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SPEC Kit 316: Evaluating E-resources (July 2010)
SPEC Kit 316 re-examines the ways in which ARL member libraries have (re)structured themselves to identify the availability of new e-resources in the market; evaluate them as candidates for acquisition;...
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SPEC Kit 315: Leave and Professional Development Benefits (December 2009)
SPEC Kit 315 investigates two broad categories of benefit plans currently offered to professional library staff at ARL member libraries: leave time and support for professional development activities. Topics include...
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SPEC Kit 314: Processing Decisions for Manuscripts & Archives (November 2009)
SPEC Kit 314 examines the current policies and practices for processing manuscript and archival collections in Special Collections. It is organized around four general areas: personnel, job responsibilities and training;...
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SPEC Kit 313: E-book Collections (October 2009)
SPEC Kit 313 examines the current use of e-books in ARL member libraries; their plans for implementing, increasing, or decreasing access to e-books; purchasing, cataloging, and collection management issues; and...
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SPEC Kit 312: Public Engagement (September 2009)
SPEC Kit 312 explores the ways in which traditional “outreach” programs in academic libraries are evolving to address the emergent concept of “public engagement” at the institutional level and the...
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SPEC Kit 311: Public Access Policies (August 2009)
SPEC Kit 311 explores the role ARL member libraries are playing in supporting public access policies in their institutions. The survey respondents were asked to provide information on staffing, partnerships,...
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SPEC Kit 310: Author Addenda (July 2009)
SPEC Kit 310 explores how ARL member libraries are promoting the use of author addenda by researchers at their institutions. Respondents were asked to provide information on the use of...
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SPEC Kit 309: Library Support for Study Abroad (December 2008)
SPEC Kit 309 explores how ARL member libraries are responding to the needs of faculty and student participants in various types of study abroad programs, which library services and resources...
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SPEC Kit 308: Graduate Student and Faculty Spaces and Services (November 2008)
SPEC Kit 308 explores the variety of resources and services being delivered to or envisioned for graduate students and faculty. It includes documentation from respondents in the form of descriptions...
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SPEC Kit 307: Manuscript Collections on the Web (October 2008)
SPEC Kit 307 investigates how many manuscript collections are held in ARL member libraries; what percentage of these collections are represented on the Web; what types of information about the...
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