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Direct linkKwanya, Tom; Stilwell, Christine; Underwood, Peter G. – Journal of Librarianship and Information Science, 2013
Using the "point oh" naming system for developments in librarianship is attracting debate about its appropriateness, basis and syntax and the meaning and potential of Library 2.0. Now a new term, Library 3.0, has emerged. Is there is any significant difference between the two models? Using documentary analysis to explore the terms, the…
Descriptors: Information Networks, Library Automation, Library Development, Library Services
Samuels, Ruth Gallegos; Griffy, Henry – portal: Libraries and the Academy, 2012
This article discusses best practices for evaluating open source software for use in library projects, based on the authors' experience evaluating electronic publishing solutions. First, it presents a brief review of the literature, emphasizing the need to evaluate open source solutions carefully in order to minimize Total Cost of Ownership. Next,…
Descriptors: Electronic Publishing, Computer Software, Comparative Analysis, Open Source Technology
Peer reviewedKnuth, Rebecca – International Information and Library Review, 1995
Provides an overview of school library development in Great Britain and the United States and discusses five factors that have facilitated or retarded school library development in each country: standards, staffing and certification, government support, rationale for school libraries, and professional organizations. (Author/LRW)
Descriptors: Certification, Comparative Analysis, Foreign Countries, Government Role
Peer reviewedNakamura, Yuriko – School Libraries Worldwide, 2000
Discusses and compares results of a survey of teacher's perceptions of school libraries in Tokyo, Japan and in Honolulu, Hawaii that showed differences in policies, availability of trained school library personnel, and in the nature of school library development. Copies of the questionnaires used are appended. (Author/LRW)
Descriptors: Comparative Analysis, Cross Cultural Studies, Elementary Secondary Education, Foreign Countries
Peer reviewedFatzer, Jill B. – Journal of Library Administration, 1996
Explores the cases of two states, Louisiana and Ohio, which found budget problems to be the occasion for concerted statewide efforts to improve academic library services. Both states ultimately established statewide multipurpose resource-sharing academic library consortia, supported by electronic library networks, as the solutions to their very…
Descriptors: Academic Libraries, Budgets, Case Studies, Change Agents
Peer reviewedZhang, Hongyang; Webb, T. D. – College & Research Libraries, 2002
Explains President Clinton's donation of books about the United States to the Peking University Library and compares it to a donation of Chinese books from the Peking University library to the library of Kapiolani Community College (Hawaii). Suggests appropriate directions for U.S.-China academic library cooperation and for international academic…
Descriptors: Academic Libraries, Comparative Analysis, Higher Education, International Programs
Peer reviewedSchmidt, Karen A. – College and Research Libraries, 1986
A comparison of subject- and publisher-based book approval plans for academic libraries found publisher-based plans to be more successful for purchasing domestic publications, and subject-based plans for international ones. Library collections, organization, and vagaries of the publishing industry form the basis for selecting the plan which is…
Descriptors: Academic Libraries, Comparative Analysis, Higher Education, Library Acquisition
Peer reviewedGangl, Susan Diane – Behavioral & Social Sciences Librarian, 1991
Describes SCOPE (Selectors with Collection Overlap in Psychology Entente), a project developed at the University of Minnesota-Twin Cities to identify gaps and overlaps in psychology collection development. A worksheet used both to compare collections and to meet the needs of RLG (Research Libraries Group) requirements is explained. (LRW)
Descriptors: Academic Libraries, Classification, Comparative Analysis, Higher Education
Dillon, Martin; And Others – Microcomputers for Information Management, 1988
Describes a prototype automated collection analysis system developed at OCLC that allows a library to compare its collection with both predefined and evaluator defined peer groups. Eight library applications for such comparisons are listed, and the system design goals and areas needing further development are discussed. (five references)…
Descriptors: Bibliographic Utilities, Comparative Analysis, Computer System Design, Library Automation
Tomaiuolo, Nicholas G. – Searcher, 1999
Examines Web sites that provide bibliographic information useful to librarians as well as to end users, some for free and some that charge fees. Highlights include the possibility of canceling database subscriptions; information quality on free Web databases; retrieval-based comparisons between free and fee-based databases; and document delivery…
Descriptors: Bibliographic Records, Comparative Analysis, Costs, Databases
Paepcke, Andreas; Brandriff, Robert; Janee, Greg; Larson, Ray; Ludaescher, Bertram; Melnik, Sergey; Raghavan, Sriram; [and] Owen, Catherine; Pearson, Tony; Arnold, Stephen; [and] Moore, Reagan; Baru, Chaitan; Rajasekar, Arcot; Ludaescher, Bertram; Marciano, Richard; Wan, Michael; Schroeder, Wayne; Gupta, Amarnath; [and] Coyle, Karen – D-Lib Magazine, 2000
Includes four articles that discuss: (1) search middleware, or software packages that allow access to information sources for digital libraries; (2) film archives and building online collections of data for use in film research and teaching; (3) digital archives; and (4) a virtual union catalog for the University of California. (LRW)
Descriptors: Archives, Comparative Analysis, Computer Software, Electronic Libraries
Perceptions vs. Use: Comparing Faculty Evaluations of Journal Titles with Faculty and Student Usage.
Peer reviewedJoswick, Kathleen E.; Stierman, Jeanne Koekkoek – Journal of Academic Librarianship, 1995
Faculty at Western Illinois University were asked to share in the library's journal deselection responsibility by ranking the library's journals by importance. These rankings were then compared to student use of the same journals. Results indicate that journals that were frequently cited or retrieved by students were highly ranked by the faculty.…
Descriptors: Academic Libraries, College Students, Comparative Analysis, Evaluation Methods
Peer reviewedBentley, Stella; Farrell, David – Journal of Academic Librarianship, 1985
The crisis in collection development afflicting most members of Association of Research Libraries since the 1970s moved Indiana University Libraries to undertake a rationalization of their budget allocation procedure in light of a comparative study of peer institutions and to draft a new policy based on regional cooperation. (6 references)…
Descriptors: Budgeting, Budgets, College Libraries, Comparative Analysis
Peer reviewedKennedy, John; Lonsdale, Ray – Education for Library and Information Services: Australia, 1997
Compares and analyzes two collection development courses for undergraduates offered through distance education, one at the University of Wales Aberystwyth (United Kingdom) and one at Charles Sturt University (Australia). Discusses the changes that electronic technology are bringing to collection development and to distance learning. (LRW)
Descriptors: Change, Comparative Analysis, Distance Education, Foreign Countries
Peer reviewedNalen, James E. – Reference & User Services Quarterly, 2001
This annotated bibliography focuses on resources for the study of international elections and electoral systems and outcomes that will be useful for collection development and for answering reference questions about foreign elections. Discusses comparative politics, comparative elections, and possible electoral reform. (LRW)
Descriptors: Annotated Bibliographies, Comparative Analysis, Elections, Global Approach
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