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A Trial Virtual Library: Renovation and Innovation at Great Basin College.
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Karr, Juanita – Community & Junior College Libraries, 2000
Describes how librarians coped in temporary quarters in a warehouse and with a drastically reduced circulating and reference collection when Great Basin College's library closed temporarily due to renovation. Discusses how the experience led to innovations in the integration of electronic databases into the renovated library. (VWC)
Descriptors: Community Colleges, Integrated Library Systems, Library Automation, Library Development
Tribal Colleges Gaining Digital Access to Worldwide Library Resources.
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Ambler, Marjane – Tribal College, 2000
Discusses the tribal college virtual library project aimed at bringing digital opportunity to American Indian reservations by way of the 32 tribal colleges and universities in the American Indian Higher Education Consortium. Describes Bay Mills Community College's (Michigan) prototype virtual library and the expansion of this virtual library…
Descriptors: American Indian Education, Electronic Libraries, Higher Education, Integrated Library Systems
School Library Media Program Women: A Celebration of Our Female Heritage.
Barron, Daniel D. – School Library Media Activities Monthly, 1995
Discusses a brief history of the role of women in developing school library media programs; and includes the relationship of the American Library Association and the National Education Association. (AEF)
Descriptors: Integrated Library Systems, Learning Resources Centers, Librarian Teacher Cooperation, Librarians
Using Automation in Technical Services To Foster Innovation.
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Diedrichs, Carol Pitts – Journal of Academic Librarianship, 1998
Discusses why innovation is important for technical services and lists requirements: the ability to envision the future, the use of intuitive thinking and creativity, and well-managed implementation. Examines systems for verification and delivery of bibliographic records (OCLCs Passport for Windows and PromptCat), and outsourcing and…
Descriptors: Bibliographic Records, Centralization, Delivery Systems, Innovation
Enhancing Access to Journal Literature.
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Maine Univ., Orono. Raymond H. Fogler Library. – 1991
The libraries of the University of Maine System, Bates, Bowdoin, and Colby Colleges have installed integrated systems which are being linked electronically and are designed to promote the maximum sharing of library resources, thereby significantly enhancing the teaching and research capabilities of each institution. The institutions propose to…
Descriptors: Academic Libraries, Access to Information, Computer Networks, Computer Software
The Development of Specialized Biomedical Information.
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Ginn, David S. – Library Trends, 1993
Discussion of specialized biomedical information and its management and dissemination focuses on the development of information concerning AIDS (Acquired Immune Deficiency Syndrome). Topics addressed include services to specialized user groups; selection, collection, and information evaluation in libraries; AIDS terminology; recent developments in…
Descriptors: Acquired Immune Deficiency Syndrome, Biomedicine, Hospital Libraries, Information Centers
Electronic Technology and Access to Information.
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Downes, Robin N. – Journal of Library Administration, 1990
Discussion of access to information in academic libraries focuses on the effects information technology is having and will continue to have on libraries and on users. Topics discussed include electronic publishing; CD-ROM; cooperative collection development and resource sharing; library networks; internal bibliographic and processing systems;…
Descriptors: Academic Libraries, Access to Information, Electronic Publishing, Full Text Databases