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Collecting Forever or Just-in-Time: An Alternative to Enhance Customers' Access to Chinese Language Materials through Resource Sharing
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Situ, Ping; Voyles, Jeanne – Resource Sharing & Information Networks, 2008
Libraries need to weigh the benefits, usage, and cost-effectiveness of owning collections against seeking alternatives to deliver the information needed by customers. The University of Arizona Library investigated different approaches for meeting the research needs of East Asian Studies faculty and students under great pressure of physical space…
Descriptors: Research Needs, Asian Studies, Chinese, Library Services
Collaborating to Create the Right Space for the Right Time
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McKinstry, Jill – Resource Sharing & Information Networks, 2004
From classroom, to study space, to collaborative work or laboratories, students seek spatial, social, and intellectual connections, and most importantly, they seek the right space at the right time. The challenge for libraries is to provide different types of integrated spaces that balance the need to reflect and to absorb with the need to…
Descriptors: Academic Libraries, Library Services, Information Technology, Personal Space
Planning for a Multi-Campus Merger: Implications for Library Services and Resources at Penn State University's Capital College.
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Stimatz, Lisa R.; White, Gary W.; Crawford, Gregory A. – Resource Sharing & Information Networks, 1997
Describes the strategic planning process for the merger between the libraries of Penn State University's Harrisburg and Schuykill campuses. Examines the merger's potential impact on library services and resources. Discusses possible solutions to meeting the information needs of the merged institutions. (Author/AEF)
Descriptors: Academic Libraries, Governance, Higher Education, Information Sources
Patent and Trademark Depository Libraries and the United States Patent and Trademark Office: A Model for Information Dissemination
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Jenda, Claudine Arnold – Resource Sharing & Information Networks, 2005
This paper describes the network of Patent and Trademark Depository Libraries (PTDLs), a collaborative partnership with the United States Patent and Trademark Office (USPTO) for disseminating patent and trademark information in every state plus the District of Columbia and Puerto Rico. Typical information sources and services provided at PTDLs are…
Descriptors: Intellectual Property, Information Dissemination, Special Libraries, Information Networks