Setting Up an Electronic Current Awareness Service.

Cox, John; Hanson, Terry

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ERIC Number: EJ447460

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Publication Date: 1992

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Setting Up an Electronic Current Awareness Service.

Cox, John; Hanson, Terry

Online, v16 n4 p36-43 Jul 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. Sidebars address copyright issues and reformatting records. (24 references) (LRW)

Descriptors: Academic Libraries, Computer Software, Copyrights, Databases, Higher Education, Information Sources, Library Catalogs, Library Personnel, Library Services, Online Systems, Optical Data Disks, Research Libraries, Selective Dissemination of Information, User Needs (Information)

Publication Type: Journal Articles; Guides - Non-Classroom

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Language: English

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