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Dempsey, Beth – Library Journal, 2010
Self-service is a hit. From gas stations to banks to grocery stores--it has become table stakes for retailers who aim to satisfy an increasingly independent consumer. Libraries are no exception, and, in fact, with their card catalog past, they may well have been in the vanguard in enabling customers to find what they want on their own. Card…
Descriptors: Public Libraries, Librarians, Surveys, Library Services
Fialkoff, Francine; Hadro, Josh – Library Journal, 2010
Bill Schickling has spent a good chunk of his professional life at what is now Polaris Library Systems, shaping both the older Galaxy system and the newer Polaris integrated library system (ILS). When he joined the company as a programmer in 1987, it was still part of Gaylord, known mostly for its furniture and supplies division. Schickling was…
Descriptors: Information Systems, Public Libraries, Library Networks, User Satisfaction (Information)
Zilper, Nadia – Library Journal, 1991
Offers an overview of Soviet and Eastern European publishing practices. The history of communist publishing practices and the dramatic effect which Glasnost has had upon these practices are summarized. It is observed that highly unstable conditions in the USSR have severely jeopardized bibliographic control and hindered collection development in…
Descriptors: Cataloging, Communism, Economic Impact, Foreign Countries
Library Journal, 1987
This fourth annual annotated list was compiled by the Notable Documents Committee of the American Library Association's Government Documents Round Table. It includes federal, international, and state documents published two years prior to the date of the list that are considered notable based on 10 criteria. A source list is included. (EM)
Descriptors: Annotated Bibliographies, Federal Government, Foreign Countries, Government Publications
Avallone, Susan; Fox, Bette-Lee – Library Journal, 1986
This article presents results of a survey of 100 U.S. libraries focusing on their audio and video collections. Discussion covers genre or type of video collected, popular feature video titles, nonfeature films, nationwide jobbers and wholesalers and local distributors of audios and videos, and popular audiocassettes (how-to, motivational tapes).…
Descriptors: Audiotape Cassettes, Audiovisual Aids, Library Collection Development, Library Collections
Hoffert, Barbara – Library Journal, 1993
Describes an annual forum of academic and public librarians from the United States and Mexico that discusses common interests such as resource sharing, collection development, and literacy programs and considers longer-range programs. Sidebar articles cover Spanish language publishing in the United States and an annual book fair held in Mexico for…
Descriptors: Academic Libraries, Foreign Countries, Higher Education, Interlibrary Loans