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Accart, Jean-Philippe – International Information and Library Review, 1992
Discussion of libraries in Russia focuses on science and medical libraries. Topics addressed include historical background; library science education; a consortium formed to build national databases and disseminate information; producers of scientific and medical information; international cooperation; interlibrary loans; the Russian Medical…
Descriptors: Biomedicine, Consortia, Foreign Countries, Higher Education
Weaver, Barbara – Wilson Library Bulletin, 1990
Provides an overview of the various roles of state libraries and discusses several issues of concern to all state libraries: the role of the library within state government; resources sharing; school library development; public library development; automation consulting; continuing education for library professionals; and the leadership role of…
Descriptors: Elementary Secondary Education, Leadership Responsibility, Library Administration, Library Automation
Hamilton, Don – Education Canada, 1998
A symposium explored recent public policy trends related to Canadian school libraries; the position of the school library as part of the educational process; and the school library's current and future roles in using old and new technologies to enable students to develop their information skills, ability to conduct research, problem-solving…
Descriptors: Conferences, Educational Change, Educational Trends, Elementary Secondary Education
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Goodrich, Jeanne – Journal of Library Administration, 1999
This case study describes the use of an information technology vendor conference to assure the smooth opening of a public library in Portland, Oregon. Vendors for hardware, telecommunications, integrated library systems, and networks met with library administration and staff to troubleshoot problems and share information and to ensure a timely…
Descriptors: Case Studies, Computer Networks, Computer Selection, Conferences
Angelis, Jane; Wood, Joan – Illinois Libraries, 1999
This first of three consecutive articles examines trends for the future that emphasize libraries expanding their role in the community and individuals becoming more involved. Discusses the library as the community center for civic renewal, library as navigator, and library as coalition builder. Presents comments from librarians on reasons for and…
Descriptors: Community Programs, Community Services, Cooperative Programs, Futures (of Society)
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Jacobs, Neil; Morris, Anne – Education for Information, 1999
The eLib-funded FIDDO (Focused Investigation of Document Delivery Options) project provides library managers/others with information to support policy decisions. Senior libraries were interviewed about the future of document delivery and interviews were analyzed with the support of NUD*IST (Nonnumerical Unstructured Data by Indexing, Searching and…
Descriptors: Access to Information, Decision Making, Document Delivery, Electronic Libraries
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Hary, Nicoletta Mattioli – Third World Libraries, 1995
Describes the Hosseinieh Ershad Public Library, a model library established in Iran after the Islamic Revolution that contains a predominant religious collection. Reviews the library's historical background, current cataloging system, collections and their circulation, services to blind patrons and children, funding and staff. Photographs of the…
Descriptors: Blindness, Cataloging, Childrens Libraries, Foreign Countries
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Garfield, Eugene – Journal of the American Society for Information Science and Technology, 2001
Traces the development of information retrieval/services and suggests that the creation of large digital libraries seems inevitable. Examines possibilities for increasing electronic access and the role of artificial intelligence. Highlights include: searching full text; sending full texts; selective dissemination of information (SDI) profiling and…
Descriptors: Access to Information, Artificial Intelligence, Electronic Libraries, Futures (of Society)
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Haider, Syed Jalaluddin – International Information & Library Review, 1998
Examines the state of library automation in Pakistan. Discusses early developments; financial support by the Netherlands Library Development Project (Pakistan); lack of automated systems in college/university and public libraries; usage by specialist libraries; efforts by private-sector libraries and the National Library in Pakistan; commonly used…
Descriptors: Academic Libraries, Financial Support, Foreign Countries, Information Systems
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Croft, Janet Brennan – Journal of Access Services, 2005
Academic libraries are at a crossroads, facing increasing competition from other student services within their institutions and from commercial entities that duplicate their services. Examining some broader trends in education leads to suggestions as to how libraries might re-examine legacy services and assumptions and consider new directions.…
Descriptors: Academic Libraries, Educational Change, Library Services, Access to Information
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Stowers, Eva; Galbraith, Gillian – Acquisitions Librarian, 2004
This article discusses the web and print resources used in selecting material for a dental sciences collection in an academic library at a public university without a medical library. The process of creating a collection quickly and with limited resources is described, from the initial collection assessment to the decision-making processes…
Descriptors: Printed Materials, Dentistry, Academic Libraries, Internet
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Nall, Clark; Lewis, Janice Steed – Acquisitions Librarian, 2005
Valuable information in print is often neglected because of the rapid proliferation of electronic resources and the bias of many library users against print sources. At Joyner Library, it was decided to construct an interactive subject guide database that included resources in all formats to offer users a convenient starting point for research and…
Descriptors: Library Services, Bibliographic Databases, Library Automation, Library Development
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Moran, Barbara B. – Library Quarterly, 2005
Prior to 1997, the University of Oxford in Great Britain had approximately one hundred autonomous libraries with little coordination of services, collection development, or management among them. In that year a new director was hired with the mandate to integrate many of these libraries into one centralized system. Over the past seven years…
Descriptors: Foreign Countries, Library Services, Change Strategies, Organizational Change
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Norman, Carolyn F.; Siminitus, Jackie – Community & Junior College Libraries, 2005
"Conversations with California Community College Librarians" is a snapshot in time at a time when colleges are swelling with new students, technology is surging ahead, and campus revenues are not keeping pace with growth or modernization needs. College library collections and services are increasingly technology-dependent. College…
Descriptors: Community Colleges, College Libraries, Educational Technology, Library Networks
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Jurkowski, Odin L. – Journal of Library & Information Services In Distance Learning, 2004
This study focuses on college and university library services provided to distance education students and a content analysis of library Web sites. The Web sites chosen were categorized by the amount of distance education the institution offered to students. Results indicated that the size of the institution had the strongest correlation to library…
Descriptors: Web Sites, Distance Education, Research Libraries, Academic Libraries
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