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Provision of Federal Government Publications in Electronic Format to Depository Libraries. Report of the Ad Hoc Committee on Depository Library Access to Federal Automated Data Bases to the Joint Committee on Printing, United States Congress.
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Joint Committee on Printing, Washington, DC. – 1984
Representing both the public and private sectors, members of an ad hoc committee were charged by the Joint Committee on Printing of the U.S. Congress with evaluating the feasibility and desirability of providing access to federal government information in electronic formats to depository libraries. Appointed in May 1983, the committee was asked to…
Descriptors: Databases, Depository Libraries, Government Publications, Information Retrieval
1984 Automated Authority Control Opinion Poll: A Preliminary Analysis.
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Tillett, Barbara B. – Information Technology and Libraries, 1985
Discusses results of opinion poll conducted by Library and Information Technology Association of 334 academic, public, government, and corporate libraries concerning authority control in the online environment. Use of authority files on bibliographic utilities, presence of online catalogs, Library of Congress authority records, and comments from…
Descriptors: Cataloging, Databases, Information Services, Information Systems
The National Library's ERIC SDI Service: The First Fifteen Months.
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Killen, Diana – Australian Academic and Research Libraries, 1976
Assesses results of questionnaire survey of 150 users of National Library of Australia's ERIC Selective Dissemination of Information Services established in 1974. Topics covered include user opinions, communication between service and users, Australian material inclusion, retrospective searches, online searches, other ERIC users, document back-up,…
Descriptors: Databases, Foreign Countries, Information Systems, Library Services
When Questions Are Answers: Using a Survey to Achieve Faculty Awareness of the Library's Electronic Resources.
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Weingart, Sandra J.; Anderson, Janet A. – College & Research Libraries, 2000
Describes a study conducted at the Utah State University library that investigated electronic database awareness and use by 856 administrators and teaching faculty. Responses to a survey revealed the need for greater publicity regarding new electronic acquisitions, training opportunities, and methods of remote access. (Author/LRW)
Descriptors: Academic Libraries, Databases, Electronic Libraries, Higher Education
Integrated Library Information Systems in ARL Libraries. SPEC Kit 90.
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Hirshon, Arnold – 1983
Based on an October 1982 survey of 31 selected members of the Association of Research Libraries (ARL), this report presents library planning documents, general system descriptions and reviews, and examples of library specifications--all dealing with integrated library information systems (ILIS). An ILIS is defined as a fully interactive integrated…
Descriptors: Academic Libraries, Cataloging, Databases, Information Systems
CD-ROM Networking in ARL Academic Libraries: A Survey.
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LaGuardia, Cheryl; And Others – CD-ROM Professional, 1991
A survey to discover what academic libraries were doing in the area of CD-ROM networking found that (1) all responding libraries utilized CD-ROM technology; (2) great diversity existed in the number of databases and workstation owned; (3) different staffing patterns exist between networked and nonnetworked libraries; and (4) 21 institutions had…
Descriptors: Academic Libraries, Bibliographic Databases, Higher Education, Information Networks
The Automation Inventory of Research Libraries.
Sitts, Maxine K., Ed. – 1985
This publication reporting the responses of 92 Association of Research Libraries (ARL) members to an automation inventory survey conducted in March 1985 was generated from a database developed by ARL to provide timely, comparable information about the extent and nature of automation within the ARL library community. Among operational systems, the…
Descriptors: Academic Libraries, Databases, Higher Education, Information Systems
Computer-Based Information Services in Medicine: A Feasibility Study.
Cox, P. H.; And Others – 1979
The objectives of this study were to examine the need and potential demand for computer-based information services in the University of Otago medical libraries, to evaluate the various databases of interest, and to recommend the best means of access to such services. Data were collected through user and library surveys, an extensive literature…
Descriptors: Databases, Dial Access Information Systems, Feasibility Studies, Foreign Countries
The Automation Inventory of Research Libraries, 1986.
Sitts, Maxine K., Ed. – 1986
Based on information and data from 113 Association of Research Libraries (ARL) members that were gathered and updated between March and August 1986, this publication was generated from a database developed by ARL to provide timely, comparable information about the extent and nature of automation within the ARL community. Trends in automation are…
Descriptors: Academic Libraries, Databases, Higher Education, Information Systems