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Positioning the Library for the Future.
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Meachen, Edward – College & Undergraduate Libraries, 1997
Discussion of technological change, the growth of information sources, and shrinking higher education budgets focuses on the merger of the library and the computer center at the University of Wisconsin-Parkside. The role of the library director, staffing issues, resource allocation, and vision of service are examined. (Author/LRW)
Descriptors: Academic Libraries, Administrator Role, Computer Centers, Educational Finance
The Library's Role in Academic Instructional Use of the World Wide Web.
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Jayne, Elaine; Vander Meer, Patricia – Research Strategies, 1997
Technological advances drive academic libraries to offer faculty instruction on using the World Wide Web as a teaching tool. This article describes the development of a library/computing center collaborative program, discusses the benefits of collaboration, offers advice on constructing instructional Web sites, and provides an annotated…
Descriptors: Academic Libraries, Annotated Bibliographies, Computer Assisted Instruction, Computer Centers
BI Vignettes: Computer Technology: Pandora's Box or Toolbox?
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Davidson, Jeanne R. – Research Strategies, 1994
Describes the concept behind the Technology Toolbox, a method being explored at Augustana College to build a foundation of basic information technology skills among students and faculty members. The materials and potential applications are examined and several issues related to this new form of instruction are discussed. (Author/KRN)
Descriptors: College Faculty, College Libraries, Computer Centers, Computer Literacy
Creating a Virtual Information Organization: Collaborative Relationships between Libraries and Computing Centers.
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Creth, Sheila D. – Journal of Library Administration, 1993
Discussion of changes in higher education as a result of advances in information technology focuses on the relationship between academic libraries and computing centers. Highlights include collaborative relationships; virtual information organizations; libraries as knowledge management centers; support for curriculum development; teaching…
Descriptors: Academic Libraries, Computer Centers, Cooperation, Cooperative Planning
What Librarians Need to Know to Survive in an Age of Technology.
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Malinconico, S. Michael – Journal of Education for Library and Information Science, 1992
Discusses the changing library environment, with greater reliance on technology; and describes relevant skills for librarians, including communicating with nonlibrarians, working with group processes, understanding the capabilities of information-handling technologies, and developing management and marketing abilities. (21 references) (EA)
Descriptors: Academic Libraries, Communication Skills, Computer Centers, Electronic Libraries
Providence Public Library, Final Performance Report for Library Services and Construction Act (LSCA) Title VI, Library Literacy Program.
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Darman, Linda; Trissler, Roseanne – 1993
This final performance report for the Providence Public Library literacy project begins with a section that provides quantitative data. The next section compares actual accomplishments to project goals for 1992-93. Topics addressed in this narrative section include: (1) contributions of the Family Writing Center to the development of the reading,…
Descriptors: Adult Basic Education, Adult Literacy, Computer Assisted Instruction, Computer Centers