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Peer reviewedHawks, Carol Pitts – Information Technology and Libraries, 1994
Discussion of knowledge-based systems focuses on expert systems used by libraries for technical services and collection management. Highlights include knowledge acquisition; system development issues, including staff time and costs; cataloging; acquisitions and serials control; material selection; preservation; and examples of existing systems.…
Descriptors: Cataloging, Costs, Expert Systems, Library Automation
Peer reviewedBuckland, Michael – Information Technology and Libraries, 1995
Discusses changes in the role of collection development staff based upon emerging library networking technologies. Addresses the role of library collections, book selection theories, and networked electronic resources in library collection development. Presents eight ways networked resources will change the procedures of library collection…
Descriptors: Change Agents, Computer Networks, Electronic Equipment, Futures (of Society)
Peer reviewedSaunders, Laverna M. – Information Technology and Libraries, 1995
Discusses collection development and acquisitions in virtual, or networked, libraries. Topics include electronic versus digital libraries; philosophical issues of library acquisition; user expectations, including wants and needs; strategic planning, including resource sharing agreements, retrospective conversion, and staff training; collection…
Descriptors: Electronic Libraries, Library Acquisition, Library Collection Development, Library Expenditures
