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Download full textBarrett, Jaia, Ed.; Rounds, Laura, Ed.; Sabnis, Shona, Ed.; Wetzel, Karen A., Ed. – 1999
The program of the 128th meeting of the Association of Research Libraries (ARL) is designed around the notion of examining rapid changes taking place in individual institutions and becoming agile enough to adapt, to manage change, and to learn how to effectively lead libraries through these turbulent periods. The program is divided into three main…
Descriptors: Academic Libraries, Conference Proceedings, Higher Education, Information Technology
Barrett, Jaia, Ed.; Wetzel, Karen A., Ed. – 2001
The 131st meeting of the Association of Research Libraries (ARL) focused on preservation of digital information. The ARL Preservation Committee convened three panels of experts to highlight major issues raised by the archiving of digital resources, and to encourage discussion about options for operating models and criteria for digital archives.…
Descriptors: Archives, Electronic Text, Information Management, Information Storage
Barrett, Jaia, Ed.; Wetzel, Karen A., Ed. – 1999
The 129th meeting of the Association of Research Libraries (ARL) focused on anticipating the future of higher education in North America and identifying responses from research libraries that will contribute to emerging agendas for change. An opening session (convened by Nancy Cline, ARL Presiding President) began the meeting. The first session,…
Descriptors: Academic Libraries, Educational Change, Futures (of Society), Higher Education
Fennell, Janice C., Ed. – 1989
These proceedings contain 21 research reports and 56 position papers as well as capsule descriptions of 32 workshop forums, panel presentations, and group discussions that took place at the conference. The papers are organized into nine broad subject areas: (1) academic and research librarianship (recruitment, technology and change, faculty…
Descriptors: Academic Libraries, Higher Education, Information Technology, Library Administration
Harvey, Diane, Ed. – 1990
This membership meeting of the Association of Research Libraries (ARL) opened with an overview of the challenges facing research libraries and the relationships between the three U.S. national libraries and the members of ARL by Sidney Verba of Harvard University. The directors of the national libraries then spoke on their current programs and…
Descriptors: Academic Libraries, Computer Networks, Financial Support, Futures (of Society)
Chiang, Win-Shin S., Ed.; Elkington, Nancy E., Ed. – 1994
The Research Libraries Group (RLG) hosted a symposium to explore opportunities for cooperative action--to take advantage of technology and to improve electronic access to information--particularly in the RLG context, and to develop strategies for making the most effective use of technology and electronic information in support of research and…
Descriptors: Access to Information, Futures (of Society), Group Discussion, Information Services
Daval, Nicola, Ed. – 1989
Papers from the joint meeting are assembled in this document. Each of the meeting's five program sessions featured presentations by a Standing Conference of National and Universal Libraries (SCONUL) director and an Association of Research Libraries (ARL) director. The presentations highlight perspectives from both sides of the Atlantic and are…
Descriptors: Academic Libraries, Foreign Countries, Higher Education, Information Technology
Kirk, Thomas, Ed. – 1992
These proceedings begin with four theme papers on civil rights, information technologies, the Information Society, and measures of success. Fifty-two contributed papers are then organized into seven broad subject areas: (1) academic librarianship (stereotypes of librarians, minority leadership, collegial leadership, curriculum reform, library…
Descriptors: Academic Libraries, Cataloging, Civil Rights, Higher Education
Australian Library and Information Association, Deakin. – 2000
This proceeding of the Australian Library and Information Association (ALIA) 2000 conference contains 64 papers presented at the main conference and 12 papers presented at the fringe conference. Topics covered include: the 21st century information environment; user perspectives of the future of the Internet; the user interface; public libraries in…
Descriptors: Academic Libraries, Access to Information, Electronic Libraries, Foreign Countries
Brennan, Patricia, Ed.; And Others – 1994
This volume documents two program sessions that reported on the Association of American Universities' (AAU) Research Libraries Project. This project was initiated by the AAU in collaboration with ARL and with the support of the Andrew W. Mellon Foundation; interim reports from the AAU task forces were presented in October 1993 and have been…
Descriptors: Academic Libraries, Change, Computer Networks, Foreign Countries
Bixby, Pamela, Ed. – 1991
Presentations on the changing nature of information services in research libraries in the context of advanced technology are combined with business meeting minutes in this report. The report begins with copies of three papers presented as part of a panel discussion on the program theme together with transcripts of accompanying remarks/discussion.…
Descriptors: Academic Libraries, Conferences, Futures (of Society), Higher Education
Harvey, Diane, Ed. – 1990
This membership meeting of the Association of Research Libraries (ARL) focused on the impact of the new information technologies on scholarly exchange. The program was organized into two sessions comprising 11 papers in all. In the first session, three influential leaders presented papers exploring different aspects of the conference topic. In the…
Descriptors: Academic Libraries, Higher Education, Information Networks, Information Technology
Helal, Ahmed H., Ed.; Weiss, Joachim W., Ed. – 1997
The 25 papers presented at this symposium focus on the future of libraries and library services in an ever evolving Information Age. The papers deal with topics such as: economic and political issues in determining the future of the professionally managed library; adding value to library services; the need for librarians and library educators who…
Descriptors: Academic Libraries, Access to Information, Electronic Libraries, Foreign Countries
