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Goodram, Richard J. – Journal of Academic Librarianship, 1996
The Electronic Reserve Book Room Project (E-RBR) was a two-stage project with three major objectives: (1) to provide San Diego State University Library (California) with experience in applying imaging technology; (2) to provide a model for the resolution of the copyright problems inherent in the Library's application of these technologies; and (3)…
Descriptors: Academic Libraries, Copyrights, Digital Computers, Information Technology

Spang, Lothar; Tucker, Deborah – Journal of Academic Librarianship, 1995
Ten years ago Wayne State University (WSU) libraries assimilated the university's media services unit. An analysis of its present facilities, services, collections, goals, and cost-recovery elements demonstrates the full-service WSU media center is a cost-effective, integral part of WSU library service. (Author/AEF)
Descriptors: Academic Libraries, Cost Effectiveness, Higher Education, Information Technology

Farber, Evan – Journal of Academic Librarianship, 1999
Examines how the role of academic libraries and librarians has changed drastically since the early 1970s. Suggests that the recognition of the educational role of librarians today is a result of the convergence of the widespread success of bibliographic instruction and the impact of electronic sources of information.(AEF)
Descriptors: College Libraries, Higher Education, Information Services, Information Technology

Shapiro, Beth J.; Long, Kevin Brook – Journal of Academic Librarianship, 1994
Discusses how reengineering can be applied to user services in libraries; identifies trends affecting library user services operations; and describes the reengineering effort at Rice University (Texas) where services have been transformed through collaboration between the library and computing services. (AEF)
Descriptors: Academic Libraries, Change Strategies, Cooperation, Futures (of Society)

Carrigan, Dennis P. – Journal of Academic Librarianship, 1996
Argues that evaluating a library's collection is not an acceptable substitute for evaluating the collection development process and its developers. With increasing materials costs, overselection can be much more serious than underselection. Several useful methods for evaluating collection development incorporate statistics regarding proportional…
Descriptors: Costs, Evaluation Methods, Evaluation Problems, Information Technology

Abbott, Lisa T.; Argentati, Carolyn D. – Journal of Academic Librarianship, 1995
Discusses the evolution of GIS (geographic information systems) services and the roles that reference and public services professionals may play in providing this technology to users: developing collections to incorporate GIS; providing access to spatial information and software tools; and facilitating intellectual access to GIS concepts and…
Descriptors: Access to Information, Information Systems, Information Technology, Library Collection Development