Missing Pieces that Fill In the Academic Library Puzzle: Cutting-Edge Technology Can Assure Our Place in the Big Picture.

Baruth, Barbara

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Missing Pieces that Fill In the Academic Library Puzzle: Cutting-Edge Technology Can Assure Our Place in the Big Picture.

Baruth, Barbara

American Libraries, v33 n6 p58-60,62-63 Jun-Jul 2002

Considers the changing nature of academic libraries in light of new technology and offers suggestions for libraries to keep patron use and interest. Highlights include metadata and MARC formats as opposed to commercial standards; OPAC marginalization; digitization; distance education; institutional allegiance; ethics and competition; and the need for extended hours for reference services. (LRW)

Descriptors: Academic Libraries, Change Agents, Competition, Distance Education, Ethics, Higher Education, Library Catalogs, Library Role, Library Services, Metadata, Online Catalogs, Reference Services, Standards, Technological Advancement, User Satisfaction (Information)

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