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Hannigan, Matt – Library Journal, 1997
Provides guidelines for ordering the best computer books, geared to the library's size. Covers series, articles, subjects, and publishers most useful to a broad audience, as well as the best places to seek information on new titles and where to find reviews. Offers time savers for upgrading a computer book collection and discusses weeding…
Descriptors: Computers, Guidelines, Information Sources, Information Technology
Fox, Megan K. – Library Journal, 2003
Examines how librarians are customizing their services and collections for handheld computing. Discusses the widest adoption of PDAs (personal digital assistants) in libraries that serve health and medical communities; PDA-friendly information pages; the reference focus; journals and databases; lending materials; publicity; use of PDAs by library…
Descriptors: Information Sources, Information Technology, Library Collection Development, Library Development
Lubelski, Greg W. – Library Journal, 1995
Describes one library's development of a CD-ROM lending collection. Topics include survey results, policies, procedures, troubleshooting, and promotion. A sidebar contains a brief bibliography of journals which review CD-ROMs and publishers who provide CD samplers. (AEF)
Descriptors: Bibliographies, Costs, Information Technology, Library Circulation
Tennant, Roy – Library Journal, 1998
Discusses how collections in the digital library, instead of traditional cataloging, call for metadata, structured information about information. Describes three categories of metadata information about digital resources: descriptive, structural, and administrative. Examines emerging standards for digital-library classification. (AEF)
Descriptors: Bibliographic Utilities, Cataloging, Classification, Electronic Libraries
Williams, Wilda W. – Library Journal, 1998
Provides an annotated bibliography of 42 books that rank as the library profession's most outstanding literature published between January 1997 and March 1998. The list is organized by the following categories: academic libraries; archives/preservation; cataloging/technical services; children's services; collection development; general library…
Descriptors: Academic Libraries, Annotated Bibliographies, Archives, Cataloging
Mason, Marilyn Gell – Library Journal, 1996
Reviews earlier predictions about technological change in libraries, finds that providing equal access to information remains the library's mission, and forecasts the future. Topics include ownership versus access, electronic resources, information infrastructure, users, levels of service fees, circulation, librarians as "information…
Descriptors: Access to Information, Copyrights, Electronic Publishing, Fees
Billings, Harold – Library Journal, 1991
Discussion of the information crisis focuses on possible new forms of library collections. Topics discussed include the rising quantity and costs of publications; improvements in access through new technologies; vendors' plans using electronic text; information flow; economics factors, including user fees; and the role of the commercial sector.…
Descriptors: Access to Information, Change Strategies, Costs, Economic Factors
