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McAllister, Lorrie; Laster, Shari – portal: Libraries and the Academy, 2018
The online catalog, commercial discovery layers, the open Web, and books available for browsing in libraries all aid in the process of discovery of resources. An absence of books means one fewer discovery method available. It is important, therefore, that libraries retain physical books in open stacks to offer communities a hands-on opportunity to…
Descriptors: Library Facilities, Library Materials, Educational Facilities Design, Library Development
Murphy, Elizabeth – New Review of Academic Librarianship, 2013
This article discusses an assessment and deselection project of the modern print book collections in the John Paul II Library, National University of Ireland Maynooth. Following a contextual introduction and literature review, the article outlines the methodology, presents and discusses the results, and concludes with lessons learned. Although…
Descriptors: Printed Materials, Case Studies, Library Materials, Library Research
Patton, Maggie – Australian Library Journal, 2009
Since 2005 the State Library of New South Wales has provided staff with an opportunity to research aspects of the Library's services and collections through the State Librarian's Staff Fellowship Program. In January 2008, Maggie Patton commenced a project to rediscover and document the development of the rare printed collections at the State…
Descriptors: Library Administration, Government Libraries, Foreign Countries, Archives
Baughman, M. Sue, Ed. – Association of Research Libraries, 2012
"Research Library Issues" ("RLI") focuses on current and emerging topics that are strategically important to research libraries. The articles explore issues, share information, pose critical questions, and provide examples. This special issue presents a report released by the Association of Research Libraries (ARL) Joint Task…
Descriptors: Research Libraries, Library Services, Disabilities, Library Development
Sewell, Bethany Badgett; Miller, Andrew Jonathan – Journal of Access Services, 2008
The University of Denver's Penrose Library's Stacks Maintenance unit is a separately managed unit that works in collaboration with all library departments to ensure complete access to the library's print collections. This unit takes advantage of a variety of techniques and tools to fulfill its mission, including a fine-tuned tracer system for…
Descriptors: Library Development, Library Materials, Preservation, Printed Materials
Genoni, Paul – Australian Academic & Research Libraries, 2007
In recent years there has been growing international interest in the development of shared facilities to house legacy print collections as a means of providing cost-effective and secure storage. These "repositories" have in some cases been successfully implemented on a national scale. This article traces the recent history of Australian…
Descriptors: Research Libraries, Foreign Countries, Shared Facilities, Library Services

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
Carlson, Scott – Chronicle of Higher Education, 2006
This article reports on a library renovation at California State Polytechnic University at Pomona which incurs complaints from professors and librarians about a shift from print to online materials. The $60-million project at Cal Poly is providing a difficult lesson in the challenges of library renovation, and in the changing role of one of the…
Descriptors: Printed Materials, Internet, Library Development, Library Facilities
Taylor, Rhonda Harris; Patterson, Lotsee – Acquisitions Librarian, 2004
This construct for collection development as it relates to Native American resources utilizes Thomas Mann's "Library Research Methods" (1993) concepts of the Traditional Model, the Actual-Practice Model, and the Principle of Least Effort to organize recommendations for both strategies and resources. The three-pronged hierarchical approach to…
Descriptors: Library Research, Research Methodology, American Indians, Library Services
Wei, Karen T. – Acquisitions Librarian, 2004
Focusing on academic libraries in North America, this article describes the selection and acquisition of library materials for Chinese Studies from the People's Republic of China, Hong Kong, and Taiwan. It provides an historical overview of the Chinese book publishing and exporting practice, identifies and evaluates current online and printed…
Descriptors: Library Materials, Academic Libraries, Foreign Countries, Library Services
Millet, Michelle S.; Mueller, Susan – Acquisitions Librarian, 2005
Following a library-wide brainstorming session and retreat, the Dean of the Maureen and Mike Mansfield Library tasked an ad-hoc committee to discuss implications for the library and its users if certain processes were implemented or eliminated in order to streamline the processing of serials. As the library's collection continues to shift from…
Descriptors: Brainstorming, Academic Libraries, Electronic Journals, Printed Materials
Soete, George J. – 1996
This volume is the pilot issue of the "Transforming Libraries" series, a quarterly subseries of SPEC (the Systems and Procedures Exchange Center of the Association of Research Libraries). Each issue will focus on a different application or aspect of library technology. This issue discusses electronic reserves. It is divided into five…
Descriptors: Academic Libraries, Copyrights, Costs, Electronic Libraries
Stowers, Eva; Galbraith, Gillian – Acquisitions Librarian, 2004
This article discusses the web and print resources used in selecting material for a dental sciences collection in an academic library at a public university without a medical library. The process of creating a collection quickly and with limited resources is described, from the initial collection assessment to the decision-making processes…
Descriptors: Printed Materials, Dentistry, Academic Libraries, Internet
Nall, Clark; Lewis, Janice Steed – Acquisitions Librarian, 2005
Valuable information in print is often neglected because of the rapid proliferation of electronic resources and the bias of many library users against print sources. At Joyner Library, it was decided to construct an interactive subject guide database that included resources in all formats to offer users a convenient starting point for research and…
Descriptors: Library Services, Bibliographic Databases, Library Automation, Library Development
Cochran, Sally; Gisolfi, Peter – School Library Journal, 1997
Describes the renovation of the Horace Greeley High School library (Chappaqua, New York). Discusses initial planning; costs; teachers' use of the library; new technology and the blending of print resources; and the appeal of the facility for students. Sidebars highlight the lighting design and renovation goals for the media specialist and…
Descriptors: Building Design, Costs, Course Integrated Library Instruction, Facility Improvement