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Download full textWohnert, Bodil – 2001
A new Danish act regarding library service has initiated several projects in order to promote libraries and to provide library staff experience in using the Internet to communicate with end users. Most public Danish information is found on official World Wide Web sites, and there is a tendency to publish online versions instead of printed…
Descriptors: Computer Mediated Communication, Electronic Libraries, Foreign Countries, Legislation
Peer reviewedKoyama, Janice T. – Reference & User Services Quarterly, 1998
Discusses issues raised by the development of remote reference. Two scenarios are proposed: (1) how Internet users and their information-seeking behavior challenge the traditional reference service model, its value system, and the librarian role in that model, and (2) a model of close linkages between librarians and users engaged as partners along…
Descriptors: Computer Mediated Communication, Information Seeking, Information Services, Information Systems
Toraki, Katerina – 1999
The Technical Chamber (TEE) is the professional organization of Greek engineers as well as the consultant of the Government to technical issues. Besides central services in Athens, TEE has 15 regional sections and most of them have small libraries to serve the local engineering community. All libraries are connected online to TEE network and use…
Descriptors: Computer Mediated Communication, Engineers, Foreign Countries, Information Services
Hamilton, Stuart – 2002
The September 11th terrorist attacks on the United States have contributed greatly to a change in the information environment around the world. The weeks following the attacks saw governments around the world rush to pass legislation designed to prevent future acts of terrorism. Much of this legislation targeted information flow, especially on the…
Descriptors: Access to Information, Communications, Computer Mediated Communication, Information Dissemination
Peer reviewedLankes, R. David – Reference & User Services Quarterly, 1998
Discusses impacts of the Internet on reference services and changing roles for reference librarians. Describes a continuum of libraries (Sutton) from a paper-based (traditional) to a fully digital library. Examines K-12 uses and benefits of digital reference services (question-and-answer services sometimes referred to as AskA's). Describes K-12…
Descriptors: Change, Computer Mediated Communication, Computer Software, Educational Resources
Erazo, Edward; Derlin, Roberta L. – 1995
The growth of telecommunications technology for distance learning in the Cyberspace Age has opened many options for studying off-campus from home or office from remote and sparsely populated communities. Higher education is exploring this modern version of correspondence courses with the goal of increasing their student enrollment as well as…
Descriptors: Academic Libraries, Access to Education, Case Studies, Computer Mediated Communication
