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Peer reviewedBorgman, Christine L. – Library Trends, 2003
Presents four challenges faced by libraries and proposes research designs to address each of them. The challenges involve: invisible infrastructure; content and collections; preservation and access; and institutional boundaries. Proposes a mixture of research methods that includes surveys, case studies, documentary analyses, and policy analyses.…
Descriptors: Library Collections, Library Development, Library Policy, Library Research
Peer reviewedHernon, Peter – Government Information Quarterly, 1987
This examination of the literature that discusses technological applications for the collections and services of depository libraries identifies areas treated in the literature and topics for further writing and research. (Author/CLB)
Descriptors: Computer Software, Decision Support Systems, Depository Libraries, Government Publications
Peer reviewedDominguez, Patricia Buck; Swindler, Luke – College and Research Libraries, 1993
Provides a case study from the 1930s to the present of cooperative collection development at the Research Triangle university libraries (North Carolina). The rationale and principles for successful cooperation, types of cooperation that work best for different subjects and kinds of materials, and factors that promote long-term cooperation are…
Descriptors: Academic Libraries, Area Studies, Cooperative Planning, Financial Support
