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Coyle, Karen – 1997
This book provides a selection of documentary background information on areas of the Information Highway debate that are particularly relevant to libraries. The book is designed for librarians who are online but have little time to explore the general areas of information policy, and for those not yet connected to the Internet who need to…
Descriptors: Access to Information, Background, Censorship, Copyrights
School Library Journal, 1995
Reports on activities at the 1995 ALA (American Library Association) Midwinter Convention in Philadelphia (Pennsylvania) that were largely based on considerations of the ALA Goal 2000 plan that focuses on funding for libraries, technology, and intellectual freedom. Highlights include the proposed dues increase and the overlap of ALA divisions.…
Descriptors: Conferences, Fees, Intellectual Freedom, Library Associations
Gorman, Michael – Library Journal, 2001
Discusses information overload and society's and libraries' responses to technology. Considers eight values that libraries should focus on and how they relate to technology in libraries: democracy, stewardship, service, intellectual freedom, privacy, rationalism, equity of access, and building harmony and balance. (LRW)
Descriptors: Access to Information, Democracy, Intellectual Freedom, Library Automation
Peer reviewedGorman, Michael – Information Technology and Libraries, 2001
Discusses technology and its effects on society and humans, particularly library and information technology. Highlights include the evolving history of technology; and values related to technology in libraries, including democracy, stewardship, service, intellectual freedom, privacy, literacy and learning, rationalism, and equity of access. (LRW)
Descriptors: Access to Information, Democracy, Information Technology, Intellectual Freedom
Peer reviewedHafner, Arthur W.; And Others – Reference Librarian, 1992
Four articles address traditional mediation in library services, including the librarian as mediator, the reference librarian as information intermediary, recommitment to patrons' information needs, and mediation in reference service to extend patron success. (87 references) (LRW)
Descriptors: Access to Information, Cultural Differences, Democracy, Homeless People
Bourdon, Cathleen – Bowker Annual Library and Book Trade Almanac, 1998
Librarian's bookshelf lists books from 1990--covering academic/electronic/public/school/special libraries, administration/personnel, automation, bibliographic instruction, cataloging/classification, CD-ROM, YA services, collection development, copyright, customer service, education for librarianship, electronic libraries, facilities, fund raising,…
Descriptors: Bibliographies, Cataloging, Classification, Copyrights
Bourdon, Cathleen – Bowker Annual Library and Book Trade Almanac, 2001
This selective bibliography of books for librarians includes titles regarding academic libraries; administration and personnel; bibliographic instruction; cataloging and classification; children's and young adult services; collection development; copyright; customer service; distance education; electronic libraries; fund raising; government…
Descriptors: Academic Libraries, Adolescents, Bibliographies, Cataloging
