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Direct linkBrubaker, Noah; Leach-Murray, Susan; Parker, Sherri – Computers in Libraries, 2012
The year 2011 was the PALNI (Private Academic Library Network of Indiana) consortium's "rookie season" for the implementation of Primo, the 2010 Discovery Layer 500 race winner. In this article, the authors report on their transition to the cloud within Ex Libris Ltd.'s Primo TotalCare environment: their preparation, the steps involved…
Descriptors: Academic Libraries, Consortia, Library Networks, Information Retrieval
Sexton, Will – Computers in Libraries, 2010
That little rectangle with a button next to it? (Those things called search boxes but might just as well be called "resource drains.") Imagine it disappearing from a library's webpages. The intricate works behind these design elements make up a major portion of what library staff spends time and money developing, populating, supporting,…
Descriptors: Library Personnel, Library Automation, Library Development, Library Services
Fichter, Darlene – Computers in Libraries, 2005
Library Web teams invest significant time and energy trying to create usable Web sites. Despite the ongoing efforts to make them more friendly, studies have shown that visitors have difficulty using library sites to locate journal articles. This article discusses how library web developers have tackled the particular problem of helping Web site…
Descriptors: Internet, Libraries, Web Sites, Library Automation
Lonardo, Michael; And Others – Computers in Libraries, 1994
Special section includes two articles on academic library collection management: "Current Awareness: Acquisitions to Endusers" (Michael Lonardo and Dianne Taylor-Harding) describes methods for announcing recent library acquisitions to faculty; and "Book Acquisitions: A Purchasing System" (Ting Zheng and Joyce Huang) explains a…
Descriptors: Academic Libraries, Higher Education, Library Acquisition, Library Automation
Morgan, Eric Lease – Computers in Libraries, 1999
Explores ways for librarians to improve search strategies in a globally networked computing environment. Discusses browsing versus more structured search strategies; thinking processes and information-seeking processes; supplementing the traditional reference interview with computer-based reference assistants; models for automating the reference…
Descriptors: Cognitive Processes, Computer Networks, Improvement Programs, Information Seeking
Stark, Ted – Computers in Libraries, 1997
Describes the State of Iowa Libraries Online project (SILO) which was developed to demonstrate new information technologies available to libraries. Focuses on two interlinked components of the project: Web-based union catalog development and statewide deployment of the ANS/NISO Z39.50 information retrieval standard. Includes recommendations for…
Descriptors: Access to Information, Bibliographic Databases, Bibliographic Records, Information Networks
