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Download full textSimmons-Welburn, Janice, Comp. – Spec Kit, 2000
Over the past 10 years, many changes have affected the roles of librarians and other professionals in research libraries. The changes have been caused, in part, by technological advances, reorganizations, more focus on libraries as learning organizations, the use of teams and team-based approaches to tasks, and a recognition of diversity's…
Descriptors: Academic Libraries, Change, Higher Education, Librarians
Kershner, Lois M. – 1979
The amount of change resulting from the implementation of the Bibliographic Automation of Large Library Operations using a Time-sharing System (BALLOTS) is analyzed, in terms of (1) physical room arrangement, (2) work procedure, and (3) organizational structure. Also considered is the factor of amount of time the new system has been in use.…
Descriptors: Cataloging, Environmental Standards, Evaluation, Information Processing
Featherstone, Jan Alyce – 1990
The purpose of this study is to look at how the academic library systems office (i.e., an entity or group of entities within a library whose purpose is to oversee the hardware and software systems functions within its electronic automated processes and services for the use of the staff and public) in Ohio has evolved to become a library-wide…
Descriptors: Academic Libraries, Higher Education, Information Technology, Library Automation
Berger, Patricia W., Ed.; Robinson, Barbara M., Ed. – 1984
This report presents the research and findings of the 16-member Task Force on the Role of the Special Library in Nationwide Networks and Cooperative Programs. Four working groups studied the following issues: constituencies; network legislation; benefits, barriers, and constraints to and from special library participation in networks; and the…
Descriptors: Information Networks, Information Science, Library Associations, Library Cooperation
Allen, Nancy, Comp.; Godden, Irene, Comp. – 1991
Noting that the rapid evolution of telecommunications technology, the relentless advancement of computing capabilities, and the seemingly endless proliferation of electronic data have had a profound impact on research libraries, this Systems and Procedures Exchange Center (SPEC) kit explores the extent to which these technologies have come…
Descriptors: Academic Libraries, Access to Information, Computer Networks, Electronic Equipment
Evans Associates, Thiensville, WI. – 1996
This document provides a detailed design for the data portion of the Mississippi Library Commission (MLC) public library network. The data network is based on Frame Relay technology, and would provide more functionality at a higher speed than a previously considered dial-in network could. The document is divided into 16 sections: (1) Introduction;…
Descriptors: Computer Networks, Computer System Design, Cost Estimates, Design Requirements
