The readability level of material recommended for consumer health collections in public libraries is analyzed. All medical and lay items examined were found to exceed the standard reading skills of the general public. Discussion includes the relevance and appropriateness of sources, information needs and information-seeking behaviors, and a review…

A strong commitment to network resources is the best route for depositories to take in providing access to government information. The Government Printing Office needs to assume a leadership role in the advances of technology, phasing out federal CD-ROMs and replacing them with Internet sources via gophers and the World Wide Web. (Author/AEF)

Presents two storage models and several other associated models for the presentation of multimedia documents. Analysis of these models reveals their capacity to synchronize various temporal scenarios while allowing users simultaneous and secure access to multimedia systems. Discusses theoretical foundations, information processing, multimedia…

Discusses the growth of the Internet, in particular the World Wide Web, and considers Web-based learning and educational materials on the Web. Topics include methods of information dissemination; the interactive nature of information on the Web; multimedia; the source of information; publishing; research needs; and search engines for locating…

Describes sources for cataloging and authority work in Catholic literature, for both English and foreign language publications. Provides sources for names of persons, corporate institutions, divisions within the church, and religious orders and congregations. Also notes sources for biographies, Mariology, and uniform title work. (AEF)

Phase 1 of a two-phase project funded by the NSF-National Science Digital Library Project used focus groups to determine how undergraduate science students perceive journal literature and how they use digital library resources. Their perceptions and use are contrasted with faculty and graduate teaching assistants. Results reveal undergraduates…

The Latin American Network Information Center is an academic Web site that houses various databases and similar projects and provides director access to sites in and about Latin America. Exploratory research into the site's usability revealed that overall, users were successful in using the site and expressed satisfaction with it, but some…

Includes a variety of sources for quality information for Canadian school libraries. Highlights include professional associations; award-winning books; Canadian children's and young adult authors and illustrators; educational films; Web sites; Canadian information sources on the Web; Canadian poetry; and professional resources. (LRW)

This essay extends observations made by the author to Dan Marmion, in his editorial, "The Bully Pulpit" ("Information Technology and Libraries," June 1999). The author makes the point that sometimes a user can find an answer to a reference question more efficiently and effectively in a print source, sometimes in an electronic source, and sometimes…

Vendor-provided electronic resource usage statistics are not currently standardized across vendors. This study investigates the feasibility of using locally collected data to check the reliability of vendor-provided data. Vendor-provided data were compared with local data collected from North Carolina State University (NCSU) Libraries' Web…

Discusses methods of teaching elementary and secondary school students how to evaluate information found on the Internet. Highlights include evaluation instruments available on the World Wide Web; a lesson plan for fourth graders; and an example of a form for critical evaluation of a Web site at the elementary school level. (LRW)

While Internet content relating to black culture is burgeoning, and scholars want to make more available, the cost of selecting and organizing materials is hindering their efforts. Some innovative approaches are being used, including an online course on media, technology, and diversity and a compact-disk collection of research on slave trading.…

Presents a cross-section of categories of Internet sites that deal with human rights issues: (1) gateway sites; (2) sites that focus on particular broad groups; (3) international organizations; (4) human rights documents; (5) regional and country sites; and (6) news services and periodicals. For each site, information on the sponsor(s), contents,…

Discusses the use of Internet-based resources in international technology transfer. Topics include hearing about technology via conferences and newsgroups, how the Internet accommodates various languages, advantages of electronic mail, cultural differences and computer-mediated communication, and successful strategies for using Internet search…

Provides an overview of information policy issues which affect federal Web sites and introduces assessment techniques which federal site designers and administrators could use to evaluate the design and management of their Web-based information resources. Two tables depict selected Website assessment sources and criteria for evaluation.…