ERIC Number: EJ499785
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Publication Date: 1995
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Tools for the Future: Recreating or "Renovating" Information Services Using New Technologies.
Dysart, Jane I; Jones, Rebecca J.
Computers in Libraries, v15 n1 p16-19 Jan 1995
Describes steps in renovating information service tools: (1) review why organization exists; (2) refocus direction to keep in step with clients and environment; and (3) redefine client's needs. Old tools (books and journals) can be transformed via technology into new tools (full-text CD-ROM products and online interlibrary loan services). (JMV)
Descriptors: Academic Libraries, Change Strategies, Computer Assisted Instruction, Computer Networks, Computer Software, Conventional Instruction, Evaluation Methods, Futures (of Society), Improvement, Information Networks, Information Services, Library Services, Online Systems, Optical Data Disks, Reference Services, Research Tools, Technological Advancement, User Needs (Information)
Publication Type: Opinion Papers; Journal Articles
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Language: English
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