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Hoffman, Helen – Australian Academic & Research Libraries, 1997
Describes international standards and recent Australian work on performance indicators in the technical services area. Current projects in Victorian academic libraries highlight some of the problems involved. (Author)
Descriptors: Academic Libraries, Higher Education, Library Development, Library Technical Processes
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Hirtle, Peter B. – Libraries & Culture, 2002
Digitization benefits the users of special collections through increase in traditional use of materials, development of new avenues of research, and the appearance of new types of research using rare books and manuscripts. It challenges the relative value given to paper originals of rare materials as digital holdings increase. Special collections…
Descriptors: Archives, Information Technology, Library Collection Development, Library Collections
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Goodram, Richard J. – Journal of Academic Librarianship, 1996
The Electronic Reserve Book Room Project (E-RBR) was a two-stage project with three major objectives: (1) to provide San Diego State University Library (California) with experience in applying imaging technology; (2) to provide a model for the resolution of the copyright problems inherent in the Library's application of these technologies; and (3)…
Descriptors: Academic Libraries, Copyrights, Digital Computers, Information Technology
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Fisher, Heather – Orana, 1995
Describes the development of a toy library in Gosford (Australia). Discusses community support, state and local funding and expenditures, planning loan procedures, the catalog, presentation and storage, classification, the official opening, and staff support and community reaction. (AEF)
Descriptors: Childrens Libraries, Community Support, Foreign Countries, Library Catalogs
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Hansen, Andrew M. – RQ, 1995
The history of the Reference and Adult Services Division (RASD) of the American Library Association is traced from the creation of the individual adult and reference service divisions through the merger that formed RASD. Focuses on the origin, structure, and activities of the division and on the individuals responsible for the development of RASD.…
Descriptors: Activities, Adults, Library Collections, Library Development
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Wade, Rona; Williamson, Vicki – Australian Academic & Research Libraries, 1998
Outlines the results of a review of the cataloging operations at the library at Curtin University of Technology and the three other publicly funded universities in WAGUL (the Western Australian Group of University Librarians). Identifies cost savings to be achieved by re-engineering cataloging and related operations, and separates them from the…
Descriptors: Academic Libraries, Cataloging, Classification, Cost Effectiveness
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Diedrichs, Carol Pitts – Library Resources & Technical Services, 1998
Discusses the managerial, business, and personal skills that will be needed for acquisitions librarians to remain central to the virtual library. Considers the issues of self-leadership, management, and survival in a continual state of change, and the need for creativity and innovation, as well as more traditional skills. (Author/AEF)
Descriptors: Change, Creativity, Electronic Libraries, Leadership
Marcum, James W. – Library Administration and Management, 1998
Provides background and context for the issue of outsourcing. Illustrates the practice as it exists in libraries. Offers a model for analyzing outsourcing alternatives and a scenario for testing the model, and suggests alternate approaches for management. (Contains 52 references.) (AEF)
Descriptors: Decision Making, Information Services, Information Technology, Library Administration
Pocock, Helen – Cataloguing Australia, 1997
Discusses the growth, survival and future of library classification schemes. Concludes that to survive, a scheme must constantly update its policies, and readily adapt itself to accommodate growing disciplines and changing terminology. (AEF)
Descriptors: Cataloging, Classification, Futures (of Society), Information Policy
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Zuidema, Karen Huwald – Library Resources & Technical Services, 1999
Describes the framework in which the research library at the University of Illinois at Chicago (UIC) reengineered its technical services operations. Focuses on the activities of the "Before Team" in evaluating, measuring, and redesigning the work processes that occur before the library receives an item. Discusses the results. (Author/AEF)
Descriptors: Academic Libraries, Higher Education, Library Development, Library Planning
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Bielsky, Katherine – Against the Grain, 1997
An experiment at the College of Charleston (South Carolina) library examined whether using Blackwell's Library of Congress Machine Readable Cataloging with books without the CIP upgrading would be worthwhile in terms of cataloging productivity and efficiency; it also looked at additional costs involved with the CIP upgrading. (AEF)
Descriptors: Academic Libraries, Bibliographic Records, Cataloging, Costs
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Sulzer, Jack, Ed.; And Others – Government Information Quarterly, 1995
Five articles describe the involvement of the Government Printing Office (GPO) and four depository libraries in the initial GPO Access Gateway Library Program. Technical issues and innovations are discussed, and the challenges of building such a program are outlined. (AEF)
Descriptors: Access to Information, Depository Libraries, Gateway Systems, Innovation
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Teper, Thomas H.; Atkins, Stephanie S. – College & Research Libraries, 2003
Discusses the results of two collection assessments conducted 13 years apart at the University of Illinois at Urbana-Champaign. Both assessments focused on the central stacks collection, a repository collection serving the institution's 42 branch and departmental libraries. Findings provide insight into the results of deferred collections care and…
Descriptors: Academic Libraries, Higher Education, Library Collections, Library Development
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Young, Jim; Johns, Vicki Slagle – Journal of Academic Librarianship, 1998
Examines implications of the Year 2000 Problem for libraries in the next millennium. Discusses planning ahead for on-time subscription service delivery; preventing a domino effect on cataloging service; vendor preparations; examples of librarians' perspectives; checking for compliance; and a bibliography of sources. (AEF)
Descriptors: Cataloging, Computer Oriented Programs, Futures (of Society), Library Development
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Ray, Ron L. – Journal of Academic Librarianship, 1998
Examines three circumstances likely to alter the organization of acquisitions expertise in libraries: holistic understanding superseding specialized expertise; diverging futures for acquisitions expertise and acquisitions departments; and the role of acquisitions expertise outside the library. (AEF)
Descriptors: Futures (of Society), Higher Education, Holistic Approach, Holistic Evaluation
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