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Kelley, Michael – Library Journal, 2011
In this article, the author presents the results of "Library Journal's" 2010 budget survey. The overall trend in FY10 indicated that 72 percent of survey respondents said their budget had been cut, and 43 percent had staff cuts. Among libraries serving populations above one million, these figures were even more acute, with 86 percent reporting…
Descriptors: Public Libraries, Educational Technology, Budgets, Surveys
Tenopir, Carol – Library Journal, 1986
Describes EasyNet, a gateway system to multiple online vendors. It allows occasional access without learning each system's commands or contracting with each vendor, with either the searcher selecting the database or letting the system select one. Costs are described and various special option plans for specific types of libraries are explained.…
Descriptors: Costs, Databases, Library Services, Microcomputers
Tenopir, Carol – Library Journal, 2005
Do vendor reps provide librarians with the information they need in the way they need it? Do vendors feel they are communicating effectively with their librarian clients? A recent survey of North American and European academic librarians commissioned by Jim McGinty, vice chair of Cambridge Information Group, and carried out by consultants David…
Descriptors: Vendors, Information Services, Consortia, Audiences
Cloonan, Michele V.; Dove, John G. – Library Journal, 2005
An ideology of librarianship was created by Shiyali Ramamrita (SR) Ranganathan in his classic The Five Laws of Library Science (Bombay: Asia Pub. House, 1963). He formulated objectives and principles for the organization of, access to, and use of library materials. Given the changing information world, this is a good time to reconsider…
Descriptors: Access to Information, Electronic Libraries, Library Materials, Library Services
Library Journal, 2005
In 2001 youth services librarian Wendy Wilcox begged her boss for the chance to make West Bloomfield Township Public Library (WBTPL) one of 20 demonstration sites for the Public Library Association (PLA)/Association for Library Service to Children initiative Every Child Ready To Read. While all participating libraries teach parents and caregivers…
Descriptors: Public Libraries, Recognition (Achievement), Librarians, Library Services
Squire, Kurt; Steinkuehler, Constance – Library Journal, 2005
Why pay attention to games? For starters, games are the "medium of choice" for many Millennials, with broad participation among the 30 and under population. Although part of a web of new media, technology, and social shifts, games are the quintessential site for examining these changes. Game cultures feature participation in a collective…
Descriptors: Computers, Library Skills, Research Skills, Libraries
Library Journal, 2004
This article is about Jeff Trzeciak, the tech hotshot at the Wayne State libraries. He oversees instructional technology for the entire campus community, library technology services (with over 1000 workstations and 30 servers), digital library services, and the help desk. It is clear he loves his work. His passion, though, is creating online…
Descriptors: Educational Technology, Library Networks, Library Services, Information Technology
Raymond, J. – Library Journal, 1998
Argues that bookstores are not superior and do not pose a threat to libraries. Discusses what libraries can learn from bookstores; where bookstores fall short; low wages of bookstore clerks; misshelving problems in bookstores due to the classification system; how the library classification system can be improved; and libraries' strengths. (AEF)
Descriptors: Bookstores, Classification, Comparative Analysis, Competition
Coutts, Brian E.; Hoffert, Barbara – Library Journal, 1997
Discusses the four stages in the development of reference services from print to electronic form: (1) the transformation of periodical indexes to full-text versions; (2) paperless encyclopedias; (3) electronic access to government data; and (4) popular titles appearing in electronic formats. A sidebar outlines innovations in reference services.…
Descriptors: Access to Information, Electronic Libraries, Information Services, Information Technology
Estes, Mark E. – Library Journal, 1998
Discusses the challenges confronting law libraries in this age of technology. Highlights include physical storage space; transformation of the library environment; search and retrieval challenges; law library/librarian profile; librarian/publisher partnerships; and the future roles of technology and library services. (AEF)
Descriptors: Change, Information Retrieval, Information Storage, Information Technology
Jackson, Mary E. – Library Journal, 1998
Assesses the changes in interlibrary loan (ILL) practices, and points the way to an ideal future. Discusses patron-initiated document request systems; library-mediated ordering systems; document delivery suppliers; accessing electronic resources; ILL management software; paying ILL invoices; new electronic delivery options; and results of a…
Descriptors: Computer Software, Document Delivery, Information Services, Information Systems
Childers, Thomas A. – Library Journal, 1994
Social and economic issues affecting the vitality of public libraries in California are discussed. A 1993 study by the California State Library identified diminishing reference skills and reference collections, reduced funding which impacted staffing, increased demand, technology change, and language/culture issues as contributing factors to…
Descriptors: Economic Factors, Library Collections, Library Networks, Library Role
Vogel, Brenda – Library Journal, 1997
Argues that, in spite of the financial burden on local, state, and federal justice systems, prison libraries must be transformed from access-to-the-courts programs and emerge as community information and cultural centers that provide both electronic and book formats. (AEF)
Descriptors: Access to Information, Costs, Electronic Libraries, Government Role
Mason, Marilyn Gell – Library Journal, 1996
Reviews earlier predictions about technological change in libraries, finds that providing equal access to information remains the library's mission, and forecasts the future. Topics include ownership versus access, electronic resources, information infrastructure, users, levels of service fees, circulation, librarians as "information…
Descriptors: Access to Information, Copyrights, Electronic Publishing, Fees