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St. Lifer, Evan – Library Journal, 1998
Describes how Nashville (Tennessee) mayor Phil Bredesen has enlisted sports fans to help champion a $100 million overhaul of the city's library system. Discusses Internet filtering and balancing printed materials and technology. Highlights politicians from Illinois, Washington, Georgia, Texas, Rhode Island, and California who have increased…
Descriptors: Athletics, Financial Needs, Financial Support, Internet
Vogel, Brenda – Library Journal, 1997
Argues that, in spite of the financial burden on local, state, and federal justice systems, prison libraries must be transformed from access-to-the-courts programs and emerge as community information and cultural centers that provide both electronic and book formats. (AEF)
Descriptors: Access to Information, Costs, Electronic Libraries, Government Role
Palmer, Janet P.; Sandler, Mark – Library Journal, 2003
Discusses the choices academic libraries are making between digital collections and maintaining print collections and describes results of interviews with faculty at the University of Michigan that investigated their use of print and electronic journals. Topics include convenience; access; books versus journals; differences between subject areas;…
Descriptors: Academic Libraries, Access to Information, Archives, Electronic Journals
Hoffert, Barbara – Library Journal, 1999
Reports the results of a survey of librarians at public libraries (PLs) that was conducted to provide details on budgets, circulation, and popular topics. Highlights include nonfiction, with the highest expenditures and circulation; local interest materials; a loss in print reference materials; and an increase in audiovisual and electronic…
Descriptors: Audiovisual Aids, Budgets, Library Circulation, Library Collection Development
LaGuardia, Cheryl – Library Journal, 1995
Examines the shift from the vision of the virtual library to the digital library concept. Discusses attitudes toward electronic resources, CD-ROM technology, the appropriate use of electronic formats, differences in information needs, balance between print and electronic media in libraries, and collaborative resource development. A sidebar…
Descriptors: Appropriate Technology, Change, Computer Attitudes, Electronic Libraries