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Ross, Mary; Marmion, Dan – Library Hi Tech, 2000
Examines the growth of automation at two university libraries, with particular attention to the stages in the evolution of the academic systems librarian. Discusses a growth in digitized resources; integration of systems; developments in client/server technology, especially as they relate to the World Wide Web; and changes I organizational…
Descriptors: Academic Libraries, Higher Education, Library Administration, Library Automation

Miller, Bruce Cummings – Library Hi Tech, 1984
A general description of microcomputer-based spreadsheet software capabilities and their usefulness in library management analysis and planning are presented. Five specific spreadsheet models which apply to retrospective conversion cost and scheduling, COM and book catalog costs, and acquistions processing costs are discussed and displayed in…
Descriptors: Computer Oriented Programs, Computer Software, Display Systems, Library Administration

Drabenstott, Jon; And Others – Library Hi Tech, 1989
Contributors from five libraries--Bentley College, Boston University, the College of Charleston, the University of Wisconsin at Eau Claire, and the Resource Sharing Alliance of West Central Illinois--describe their automation projects, including staff impact; costs and funding; time and schedules; users; computer support; vendors; and consultants.…
Descriptors: Academic Libraries, Higher Education, Library Administration, Library Automation

Miller, William, Ed. – Library Hi Tech, 1989
A forum of five articles discusses the lack of new master of library science (MLS) degree holders being educated to support the potential of library automation, and the resultant hiring of non-librarians to cope with technical details. Suggestions for developing managerial competence in the automation area through education initiatives are…
Descriptors: Administrator Qualifications, Case Studies, Educational Needs, Human Resources

Lamont, Melissa – Library Hi Tech, 1999
Discusses new services that academic librarians are offering to users involving digital data, such as geographic information systems laboratories and electronic text centers. Suggests that human factors, such as management, organizational climate among the staff, and the development of a user community will determine the success or failure of the…
Descriptors: Academic Libraries, Community, Computer Centers, Electronic Libraries

Cline, Nancy – Library Hi Tech, 1983
Through a single computerized system, the Libraries Information Access System provides interactive, integrated access to a range of information functions in support of services meeting both academic needs (bibliographic access for research, instructional support) and administrative needs (processing, inventory control, communications, record…
Descriptors: Cataloging, College Libraries, Databases, Higher Education

Butler, Brett – Library Hi Tech, 1991
The Memex Research Institute (MRI), an independent nonprofit research and development organization, has created an electronic library program of shared research and development to make the collective vision of Vannevar Bush's "memex" more concrete. Program is working toward the creation of large, publicly available indexed electronic image…
Descriptors: Academic Libraries, Databases, Higher Education, Information Networks

Dean, Charles W., Ed.; Frazier, Ken; Pope, Nolan F.; Gorman, Peter C.; Dentinger, Sue; Boston, Jeanne; Phillips, Hugh; Daggett, Steven C.; Lundquist, Mitch; McClung, Mark; Riley, Curran; Allan, Craig; Waugh, David – Library Hi Tech, 1998
This special theme section describes the University of Wisconsin-Madison's experience building its Electronic Library. Highlights include integrating resources and services; the administrative framework; the public electronic library, including electronic publishing capability and access to World Wide Web-based and other electronic resources;…
Descriptors: Academic Libraries, Access to Information, Computer Uses in Education, Electronic Libraries