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Strickler, Sally Ann Koenig; And Others – 1987
This task force report proposes a plan for providing campus-quality library services to students at three sites of Western Kentucky University's extended campus program which would offer access to main library services and collections rather than the traditional assembling of additional library collections in off-site locations. Elements of the…
Descriptors: Academic Libraries, Distance Education, Higher Education, Information Needs
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Bunge, Charles A. – Journal of Academic Librarianship, 1984
Reports reflections of library school reference teacher who practiced for year as day-to-day reference librarian. Highlights include ideal reference librarianship; concepts helpful in explaining low morale; changes in basic reference service elements (information resources, clients, librarians); current coping strategies; and ways in which to cope…
Descriptors: Burnout, Coping, Information Sources, Job Satisfaction
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Dewey, Patrick R. – Electronic Library, 1986
Discussion of public access microcomputer service areas in public libraries covers walk-in access, software/hardware circulation, online call-in services, and special programs. Principles for successful public access programs are also discussed, including hardware/software selection. Problems relating to equipment breakdown, diskette storage, and…
Descriptors: Computer Software, Decision Making, Information Sources, Library Circulation
Daval, Nicola, Ed. – 1987
This document begins by presenting the text of "Technology & U.S. Government Information Policies: Catalysts for New Partnerships," which is the third report of the Task Force on Government Information in Electronic Format. Topics covered by the report include the impact of technology, private sector roles and government…
Descriptors: Agency Role, Depository Libraries, Electronic Publishing, Federal Government
Lyons, William; Phillips, Linda – 1987
A comprehensive survey of the faculty members and graduate teaching assistants at the University of Tennessee, Knoxville (UTK), was conducted in April 1987 with a response rate of over 75% (N=1,275). The purpose of the questionnaire--a product of discussions with the Faculty Senate Library Committee and library and campus administrators--was to…
Descriptors: College Faculty, College Libraries, Delivery Systems, Higher Education
Deines-Jones, Courtney; Van Fleet, Connie – 1995
It is estimated that one in every five people in the United States has problems performing daily activities without help, perhaps due to the aging of the population and to more and more children surviving severe birth defects. The importance of library services to the disabled cannot be overestimated; they have the same information needs as any…
Descriptors: Access to Information, Accessibility (for Disabled), Disabilities, Disability Discrimination