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Balderrama, Sandra Rios – Library Trends, 2000
The work of diversity in libraries begins at the crossroad where superiority, inaction, and denial become intolerable. The paradoxes involved present questions that serve as teachable moments or paralyzing hurdles. Once at the crossroads, however, there are systematic strategies and operating principles for bringing significance, meaning, and…
Descriptors: Cultural Pluralism, Ethnic Groups, Libraries, Library Development
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Manoff, Marlene – Library Trends, 2000
As electronic objects challenge categorical distinctions central to library organization, efforts are being made to integrate these hybrids and new forms into traditional library systems and to recreate the stability of the print environment. Explores conceptual and theoretical issues raised by the proliferation of electronic objects and suggests…
Descriptors: Change, Electronic Text, Information Technology, Library Administration
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Case, Beau David – Library Trends, 2000
Library literature from the late 19th century to the present offers numerous guides to materials selection. Yet, collection development policies and lists of selection criteria are inadequate for humanities electronic texts. Libraries, humanities disciplines, and electronic texts are too complex for any rigid approach to acquisition. To meet goals…
Descriptors: Change, Electronic Publishing, Electronic Text, Information Technology
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Thornton, Glenda A. – Library Trends, 2000
As the purchase of virtual resources accelerates, particularly through consortial agreements, the autonomy of the local library will fade and the roles of librarians will change drastically. This rapid transformation is illustrated by a discussion of OhioLINK and its positive and negative effects on one member library. (Contains 21 references.)…
Descriptors: Change, Consortia, Information Technology, Librarians
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Miller, Ruth H. – Library Trends, 2000
Over the past 20 years, academic collection development specialists have dealt with changes, brought about by decreasing purchasing power and the growing importance of electronic resources. Throughout, collection managers have rethought their efforts and revised criteria for selection of materials in new formats while maintaining traditional…
Descriptors: Academic Libraries, Change, Electronic Publishing, Electronic Text
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Saracevic, Tefko – Library Trends, 2000
Discusses the challenges facing digital library evaluation and suggests a conceptual framework for evaluation derived from the systems approach. A review of evaluation efforts in research and practice concentrates on derivation of criteria used in evaluation. Essential requirements for evaluation are stated. Discussed are constructs, context, and…
Descriptors: Electronic Libraries, Evaluation, Evaluation Criteria, Evaluation Methods
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Riggs, Donald E.; Zhang, Sha Li – Library Trends, 1999
The content of library science journals, by sharing information about technology-based change, may affect the organizational structure in which librarians and staff work, their expectations for using technology, and their need for libraries to become, to a greater degree, learning organizations. This article deals only with print journals. (AEF)
Descriptors: Change, Information Dissemination, Librarians, Library Development
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Guerena, Salvador; Erazo, Edward – Library Trends, 2000
Assesses the history and development of library services to Latinos. Discusses the history, role, and impact of key professional associations. Identifies, analyzes, and discusses the relevance of major studies, reports, and other publications, calling attention to the paucity that prevails in professional literature addressing this population.…
Descriptors: Ethnic Groups, Information Services, Library Associations, Library Development
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Tyckoson, David A. – Library Trends, 2001
Examines how to determine the best model of reference service. Highlights include: libraries and community; components of reference service; inherent values of reference service; conflicting values and models of service; technology and change; new models and old values; and the "right" model of reference service. (AEF)
Descriptors: Access to Information, Information Dissemination, Information Services, Information Technology
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Allen, Bryce – Library Trends, 1995
Using networked information resources to communicate research results has great potential for academic libraries; this development will require collaboration among libraries, scholars, computing centers, and university presses. Library managers can help overcome collaboration barriers by developing appropriate organizational structures, selecting…
Descriptors: Academic Libraries, Computer Centers, Cooperation, Information Dissemination
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Fisher, William – Library Trends, 1997
Professional associations in the library/information science field are viewed from the perspective of the value they bring to the field. Research and professional development are reviewed in this context based on the efforts of ALA (American Library Association), ALISE (Association for Library & Information Science Education), ASIS (American…
Descriptors: Information Industry, Information Science, Library Associations, Library Development
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Lancaster, F. W. – Library Trends, 1995
Discusses the evolution of electronic publishing from the early 1960s when computers were used merely to produce conventional printed products to the present move toward networked scholarly publishing. Highlights include library development, periodicals on the Internet, online journals versus paper journals, problems, and the future of…
Descriptors: Electronic Journals, Electronic Publishing, Futures (of Society), Information Dissemination
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Katz, Bill – Library Trends, 2001
Reference service technology has passed its first stage of insuring more accurate, rapid delivery of information. The second revolution underway will improve on both acquisition and retrieval of data. New technologies must fit into traditional reference service goals. The human should be given first priority. (Contains 46 references.) (Author/AEF)
Descriptors: Access to Information, Information Services, Information Technology, Library Development
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Albrechtsen, Hanne; Jacob, Elin K. – Library Trends, 1998
Libraries should be active participants in knowledge production, and should develop classificatory structures that support the needs of a diverse information ecology consisting of a complex web of interacting agents, users, and technologies. Within such an information ecology, a classificatory structure cannot follow a one-size-fits-all paradigm,…
Descriptors: Classification, Cooperative Programs, Electronic Libraries, Information Retrieval
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Cram, Laura – Library Trends, 1995
For libraries to succeed, a clear understanding of what services are in demand is necessary. The SWOT analysis technique for evaluating an organization's strengths, weaknesses, opportunities, and threats is examined, and barriers to effective diagnosis are discussed. (AEF)
Descriptors: Change Strategies, Community Information Services, Evaluation Methods, Identification
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