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Peer reviewedCosta, Betty; Costa, Marie – Catholic Library World, 1982
Discusses applications of a microcomputer in the Mountain View Elementary School Library in Colorado, noting costs and effectiveness involved in the development and use of a computerized card catalog and librarian aid with tasks such as filing, typing, ordering, and inventory. A bibliography is provided. (EJS)
Descriptors: Costs, Elementary Education, Library Catalogs, Library Services
Peer reviewedArmstrong, Margaret; Costa, Betty – Library Hi Tech, 1983
Discussion of a library media center's online microcomputer catalog as compared to use of a traditional catalog includes: patron use (students and teachers), advantages for library instruction, access availability study, reaction by users, catalog system management, and activity journals for documentation. Twenty-three related readings are…
Descriptors: Elementary Education, Formative Evaluation, Information Retrieval, Learning Resources Centers
Everhart, Nancy – Book Report, 2000
Discusses criteria for evaluating school library information services. Highlights include types of services; physical facilities; library usage; circulation statistics; changes due to technology; fill rate, or the percentage of successful searches for library materials; OPAC (online public access catalog) reports; observation; and examining…
Descriptors: Elementary Secondary Education, Evaluation Criteria, Library Catalogs, Library Circulation
Download full textMeckler, Elizabeth M. – 2001
This paper examines the belief that no more than half of the public school libraries in the state of Ohio are automated to any degree. The purpose of the research was to determine the degree and nature of automation at the public school libraries in Ohio. A written survey was mailed to 350 libraries that represented a randomized sample of the…
Descriptors: Elementary Secondary Education, Library Automation, Library Catalogs, Library Cooperation
Bishop, Ann P., Ed. – 1994
This annual conference, with over 25 speakers and 200 attendees, provided an opportunity for information professionals to discuss their experiences and concerns related to computer networking. The papers presented in this proceedings focus on providing network access, training network users, and incorporating networked information into library…
Descriptors: Academic Libraries, Cataloging, Economic Factors, Futures (of Society)
Sorensen, Richard J. – 1994
In 1994, the Wisconsin Department of Public Instruction repeated its 1988 survey of public school library media programs. Included in this report are statistics considered most significant, and those most often requested. The 147-item survey included questions about staffing, services, operation, automation, and facilities related to the library…
Descriptors: Educational Technology, Elementary Secondary Education, Librarian Teacher Cooperation, Library Automation
Peer reviewedJacobson, Frances F. – Journal of Youth Services in Libraries, 1991
Reviews recent literature on the use of technology in libraries by children and young adults. Highlights include the effectiveness of interactive information retrieval systems; children's use of card catalogs versus online catalogs; skills needed for success in using library catalogs; children's abilities to formulate searchable queries; and the…
Descriptors: Adolescents, Elementary Secondary Education, Full Text Databases, Information Retrieval
