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Cibbarelli, Pamela R., Comp.; Nixon, Carol, Comp. – 1998
Integrated Online Library Systems (IOLS) focuses exclusively on the issues of planning and managing automated systems in libraries and information centers. The theme of the IOLS '98 annual meeting is "Embrace and Extend," and 18 papers were selected for presentation that provide insight into the current technologies being "embraced" in libraries.…
Descriptors: Access to Information, Computer Networks, Information Networks, Library Automation
Harum, Susan, Ed.; Twidale, Michael, Ed. – 2000
This clinic's goal was to address questions arising during the process of transition from theory and research development to deployed useful and usable (and used) digital library systems. The idea was to use the Digital Libraries Initiative (DLI) based at the University of Illinois at Urbana-Champaign and entering its final year, as a detailed…
Descriptors: Academic Libraries, Electronic Libraries, Higher Education, Information Systems
Barrett, Jaia, Ed.; Wetzel, Karen A., Ed. – 1999
The 129th meeting of the Association of Research Libraries (ARL) focused on anticipating the future of higher education in North America and identifying responses from research libraries that will contribute to emerging agendas for change. An opening session (convened by Nancy Cline, ARL Presiding President) began the meeting. The first session,…
Descriptors: Academic Libraries, Educational Change, Futures (of Society), Higher Education
Southeast Missouri State Univ., Cape Girardeau. – 1996
Papers in this proceedings discuss and demonstrate the impact of emerging information technologies on the education process. Along with two general session papers and two poster session papers, the bulk of the document is comprised of papers offered in the five tracks of Technology and Pedagogy, Distance Learning, Library Support, Support for…
Descriptors: Computer Uses in Education, Distance Education, Educational Facilities, Educational Technology
Siong, Wong Kim, Ed.; And Others – 1990
This conference report contains 5 addresses and 29 reports on the general theme of the school library as a center for lifelong learning. Submitted by librarians throughout the world, the reports reflect theoretical as well as practical perspectives, and include the following topics: (1) establishing, developing, and evaluating library resource…
Descriptors: Elementary Secondary Education, Foreign Countries, Learning Resources Centers, Library Development
Maricopa County Community Coll. District, Tempe, AZ. Maricopa Center for Learning and Instruction. – 1988
The Maricopa Community Colleges in Tempe (Arizona) have made strong commitments to the acquisition and utilization of electronic technology, as was emphasized in their 1988 Technology Retreat, a gathering to discuss making the best use of available and future educational technology. The keynote speaker, Stephen C. Ehrmann, presented…
Descriptors: Access to Information, Community Colleges, Computer Assisted Instruction, Computer Centers
Helal, Ahmed H., Ed.; Weiss, Joachim W., Ed. – 1997
The 25 papers presented at this symposium focus on the future of libraries and library services in an ever evolving Information Age. The papers deal with topics such as: economic and political issues in determining the future of the professionally managed library; adding value to library services; the need for librarians and library educators who…
Descriptors: Academic Libraries, Access to Information, Electronic Libraries, Foreign Countries

Scheid, Barbara; And Others – Information Technology and Libraries, 1996
Includes five papers presented at the 1995 VTLS Inc. Fifth Annual Director's Conference in Roanoke (Virginia), entitled "Back to Basics: Rethinking Libraries." Topics include libraries' use of high technology, collection management and electronic publishing, public services and telecommuting clientele, what to expect of library school…
Descriptors: Conference Proceedings, Electronic Libraries, Electronic Publishing, Information Technology
Johnson, Jean, Ed. – 1983
With the concerns of off-campus students and faculty in mind, the Wyoming Academic Deans Council sponsored a conference to examine the issues of library services to these populations. Personnel from the Wyoming State Library and several public libraries also attended the 2-day conference. This document comprises the full text of six papers…
Descriptors: College Libraries, Extension Education, Higher Education, Information Needs
Brennan, Patricia, Ed.; And Others – 1994
This volume documents two program sessions that reported on the Association of American Universities' (AAU) Research Libraries Project. This project was initiated by the AAU in collaboration with ARL and with the support of the Andrew W. Mellon Foundation; interim reports from the AAU task forces were presented in October 1993 and have been…
Descriptors: Academic Libraries, Change, Computer Networks, Foreign Countries

Dowlin, Kenneth E.; And Others – Information Technology and Libraries, 1991
Three papers address the future of libraries and the role of OCLC. Highlights include changes in public libraries, including access to information and technological changes; electronic information systems and their integration with print systems; interlibrary loan; cooperative collection development; and service to the managerial and professional…
Descriptors: Academic Libraries, Access to Information, Bibliographic Utilities, Business
Heidorn, P. Bryan, Ed.; Sandore, Beth, Ed. – 1997
Recent technological advances in computing and digital imaging technology have had immediate and permanent consequences for visual resource collections. Libraries are involved in organizing and managing large visual resource collections. The central challenges in working with digital image collections mirror those that libraries have sought to…
Descriptors: Access to Information, Computer Graphics, Computer Mediated Communication, Electronic Libraries