPEC Kit 294: Managing Digitization Activities (September 2006)
SPEC Kit 294 investigates the purposes of ARL member libraries’ digitization efforts, the organizational structures these libraries use to manage digital initiatives, whether and how staff have been reassigned to...