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Peer reviewedFisher, William – Library Trends, 1997
Professional associations in the library/information science field are viewed from the perspective of the value they bring to the field. Research and professional development are reviewed in this context based on the efforts of ALA (American Library Association), ALISE (Association for Library & Information Science Education), ASIS (American…
Descriptors: Information Industry, Information Science, Library Associations, Library Development
Peer reviewedGrycz, Czeslaw Jan – Library Trends, 1997
Surveys resource sharing among libraries in the cycle of scholarly communication. Highlights include emergence of digital technologies; coherence within disciplines; collection development and innovative solutions; digital works for world knowledge; National Periodicals Center; subscription cancellations; electronic documents; new research areas;…
Descriptors: Academic Libraries, Copyrights, Electronic Publishing, Fair Use (Copyrights)
Peer reviewedWalker, Stephen – Library Trends, 1987
Describes the design and operation of a prototype online catalog; reviews research which evaluated the system in terms of types of searches and success rates; and offers suggestions for enhancing subject access, including automatic stemming, synonym tables and cross-reference lists, and relevance feedback mechanisms. (CLB)
Descriptors: Academic Libraries, Access to Information, Evaluation Criteria, Evaluation Methods
