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Factors and Issues in Creating an Internet Strategy.
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Raitt, David – Electronic Library, 1998
Reviews some of the factors which an organization (i.e. company, university, government, institution, etc.) may consider when deciding whether or not to establish a presence on the World Wide Web or, if it already has one, whether it is using it optimally. Topics include Internet capabilities; types of information services; user needs; and access.…
Descriptors: Access to Information, Information Dissemination, Information Services, Internet
The Virtual Reference Librarian: Using Desktop Videoconferencing for Distance Reference.
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Pagell, Ruth A. – Electronic Library, 1996
The Center for Business Information and the Goizueta Business School at Emory University (Georgia) tested desktop videoconferencing as a means to deliver reference services, including consultation, documentation, training, and sharing of CD-ROM databases. Provides a brief overview of the technology, describes project beta testing, and discusses…
Descriptors: Access to Information, Computer Mediated Communication, Computer Peripherals, Computer Software
Walls around the Electronic Library.
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King, Hannah – Electronic Library, 1993
Questions the wisdom of permitting visions of the electronic library to drive budgets and strategic planning. Social and economic realities limiting user access to information, new roles for librarians, and models that guide management of information resources and services by real librarians for real users are discussed. A proposed action agenda…
Descriptors: Access to Information, Budgets, Computer Networks, Electronic Libraries
Total Quality Management and Servicing Users through Remote Access Technology.
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DiMattia, Ernest A., Jr. – Electronic Library, 1993
Relates the concept of total quality management to serving information users through remote access technology. The three key factors of personnel, user communication, and equipment support, as well as other areas of concern, are considered. (EAM)
Descriptors: Access to Information, Communication (Thought Transfer), Information Dissemination, Information Technology
Databases on CD-ROM: Comparative Factors for Purchase.
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Peters, Charles – Electronic Library, 1987
Describes databases available on optical disks, compares the databases with their print and online analogs, and suggests that the librarian should call such products to the attention of users needing information available in CD-ROM format. Five features desirable to most libraries are listed. (Author/CLB)
Descriptors: Access to Information, Comparative Analysis, Cost Effectiveness, Databases
New Technologies, New Sources, New Users--Or Only New Words?
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Dusoulier, Nathalie – Electronic Library, 1994
Examines the last 20 years of developments in the information profession, pinpoints the realities and possibilities new technologies represent, and discusses what technology offers the user. Cultural issues raised by the information age are discussed. Limits to free circulation of information are described, and the steps needed to remove obstacles…
Descriptors: Access to Information, Change, Economic Factors, Futures (of Society)
Millennial Libraries: Management Changes in an Electronic Environment.
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Steele, Colin – Electronic Library, 1993
Reviews global electronic access changes and their impact on library operations with particular references to developments at the Australian National University. Topics discussed include scholarly communication; user demands; information technology developments; library structures and organizations; management qualifications for librarianship;…
Descriptors: Academic Libraries, Access to Information, Electronic Libraries, Foreign Countries