Joint Funding Council's Libraries Review Group: Report
(The Follett Report)
December 1993
A Report for
Higher Education Funding Council for England
Scottish Higher Education Funding Council
Higher Education Funding Council for Wales
Department of Education for Northern Ireland
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Contents
- 1. Summary of Conclusions
- 2. Introduction and Working Methods
- Membership of the Review
- The Scope of the Review
- The Contents of this Report
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- The Work of the Sub-Groups
- The LISU Survey
- Library Staffing Consultancy
- Information Technology Working Papers
- Language and Terminology
- Teaching and Research Functions of Libraries
- 3. Background Factors
- The Student Population
- Investment in Libraries in Higher Education
- Prices and Costs
- Trends in Library Spending
- The Organisation of Teaching and Learning
- Research Information Technology
- The Heterogeneity of the Sector
- Copyright
- 4. The Management of the Library and Information
Services in the Institution
- Introduction
- The Future of Information Provision
- Strategic Planning
- Levels of Library Spending within Institutions
- Institutional Research Allocation Methods
- Performance Indicators
- Staff Management
- Library Purchasing
- 5. Libraries and Teaching Provision
- Introduction
- The Importance of Library Services for Teaching
- The Needs and Responsibilities of Teaching Staff
- Current Funding Arrangements:
- Teaching
- Additional Needs and Additional Resources
- Library Networking and Collaboration in Support of Teaching
- Teaching Quality Assessment and Quality Audit
- 6. Libraries and the Researcher
- Introduction
- The Role of Libraries in Support of Research
- Libraries, Information Provision and the Researcher
- Availability of Library Support for Research
- Recent Developments
- Funding Arrangements
- Future Information Provision in Support of Research
- Specialised Research Collections for the Humanities
- Legal Deposit Libraries
- Library Provision for Researchers: a National and Regional Strategy
- 7. Information Technology
- Introduction
- Copyright
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- Information Technology and Libraries: Current Developments
- Networking
- Navigational Tools
- Information Systems Strategies
- Standards
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- Information Technology and Libraries: Future Developments
- Introduction
- Electronic Document and Article Delivery
- Electronic Storage of Books and Journals
- Electronic Journals
- On-Demand Publishing and the Electronic Book
- Databases and Datasets
- Retrospective Conversion of Catalogues
- Awareness and Training
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- Library Management Systems
- New Directions in the Library Automation Industry
- Gaps in Provision in Library Automation Systems
- Library Systems and Campus Information Strategies
- 8. Summary of Specific Recommendations
- Annex A
- Membership of the Review Group and Sub-groups and Terms of Reference
- Annex B
- Glossary of Terms and Acronyms
- Annex C
- Performance Indicators
- Annex D
- Assessment of Space Costs
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