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Views and Dreams: A Delphi Investigation into Library 2.0 Applications
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Bronstein, Jenny; Aharony, Noa – Journal of Web Librarianship, 2009
The study's purpose was to investigate the views and opinions of librarians about the implementation of Web 2.0 technologies into library operations and services. The Delphi technique was chosen as the method of inquiry in this study, in which a group of panelists graded the desirability and probability of a list of statements. Thirty-nine…
Descriptors: Delphi Technique, Librarian Attitudes, Library Role, Foreign Countries
Role and Justification of Web Archiving by National Libraries: A Questionnaire Survey
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Shiozaki, Ryo; Eisenschitz, Tamara – Journal of Librarianship and Information Science, 2009
This paper reports on a questionnaire survey of 16 national libraries designed to clarify how national libraries attempt to justify their web archiving activities. Results indicate they envisage that a) the benefits brought about by their initiatives are greater than the overall costs, b) the costs imposed on libraries are greater than the costs…
Descriptors: Preservation, Government Libraries, Questionnaires, Library Automation
Librarians and Libraries Supporting Open Access Publishing
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Richard, Jennifer; Koufogiannakis, Denise; Ryan, Pam – Canadian Journal of Higher Education, 2009
As new models of scholarly communication emerge, librarians and libraries have responded by developing and supporting new methods of storing and providing access to information and by creating new publishing support services. This article will examine the roles of libraries and librarians in developing and supporting open access publishing…
Descriptors: Library Role, Access to Information, Social Sciences, Academic Libraries
Reassessing the Social Impacts of New Technology.
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Moore, Gale – Canadian Library Journal, 1987
Explores the social impacts of technological change on the library and the library profession as social institutions, the library as an organization, and librarians as professionals. The effects of automation on the library's role in providing public access to information, library management, professional status, and the work environment are also…
Descriptors: Access to Information, Foreign Countries, Information Technology, Library Automation
Bargaining Technological Change in Canadian Libraries. (Les negociations collectives et l'evolution technologique).
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Harris, Roma M.; Dilevko, Juris – Canadian Journal of Information and Library Science, 1997
Examines the collective agreements of Canadian public and academic libraries to determine the nature and frequency of technological change clauses. Findings indicate that overall, Canadian librarians have not been able to use the collective bargaining process as a means to claim a proactive voice in the introduction and integration of technology…
Descriptors: Academic Libraries, Collective Bargaining, Foreign Countries, Information Technology
Initiatives Toward a Bibliographic Communications Network for Canada = Vers L'Establissement d'un Reseau de Communication Bibliographique au Canada.
Durance, Cynthia J. – 1981
This paper provides an update on the status of library systems development in Canada and describes the new initiatives which the National Library is undertaking cooperatively with other institutions to facilitate the development of a nationwide decentralized bibliographic communication network. In order to place current network initiatives and the…
Descriptors: Communications, Decentralization, Developmental Programs, Foreign Countries