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| Format: | Recurso educativo Open Access |
| Language: | en |
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1968
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| Online Access: | https://eric.ed.gov/?id=ED019986 |
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- SURVEY OF SPECIAL LIBRARIES SERVING THE FEDERAL GOVERNMENT. SCHICK, FRANK L. HOWARD, PAUL Government Libraries Library Collections Library Equipment Library Facilities Library Services Library Surveys Special Libraries Use Studies SPECIAL LIBRARIES ARE DEFINED FOR THE PURPOSE OF THIS STUDY AS REFERENCE AND/OR RESEARCH LIBRARIES ORGANIZED AND ADMINISTERED BY A SEPARATE DEPARTMENT, INDEPENDENT AGENCY, AUTHORITY, COMMISSION OR COMPONENT OF THE EXECUTIVE, JUDICIAL, OR LEGISLATIVE BRANCH OF THE U.S. GOVERNMENT, AND NATIONAL LIBRARIES. EXCLUDED ARE QUASI-ACADEMIC LIBRARIES, QUASI-PUBLIC LIBRARIES, SCHOOL LIBRARIES FOR DEPENDENTS, PATIENT LIBRARIES IN HOSPITALS, VARIOUS LIBRARIES OUTSIDE THE CONTINENTAL U.S., AND VERY SMALL, SPECIALIZED COLLECTIONS. THE SURVEY PROVIDES INFORMATION ON THE ESTABLISHMENT AND LOCATION OF 437 SPECIALIZED LIBRARIES, THEIR ORGANIZATION, STAFF AND OPERATING EXPENDITURES, SUBJECT AREAS OF THEIR COLLECTIONS, PRIMARY OCCUPATIONS OF THEIR USERS, AND LIBRARY FUNCTIONS. A COPY OF THE QUESTIONNAIRE USED IN GATHERING THE DATA APPEARS IN THE DOCUMENT. THIS DOCUMENT IS AVAILABLE AS GPO NUMBER FS5.215--15067 FOR 75 CENTS FROM SUPERINTENDENT OF DOCUMENTS, U.S. GOVERNMENT PRINTING OFFICE, WASHINGTON, D.C. 20402. (CC)