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Lankes, R. David, Ed.; McClure, Charles R., Ed.; Gross, Melissa, Ed.; Pomerantz, Jeffrey, Ed. – 2002
The chapters in this volume, originally presented at the Third Annual Virtual Reference Desk (VRD) conference, "Setting Standards and Making It Real," (Orlando, Florida, November 2001), were organized, revised, and updated to reflect current technology and practice. The VRD conference and the ideas in this book represent the cutting edge…
Descriptors: Conference Proceedings, Electronic Libraries, Information Science, Information Technology
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Summey, Terri Pedersen – Reference Librarian, 1997
Explores library-user infatuation with electronic resources, the rapid growth of electronic resources and their impact on traditional reference services, and reference services in an electronic society. Discusses a survey of 200 academic libraries investigating electronic resources and their impact on library personnel, especially on…
Descriptors: Academic Libraries, Higher Education, Information Technology, Librarians
Borod, Elizabeth A. – 1990
The purpose of this guide is to provide library and information professionals with a brief history of telecommunications and transborder data flow (TDF) as well as an annotated listing of available resources and organizations concerned with these topics. The bibliography is organized into 14 themes: (1) communication--international; (2)…
Descriptors: Annotated Bibliographies, Communications, Computers, Information Dissemination
Howe, Eleanor; Stack, Jack; Rettig-Seitam, Marcia – 1997
This paper presents guidelines and tools for action research in the school library which will help the librarian justify expenditures and personnel and evaluate and plan services. It shows how statistics can be turned into meaningful knowledge about what is currently being done in the library, how well it is being done, whether it should be done,…
Descriptors: Action Research, Data Analysis, Elementary Secondary Education, Information Technology
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Cannon, T. H. – Canadian Library Journal, 1986
This assessment of the state of library and information science research in the United Kingdom, which was presented at a joint conference of two Canadian professional associations, focuses on functions of the British Library's Research and Development Department. The importance of research and dissemination of its findings are also discussed. (CDD)
Descriptors: Academic Libraries, Conferences, Financial Support, Foreign Countries
Montgomery, Paula K., Ed.; Thomas, Nancy Pickering – 1999
This book brings together the literature on information skills instruction with particular reference to models related to information seeking and the information search process, including representational, instructional/teaching, and facilitation models. Chapter 1 provides an overview of the development of the library curriculum as it has evolved…
Descriptors: Educational Development, Educational Practices, Educational Theories, Educational Trends
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Gherman, Paul M. – Journal of Library Administration, 1987
Summarizes the responses of research library directors to the Library of Congress' Network Advisory Committee statement, which stresses an egalitarian network environment. The special role of research libraries and the effect on their participation in local area and multitype networks are discussed. (6 references) (CLB)
Descriptors: Information Technology, Library Administration, Library Networks, Library Role
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Lavagnino, Merri Beth – Library Hi Tech, 1997
When the Committee on Institutional Cooperation (CIC), an academic consortium of 12 major teaching and research universities began implementing the Virtual Electronic Library, a Continuum of Security Needs list was created which outlines the security and authentication issues that must be addressed. The thirteen security items on the list are…
Descriptors: Academic Libraries, Computer Security, Consortia, Electronic Libraries
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Wegner, Lucy Siefert – New Directions for Teaching and Learning, 1992
In tomorrow's research library, students and researchers will be able to find and retrieve a variety of materials without leaving their computer workstations. Traditional library facilities will be augmented by "virtual libraries" with primarily electronic, not physical, access to collections. This trend will require redefinition of services and…
Descriptors: Computers, Electronic Libraries, Futures (of Society), Higher Education
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Woodsworth, Anne; And Others – Journal of Academic Librarianship, 1989
Presents a conceptual model of the information activities of the research library of the future. The future boundary conditions that will affect the library are discussed, including premises about the university, the information industry, technological developments, and governmental priorities. Steps for turning the model into reality are…
Descriptors: Academic Libraries, College Environment, Government Role, Higher Education
Hocker, Susan – 1989
For this kit, 106 Association of Research Libraries (ARL) academic libraries were surveyed concerning: (1) current administration/organization; (2) evaluation; (3) patron relations; (4) services; and (5) the impact of online searching on collections. Responses were received from 83 libraries, many of which contributed sample materials. Analyses of…
Descriptors: Academic Libraries, Cost Effectiveness, Data Analysis, Equipment Evaluation
Rossman, Parker – 1992
This book proposes an agenda of questions for people who plan for and seek to give some direction to the expanding use of computer conferencing and television for international courses. The book is the first comprehensive effort to gather together and summarize scattered research reports and to report experiments and demonstrations that suggest…
Descriptors: Academic Libraries, College Faculty, College Students, Developing Nations
Brennan, Patricia, Comp.; Reed-Scott, Jutta, Comp. – 1993
In the fall of 1993, the Association of Research Libraries (ARL) Office of Management Services conducted a survey to determine the status of automation activities within preservation departments in member libraries. The survey was sent to 68 ARL libraries that have established preservation departments under the management of a preservation…
Descriptors: Academic Libraries, Database Management Systems, Higher Education, Information Management