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Performance Evaluation in Reference Services in ARL Libraries. SPEC Kit 139.
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Gorman, Kathleen – 1987
This System and Procedures Exchange Center (SPEC) flyer/kit is based on two research efforts: a 1986 SPEC survey on the collection and use of management statistics related to reference services, and a 1987 supplemental survey on qualitative measures of reference services. A brief introduction describes the survey and discusses the evaluation of…
Descriptors: Academic Libraries, Computer Networks, Databases, Evaluation Methods
Follow-Up: White House Conference on Library and Information Services.
Bush, George; And Others – Bulletin of the American Society for Information Science, 1992
Follow-up on the 1991 White House Conference on Library and Information Services (WHCLIS) presents President Bush's message to the U.S. Congress on the conference, together with a discussion of WHCLIS resolutions relevant to the concerns of the American Society for Information Science (ASIS). Major concerns are identified as networking,…
Descriptors: Access to Information, Computer Networks, Copyrights, Information Services
High Performance Computing and Network Program. Hearing before the Subcommittee on Science of the Committee on Science, Space, and Technology, House of Representatives, One Hundred Third Congress, First Session.
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Congress of the U.S., Washington, DC. House Committee on Science, Space and Technology. – 1993
The purpose of the hearing transcribed in this document was to obtain the views of representatives of network user and provider communities regarding the path the National Science Foundation (NSF) is taking for recompetition of the NSFNET computer network. In particular the committee was interested in the consistency of the evolution of NSFNET…
Descriptors: Computer Networks, Electronic Libraries, Federal Legislation, Federal Programs
H.R. 1757--High Performance Computing and High Speed Networking Applications Act of 1993. Hearings before the Subcommittee on Science of the Committee on Science, Space, and Technology. House of Representatives, One Hundred Third Congress, First Session (April 27, May 6, May 11, 1993).
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Congress of the U.S., Washington, DC. House Committee on Science, Space and Technology. – 1993
This document contains the transcript of three hearings on the High Speed Performance Computing and High Speed Networking Applications Act of 1993 (H.R. 1757). The hearings were designed to obtain specific suggestions for improvements to the legislation and alternative or additional application areas that should be pursued. Testimony and prepared…
Descriptors: Computer Networks, Distance Education, Electronic Libraries, Federal Legislation
Protecting Intellectual Property.
Gasaway, Laura N.; Rush, James E. – Bulletin of the American Society for Information Science, 1993
Two articles consider different aspects of the issue of protecting intellectual property rights. The first discusses the effects of a recent court ruling on information centers in the for-profit sector, focusing on fair use under the Copyright Act of 1976; and the second examines moral and economic issues in electronic information dissemination.…
Descriptors: Access to Information, Computer Networks, Court Litigation, Economic Factors