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White, Herbert S. – 2000
This book is a collection of the author's following publications and speeches, primarily from 1995-2000: "Look at All Those Beautiful Birds Overhead!""Priorities for the Research Library Budget,""What Do We Give 'Em?""The Legacy of John Swan,""Small Public Libraries-Challenges, Opportunities, and Irrelevancies,""Lead Me Not into Temptation To Do…
Descriptors: Futures (of Society), Higher Education, Information Technology, Librarians
World Libraries on the Information Superhighway: Preparing for the Challenges of the New Millennium.
Fletcher, Patricia Diamond, Ed.; Bertot, John Carlo, Ed. – 2000
This book represents the thoughts and experiences of librarians and academics on the changing role of libraries in a global networked community. The first section of the book looks at the agendas for national libraries in a digital world. Issues covered include content and delivery, national policy and practice and strategies for success in a…
Descriptors: Academic Libraries, Futures (of Society), Higher Education, Librarians
Download full textOrganisation for Economic Cooperation and Development, Paris (France). – 2001
This book, in French and English, addresses how the school library of the future will be designed and what role it will play as a school facility within the educational system and in society as a whole. The following papers are included: (1) "Issues" (John Mayfield); (2) "Designing Schools for the Information Society: Libraries and…
Descriptors: Elementary Secondary Education, Foreign Countries, Futures (of Society), Information Technology
Claassen, Lynda Corey, Comp. – 1993
This kit developed by the Systems and Procedures Exchange Center (SPEC) of the Association of Research Libraries (ARL) presents results of a survey of development and fundraising activities in libraries that are members of ARL, as well as some sample documents used in connection with development and fundraising. Eighty-seven institutions…
Descriptors: Academic Libraries, Annual Reports, Budgets, Developmental Programs
Kaufman, Paula T., Comp.; Mitchell, Aubrey H., Comp. – 1994
This compilation contains copies of the following library documents that presented recent cases for new space: (1) Excerpts from "Harnessing Technologies to Unleash Their Potential" and "Kelvin Smith Library. The Electronic Learning Environment--Transforming Access to Knowledge: A Program Statement" from Case Western University…
Descriptors: Academic Libraries, Educational Environment, Evaluation Criteria, Futures (of Society)
Kuhlthau, Carol Collier, Ed.; And Others – 1996
This book is a compilation of 14 articles that present a wide range of perspectives on providing access to vast networks of information resources and enabling students to learn in an information-rich environment. The articles, arranged in four parts--overview of important technologies comprising the virtual library, learning in the electronic…
Descriptors: Access to Information, Distance Education, Elementary Secondary Education, Futures (of Society)
Jacobs, Alan, Ed.; Walters, Jim, Ed. – 1989
As a result of a Technology Retreat sponsored by the Maricopa Community Colleges (Arizona) in 1988, action/research groups were formed to explore the various challenges of implementing instructional technology effectively. This interim report reviews the work of the groups, with a summary report from each, as follows: (1) "Alternative Funding…
Descriptors: Academic Libraries, Community Colleges, Computer Assisted Instruction, Curriculum Development
Wendorf, Richard, Ed. – 1993
Revised versions of the talks presented at the symposium are presented here. A preliminary discussion paper opens the manuscript, exploring the implications of changing patterns in teaching, research, and scholarship, the new demands of the marketplace and libraries' resultant collection development, the changing technologies, future staffing,…
Descriptors: Educational Trends, Futures (of Society), Higher Education, Information Technology
Peer reviewedSchad, Jasper G.; And Others – Journal of Academic Librarianship, 1992
Discussion of development in academic libraries in light of budget restrictions presents two approaches to this situation: short-term coping strategies, and a change in the role of libraries from repositories of resources to access services. Unanswered questions raised by the second approach are discussed, and reactions by six librarians are…
Descriptors: Academic Libraries, Electronic Publishing, Financial Exigency, Futures (of Society)
Pitkin, Gary M., Ed. – 1996
As a reference guide for library professionals, this volume helps librarians prepare for the future in the growing electronic environment by examining the historical and theoretical background of the National Electronic Library and assessing the role of libraries in the past, present, and future. The book is divided in two sections: "The…
Descriptors: Computer Networks, Consortia, Electronic Libraries, Futures (of Society)
Williams, Delmus E., Ed.; Garten, Edward D., Ed. – 1999
This book presents the following papers on library organizational and management issues: (1) "Knowledge Management: An Essential Framework for Corporate Library Leadership" (Deanna J. Streng); (2) "Critical Factors for Collaboration in an Academic Library Setting" (Charlotte M. Knoche); (3) "Salaries of Academic Librarians…
Descriptors: Academic Libraries, Cooperative Programs, Corporate Libraries, Corporations
