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| Katz, Bill | 1 |
| Martin, Murray S. | 1 |
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Peer reviewedKatz, Bill – Library Trends, 2001
Reference service technology has passed its first stage of insuring more accurate, rapid delivery of information. The second revolution underway will improve on both acquisition and retrieval of data. New technologies must fit into traditional reference service goals. The human should be given first priority. (Contains 46 references.) (Author/AEF)
Descriptors: Access to Information, Information Services, Information Technology, Library Development
Peer reviewedAlbrechtsen, Hanne; Jacob, Elin K. – Library Trends, 1998
Libraries should be active participants in knowledge production, and should develop classificatory structures that support the needs of a diverse information ecology consisting of a complex web of interacting agents, users, and technologies. Within such an information ecology, a classificatory structure cannot follow a one-size-fits-all paradigm,…
Descriptors: Classification, Cooperative Programs, Electronic Libraries, Information Retrieval
Peer reviewedWeingand, Darlene E. – Library Trends, 1995
To meet the challenges of societal change, technological development, and economic retrenchment, libraries must develop problem-solving strategies such as marketing which can help libraries serve their clients more effectively. Marketing components are presented in the context of a customer orientation. (AEF)
Descriptors: Change Strategies, Community Services, Libraries, Library Administration
Peer reviewedDunn, John A., Jr.; Martin, Murray S. – Library Trends, 1994
Reviews costs involved in running libraries that are usually not considered. Topics discussed include building and maintenance costs, including insurance; growth costs, including print and/or electronic materials; physical expansion and staff; electronics; cost recovery, i.e., user fees; cost centers and overhead; user-related costs, including…
Descriptors: Budgeting, Building Operation, Costs, Insurance
Peer reviewedAllen, Susan M. – Library Trends, 2003
Discussion of special collections materials focuses on independent research libraries. Topics include how collection development differs; who they serve; access to the collections, including digital access; and future challenges, especially the need for increased financial support, changes in scholarly communication, and the need for increased…
Descriptors: Access to Information, Electronic Libraries, Futures (of Society), Library Collection Development
Peer reviewedGinn, David S. – Library Trends, 1993
Discussion of specialized biomedical information and its management and dissemination focuses on the development of information concerning AIDS (Acquired Immune Deficiency Syndrome). Topics addressed include services to specialized user groups; selection, collection, and information evaluation in libraries; AIDS terminology; recent developments in…
Descriptors: Acquired Immune Deficiency Syndrome, Biomedicine, Hospital Libraries, Information Centers
