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Griffey, Jason – Library Journal, 2010
The author believes that publishers and authors will, in the digital age, benefit from freely sharing information, and that digital rights management (DRM) and other protection mechanisms are crazy. He has argued on behalf of libraries that ebooks and other digital content deserve the same First Sale rights that physical purchases have. But that…
Descriptors: Access to Information, Internet, Electronic Publishing, Library Materials
Shearer, Kenneth D. – Drexel Library Quarterly, 1983
Describes three selection theories and concepts from other disciplines which are used to explain matters of selection and constitute a diverse array of approaches in rethinking problems of library selection: random selection in statistics, theory of natural selection in biology, and gatekeeper theory in field of communication. Ten sources are…
Descriptors: Interdisciplinary Approach, Library Material Selection, Library Materials, Models

De Groote, Stefan; And Others – Library and Information Science Research, 1991
Discusses interlibrary lending (ILL) systems and explains the localization effect--called "the burgundy effect"--which results in a partial union catalog of serials locating a higher percentage of ILL requests than an up-to-date catalog over a number of years. An econometric model, the Weibull distribution, is used to calculate…
Descriptors: Interlibrary Loans, Library Materials, Models, Serials

Gleaves, Edwin S.; Carterette, Robert T. – Journal of Academic Librarianship, 1982
Suggests the acquisition of microform serials as a solution to the problems of cost, space, personnel resources, rate of acquisition, and rate of consumption of shelving space associated with library acquisition and maintenance of serials. Cost benefits for a select number of microform serials are considered. Nine references are listed. (EJS)
Descriptors: Academic Libraries, Cost Effectiveness, Higher Education, Library Acquisition
Nitecki, Joseph Z. – 1979
This essay identifies and reviews the major and easily recognizable characteristics of a library discourse and proposes models describing the actual, possible, and necessary modes of library communication. The transmittal of orderly thoughts or information in a library situation differs from a conventional communication pattern. Three unique…
Descriptors: Communication (Thought Transfer), Discourse Analysis, Essays, Information Theory

Pond, Kurt; Burlingame, Dwight F. – College and Research Libraries, 1984
Describes experience gained by applying philosophical principles to library serials cooperation between two academic libraries. Philosophical views concerning cooperation; conditions leading to success of the project; serials survey of selected faculty members from English, biology, and economics departments; and proposals based on computer…
Descriptors: College Libraries, Higher Education, Library Cooperation, Library Materials
Illinois Libraries, 1993
Describes a project in Illinois that was developed to establish communitywide capability for intergenerational programming with the library as resource center and advisor that could be used as a model for other libraries. Highlights include collection assessment; collection enrichment; bibliography development; a community workshop; material use;…
Descriptors: Bibliographies, Community Programs, Intergenerational Programs, Library Collection Development

Griffiths, Jose-Marie; King, Donald W. – Electronic Library, 1984
Describes framework for library networking which consists of six interdependent dimensions to be used for decision making by libraries: functions to be performed, type of access information, types of materials, products and services, networking configurations, and communications means. Use of a series of cost models describing activities within…
Descriptors: Costs, Decision Making, Library Automation, Library Cooperation

Hazen, Dan C. – Library Resources and Technical Services, 1982
Delineates the types of decisions involved in the preservation of library collections and suggests decision-making structures and criteria for each type of decision. The information gaps which limit the ability to make intelligent preservation decisions are also discussed. (Author/JL)
Descriptors: Academic Libraries, Criteria, Decision Making, Library Acquisition

Hazen, Dan C. – Journal of Academic Librarianship, 1990
Discusses the growing emphasis on preservation in academic libraries and examines the assumptions underlying the prevalent approach of one-time reformatting using microforms. A model for preservation policy and planning based on needs assessment and prioritizing is presented, and alternatives to current practices are considered. (10 references)…
Descriptors: Academic Libraries, Cost Effectiveness, Financial Support, Higher Education

Segal, Judith – Behavioral & Social Sciences Librarian, 1991
Discussion of problems involved in maintaining branch library collections highlights a model of collection management for academic institutions supporting a branch library. Duplication of titles is discussed, developing a profile of subject parameters is described, and an example for a library in a graduate school of social work is given. (LRW)
Descriptors: Academic Libraries, Branch Libraries, Higher Education, Interdisciplinary Approach

Xiaorong, Fang – Journal of the American Society for Information Science, 1992
Examines the problem of aging of books in university libraries and presents a mathematical model of the aging process. Indexes for the aging time limit, over-age book rate, and aging rate are suggested; use of the mean unit price is considered; and countermeasures for control of the aging process are proposed. (four references) (MES)
Descriptors: Books, College Libraries, Cost Effectiveness, Higher Education

Atkinson, Ross W.; And Others – Library Resources and Technical Services, 1986
Three articles on preservation present a theoretical framework for making preservation selection decisions by Atkinson, comments on Atkinson's concepts and possible mechanisms for identifying collections for top priority in microfilming by Child, and results of a Research Libraries Group study of the costs of preservation microfilming by McClung .…
Descriptors: Archives, Cost Estimates, Library Collection Development, Library Collections
Boardman, Edna M. – Book Report, 1994
Describes the Knapp School Libraries Project that was developed in the 1960s to create model libraries in elementary and secondary schools by upgrading their materials and qualified personnel. Visits from librarians, educators, students, and community members that helped disseminate the model libraries' characteristics are discussed. (Contains 14…
Descriptors: Change, Diffusion (Communication), Elementary Secondary Education, Grants

Bouazza, Abdelmajid – International Library Review, 1986
This review of the literature discusses economic, political, human, and cultural barriers to resource sharing among libraries in developing countries, and presents models developed by researchers as guidelines to help overcome these barriers. Conditions necessary for the success of these models are briefly discussed. (CDD)
Descriptors: Attitudes, Developing Nations, Financial Support, Illiteracy
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