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Gordon, Rachel Singer – Computers in Libraries, 2001
Discusses how librarians can learn to become knowledgeable about computer systems to keep their libraries technologically relevant. Highlights include organization and record keeping; finding needed information; learning how to network, both with equipment and people; library instruction; and the importance of lifelong learning. (LRW)
Descriptors: Computer Networks, Information Needs, Information Sources, Librarians
Hert, Carol A.; And Others – Proceedings of the ASIS Annual Meeting, 1995
Describes a study that collected data on information needs and uses during Internet training from students in information networking classes at Indiana University. Information needs, events which led to the needs, and the sources used to resolve the needs were identified and categorized, and implications for Internet trainers are discussed.…
Descriptors: Computer Networks, Higher Education, Information Needs, Information Networks
Download full textSoffin, Stan; And Others – 1987
Forty-eight Michigan newspapers were surveyed by telephone to determine their criteria in selecting online database services, type of personnel using them, training procedures, budgets, and perceptions of the impact of these services on the speed of writing stories and quality of reporting. Data collection involved two phases: (1) researchers…
Descriptors: Computer Networks, Computers, Database Producers, Databases
Peer reviewedChristian, Eliot J. – Journal of Government Information, 1994
Describes the development of a Government Information Locator Service as part of the National Information Infrastructure that will identify and describe public information resources throughout the federal government and provide assistance in obtaining the information. Access through the Internet, electronic mail, CD-ROM, and printed materials is…
Descriptors: Access to Information, Computer Networks, Electronic Mail, Federal Government
Peer reviewedKovacs, Diane K.; And Others – Library Trends, 1994
Discusses the development of practical strategies for library mediation between Internet resources and potential users. Topics addressed include a hierarchy of information skills; awareness of information services and resources; the information structure of a discipline; analysis of information needs; and retrieval, evaluation, and management of…
Descriptors: Computer Networks, Information Management, Information Needs, Information Networks
National Telecommunications and Information Administration (DOC), Washington, DC. – 1994
After the publication of the Clinton Administration's "The National Information Infrastructure: Agenda for Action," a group of telecommunication specialists were asked to evaluate the proposals in order to broaden the policy discussion concerning the National Information Infrastructure (NII). This collection contains their visions of the…
Descriptors: Access to Information, Computer Networks, Federal Programs, Information Literacy
