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Lubans, John – Library Administration and Management, 1996
Explain's Duke University Library's change from a hierarchical management structure to one of self-managing teams developed within a total quality management (TQM) framework. Emphasizes the personal views and experiences of a manager responsible for implementing and guiding the process of change. (JKP)
Descriptors: Library Administration, Library Development, Library Personnel, Library Planning

Crawford, Walt – North Carolina Libraries, 1995
Discusses the future of libraries' extended access and services. Highlights include disposing myths and projections for the future, problems and promises of new technologies, increasing public and academic library funding, and planning for extended libraries. (AEF)
Descriptors: Academic Libraries, Access to Information, Futures (of Society), Information Technology

Engle, Michael O. – Library Trends, 1995
Discussion of the development of undergraduate libraries focuses on Harvard's Lamont Library. Topics include financial issues, including sources of revenue, computerization, and personnel costs; technological changes, including hypermedia and the virtual library; and organizational changes, highlighting the merger of libraries at Cornell…
Descriptors: Academic Libraries, College Libraries, Higher Education, Hypermedia

Fraysse, Susan; Luchsinger, Dale – Georgia Librarian, 1995
Profiles eight successful library/media/information technology programs at technical institutes in Georgia. Highlights include descriptions of information services, collections, building size and design, information technology, library staff, library catalogs and equipment, information access, distance learning facilities, resource sharing,…
Descriptors: Access to Information, Information Services, Information Technology, Institutional Libraries

Von Seggern, Marilyn – Reference Librarian, 1995
Discusses implications for restructuring library reference services suggested by information needs and information-seeking behavior of scientists. Highlights include scientific and informal communication, accessibility and creativity, and a holistic approach to user-centered services. (AEF)
Descriptors: Access to Information, Behavior, Communication (Thought Transfer), Holistic Approach

Watson, Paula D. – Library Quarterly, 1994
Examines the work of women's voluntary associations in support of public libraries in the late 19th and early 20th centuries. Activities studied include support of traveling libraries, library legislation, and the founding of local libraries. Cooperation of organized women's groups with the American Library Association and other organizations is…
Descriptors: Advocacy, Females, Feminism, Legislation
Kuzmin, Evgeny – American Libraries, 1993
Discusses past influences on Russia's libraries, examines current improvements in the Russian library situation, and considers prospects for the future. Highlights include the publishing industry; government economic problems; financial support from trade unions; outdated materials; dissatisfied users; and censorship under past regimes. (LRW)
Descriptors: Censorship, Economic Change, Economic Climate, Financial Support

Lynch, Richard; And Others – Journal of Library Administration, 1993
Advocates the need for libraries to identify, nurture, and sustain new partnerships given rapid technological advancements and trends in information economics. Principles of partnerships are described, including Total Quality Management (TQM), negotiation, seamless connectivity, performance data, trust, patience, and perseverance; and steps in the…
Descriptors: Administrative Principles, Futures (of Society), Institutional Cooperation, Library Administration
Barnes, Susan J. – Computers in Libraries, 1993
Summarizes users' opinions of a networked electronic library at Cornell University's Mann Library as part of the planning process for a major redesign. The system's impact on library collection development, preservation, technical services, information services and delivery, instruction, and computer support are described; and plans for library…
Descriptors: College Libraries, Computer Networks, Databases, Electronic Libraries

Rusk, Michael David – Community & Junior College Libraries, 1999
Describes Internet implementation at several progressive community college libraries. Notes that innovative librarians have developed a number of creative strategies for delivering information services via the Internet. Reminds librarians that if they do not assume the role of expert intermediary between the general user and the available…
Descriptors: Academic Libraries, Community Colleges, Computer Uses in Education, Educational Innovation

Hoffman, Irene M.; Smith, Amy; DiBona, Leslie – Library Trends, 2000
Discusses the results of a nationwide survey (57 survey questions) of academic libraries that investigated fund-raising programs, including personnel involved; goals and costs of fund-raising; library donors, friends, and advisory groups; priorities; and factors of success, including involvement of the director and time on task. A copy of the…
Descriptors: Academic Libraries, Administrator Role, Costs, Donors

Jones, Patrick – Orana: Journal of School and Children's Librarianship, 2000
As librarians provide access to informational resources, recreational excursions, cultural explorations, and educational support, they build assets which are critical for young people's successful growth. Identifies eight main categories of developmental assets--support; empowerment; boundaries and expectations; constructive use of time;…
Descriptors: Access to Information, Adolescent Development, Adolescent Literature, Adolescents
Murphy, Catherine – MultiMedia Schools, 1998
Examines the role of the online catalog in school libraries. Addresses the evolution of the online catalog, discussing connectivity, integration of technical and public services, networked hardware and software, user interface, and searching the catalog. Discusses the dual role of the library media specialist, of managing the catalog and offering…
Descriptors: Access to Information, Elementary Secondary Education, Futures (of Society), Information Services

Laskowski, Mary Schneider – College & University Media Review, 2000
Presents results of a survey designed to provide an overview of the academic media center past, present, and immediate future. The survey included sections on the history of the academic media center and/or collection, current policies and functions of the academic media center, and the way in which Internet technologies have changed academic…
Descriptors: Academic Libraries, Change, Educational Development, Educational Media

Nelson, Naomi L.; Agnew, Grace – Microform and Imaging Review, 1999
Describes the Selected Archives at Georgia Tech and Emory (SAGE), a local grant-funded project to build virtual library capabilities at both libraries. Discusses the progress made by the libraries in six areas: selecting materials; preserving original data formats; creating digital files; indexing digital files; designing Web-based navigation and…
Descriptors: Academic Libraries, Archives, Cooperative Programs, Electronic Libraries