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Curtis, Donnelyn; Yue, Paoshan – 2002
Electronic journals are both a blessing and a curse for libraries. To be meaningful in the current information environment--to meet users' ever-increasing demands--libraries must acquire as many appropriate full text resources as possible, as quickly as possible, and make them easy to use. This Digest provides tips for acquiring and providing…
Descriptors: Access to Information, Electronic Journals, Library Acquisition, Library Administration
Lopata, Cynthia L. – 1995
An automated library system usually consists of a number of functional modules, such as acquisitions, circulation, cataloging, serials, and an online public access catalog (OPAC). An "integrated" library system is an automated system in which all of the function modules share a common bibliographic database. There are several ways the…
Descriptors: Access to Information, Bibliographic Databases, Database Management Systems, Futures (of Society)