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Peer reviewedHartzer, Sandra; Paterson, Brian; Snyman, Dorette; Thompson, Lisa; van Heerden, Louise; Vorster, Marza; Watkins, Ansie – Library Trends, 1998
Outlines progress initiated by the University of South Africa (Unisa) library to develop online support to distance-education users. Topics include a library skills training program delivered via the World Wide Web; research information skills; Internet course development; current awareness service; the library's home page; electronic libraries;…
Descriptors: Academic Libraries, Databases, Distance Education, Electronic Libraries
University of Science, Penang (Malaysia). – 1983
A survey of 88 users of SISMAKOM, a computerized selective dissemination of information (SDI) and document delivery service provided by the Universiti Sains Malaysia and four other Malaysian universities, was conducted in August 1982 in order to collect data about SISMAKOM and to assess the value of a computerized SDI service in a developing…
Descriptors: Academic Libraries, Databases, Developing Nations, Information Retrieval
Houlson, Van C.; Jax, John J. – 1987
This report describes a prototype current awareness service that was conducted at the University of Wisconsin-Stout from fall 1984 through 1985 and involved the selective dissemination of information through the use of online bibliographic databases and the routing of tables of contents from selected periodical holdings. A discussion of the…
Descriptors: Academic Libraries, Access to Information, College Faculty, Higher Education
Download full textIFG Policy Notes, 1982
This issue of "Policy Notes" examines some of the issues surrounding research dissemination, or the means by which policy-makers become aware of and assimilate research knowledge. The articles in this issue provide added perspectives to the findings of an Institute for Research on Educational Finance and Governance (IFG) survey, in three states,…
Descriptors: Educational Policy, Elementary Secondary Education, Information Needs, Information Scientists
Dykman, Elaine K. – Online, 1996
One way a business can meet the challenge of gathering information from different sources and platforms is to develop a news filtering and integration system. Topics include creation of a planning team; identification of user requirements; considerations of infrastructure, primarily system compatibility; and the process of analyzing, evaluating,…
Descriptors: Access to Information, Comparative Analysis, Information Seeking, Information Services
Yanez, Elva; Chabran, Richard – 1979
With the growth of computer technology, bibliographic data bases have developed into sophisticated online research tools. The major data bases are produced by abstracting and indexing (A&I) publishers. Vendors purchase the A&I publishers' machine readable tapes, then sell computer access to the tapes to information based organizations such…
Descriptors: Automation, Bibliographies, Data Processing, Databases
Cox, John; Hanson, Terry – Online, 1992
Describes considerations involved in implementing an electronic current awareness service in academic and research organizations, including user needs; personal bibliographic software; data sources, including floppy disk databases, CD-ROM, online databases, and library catalogs; staffing; fees; promotion; search profiles; and recordkeeping.…
Descriptors: Academic Libraries, Computer Software, Copyrights, Databases
Peer reviewedCorthouts, Jan; Philips, Richard – Electronic Library, 1996
Proposes a strategy that librarians can consider when implementing SGML (Standard General Markup Language) applications on top of existing products, or when embedding these in end-user services. Experiences of SGML within a Belgian library network are discussed, including local journal article databases, current awareness, and digital libraries.…
Descriptors: Data Processing, Databases, Electronic Publishing, Electronic Text
Peer reviewedFernandez, Leila – Issues in Science & Technology Librarianship, 2002
Discusses results of a science faculty survey conducted at York University to determine researchers' use of current awareness services, including print and Web-based services. Considers differences between science disciplines and implications for future library services and includes a copy of the survey. (Author/LRW)
Descriptors: Academic Libraries, Foreign Countries, Futures (of Society), Higher Education
BIVONA, WILLIAM A. – 1967
A SET OF GUIDELINES FOR IMPLEMENTING AND OPERATING A REPLICA OF A PROTOTYPE SELECTIVE DISSEMINATION OF INFORMATION (SDI) SYSTEM TESTED AT U.S. ARMY NATICK LABORATORIES, AND REPORTED IN LI 000 273, IS GIVEN IN THIS MANUAL. INFORMATION IS SUPPLIED WHICH IS USEFUL IN THE INITIAL STAGES OF IMPLEMENTATION. THE APPLICATION OF SPECIFIC CRITERIA FOR…
Descriptors: Abstracts, Computer Programs, Cost Effectiveness, Data Processing
Peer reviewedOkocha, Kingsley Ferewisky; Odi, Amusi – International Information and Library Review, 1992
Describes a study that measured the effects of the information resources and services of a regional information resources center on the work of agricultural scientists in Nigeria. Highlights include user characteristics; rate of library use; scientists' information needs; trends in library demands; availability of journal articles; current…
Descriptors: Foreign Countries, Information Centers, Information Needs, Information Services
Giesecke, Joan, Ed. – 1991
The eight papers in this collection were presented at the Nebraska Library Association College and University Section spring 1991 meeting. Key note speaker Bill Kloefkorn presented poems and stories as an "essay" on literacy and today's college students. (This presentation is not included in the proceedings.) In the selected paper for…
Descriptors: Academic Libraries, College Faculty, College Students, Distance Education
Metoyer-Duran, Cheryl – 1991
This study examined the information seeking behavior of gatekeepers in five ethnolinguistic communities: American Indian, Chinese, Japanese, Korean, and Latino. Personal interviews were conducted with 129 gatekeepers and a conceptual information model was used to generate an analytical framework for presenting and discussing the data. The major…
Descriptors: American Indians, Asian Americans, Communication (Thought Transfer), Hispanic Americans
United Nations Educational, Scientific, and Cultural Organization, Bangkok (Thailand). Regional Office for Education in Asia and the Pacific. – 1986
Information is repackaged to assist population education information centers in their goal of facilitating the appropriate dissemination and use of information. Repackaging of information refers to the presentation of information in more understandable, readable, acceptable, and usable forms. This manual includes (1) guidelines for choosing…
Descriptors: Abstracts, Bibliographies, Data Analysis, Data Collection
Christian, Roger W. – 1975
Computer-based bibliographic services are a response to a combination of trends and developments that are forcing major changes in the way libraries operate. With the financial encouragement of the National Science Foundation's Office of Science Information Service, there are now at least 40 abstracting and indexing services covering scientific…
Descriptors: Agency Role, Costs, Databases, Directories
