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Peer reviewedNeal, James G. – Journal of Library Administration, 1999
Examines the changes that are affecting academic library collection development. Highlights include computer technology; digital information; networking; virtual reality; hypertext; fair use and copyrights; technological infrastructure; digital libraries; information policy; academic and scholarly publishing; and experiences at the Johns Hopkins…
Descriptors: Academic Libraries, Computer Networks, Electronic Libraries, Higher Education
Peer reviewedGetz, Malcolm – Journal of Library Administration, 1997
Outlines the advantages of digital documents for scholars and offers considerations for designing systems for storing and retrieving digital information products. Discusses conventional and electronic storage and retrieval; network costs; digital storage; search strategies; acquisition prices; and digital initiatives. (AEF)
Descriptors: Computer Networks, Computer System Design, Costs, Electronic Text
Peer reviewedLippincott, Joan K. – Journal of Library Administration, 1993
Describes the development and operating strategies of the Coalition for Networked Information that was formed to promote the creation of and access to information resources in the academic networked information environment. Topics addressed include organizational development theory and referent organizations; technological developments;…
Descriptors: Academic Libraries, Access to Information, Computer Networks, Governance
Peer reviewedBowen, William G. – Journal of Library Administration, 1998
Describes JSTOR (journal storage), an electronic full-text database composed of pre-1990 issues of 10 scholarly journals in the fields of economics and history. Considers linking current issues to the archive; pricing; controls over access; institutional subscribers, including libraries and campus networks; individual subscribers; and budgeting in…
Descriptors: Academic Libraries, Access to Information, Budgeting, Computer Networks
Peer reviewedAllen, Barbara McFadden – Journal of Library Administration, 1999
Discusses changes in academic library collection development due to societal attitudes toward higher education; budget and service pressures; copyright, licensing, and intellectual property issues; and preservation considerations. Recommends cooperative collection management, made more possible through network technology, as a means to effectively…
Descriptors: Academic Libraries, Change Strategies, Computer Networks, Consortia
Peer reviewedLees, Francis C. – Journal of Library Administration, 1993
Describes the library at Rockefeller University and considers how it may be a model for future research libraries, i.e., the distributed library relying on remote resources. Highlights include resource sharing and interlibrary loan; research and scholarly interactions focused outside the library; decentralization of research information; and a…
Descriptors: Academic Libraries, Computer Networks, Decentralization, Futures (of Society)
Peer reviewedBaker, Gayle; Shrode, Flora – Journal of Library Administration, 1999
Provides guidance to academic librarians for making cost-effective and appropriate purchase and networking decisions for electronic bibliographic database products. Topics include user needs, user and program demographics, academic computing and network support, delivery options, and considerations for the future. (Author/LRW)
Descriptors: Academic Libraries, Bibliographic Databases, Computer Networks, Cost Effectiveness
