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Automation of Technical Services: Northwestern's Experience
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Horny, Karen – College and Research Libraries, 1974
Key decisions involved in automating Northwestern University Library's technical processes, the resulting on-line interactive system, and its impact are described. (Author/PF)
Descriptors: Computer Oriented Programs, Computers, Librarians, Library Automation
From the Chair of the Presidency
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Schure, Alexander – College and Research Libraries, 1975
Libraries must exploit various new technologies to control the information explosion. (Author)
Descriptors: College Libraries, Computers, Information Utilization, Librarians
The Future of College and Research Libraries
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Bailey, Stephen K. – College and Research Libraries, 1978
The future of college and research libraries is discussed in the context of the changing role of academic librarians, the assistance technology may give to libraries, the political activity required to achieve government aid for libraries, and the future of higher education. (Author/AWP)
Descriptors: College Libraries, Futures (of Society), Higher Education, Librarians
Socio-Technical Theory and Job Design in Libraries
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Musman, Klaus – College and Research Libraries, 1978
Under the influence of socio-technical theory, recent job satisfaction research has focused upon the areas of (1) the work itself, (2) the individual versus the organization, and (3) job design. This paper focuses on these three areas and explores some of the problems in job design for library employees. (Author/AWP)
Descriptors: Job Development, Job Satisfaction, Librarians, Libraries
Libraries, Self-Censorship, and Information Technologies.
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Buschman, John – College and Research Libraries, 1994
Explores the theme of self-censorship in libraries in relation to new technologies. Highlights include the results of investing in high-cost electronic resources at the expense of traditional, lower-status formats; the effect of information technologies on literacy and historical records; and market censorship, including centralization and…
Descriptors: Censorship, Centralization, Information Technology, Librarians
Charting a Career Path in the Information Professions.
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Kong, Leslie M.; Goodfellow, R. A. H. – College and Research Libraries, 1988
Discusses the evolving roles of academic librarians as information professionals, and the resulting career development in terms of professional issues, organizational issues, technological concerns, and required competencies. A career path model is presented which delineates primary roles, psychological issues, and strategies for attaining…
Descriptors: Academic Libraries, Career Development, Career Planning, Employment Qualifications
Bibliographic Instruction and the Development of Online Catalogs.
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McDonald, David R.; Searing, Susan E. – College and Research Libraries, 1983
Discusses the definition of an online library catalog; five factors to be considered by the online catalog designer; user-computer communication (error messages, help screens, prompts, unnatural language); online tutorials and offline instruction offered by bibliographic instruction librarians; and the current situation. Nine references are…
Descriptors: Design Requirements, Librarians, Library Automation, Library Catalogs
Libraries as Life-Systems: Information, Entropy, and Coevolution on Campus.
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Weiskel, Timothy C. – College and Research Libraries, 1986
New technologies for generating, storing, and transmitting information will radically change information flow on college campuses and in society at large. University librarians will need to design environments for storing and retrieving these new types of information that will continue to nurture the life of the mind and support scholarship.…
Descriptors: Academic Libraries, Access to Information, Computer Networks, Costs