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Shubert, Joseph F., Ed.; Josey, E. J., Ed. – The Bookmark, 1987
This issue of "The Bookmark" is a reader, containing a collection of articles that relate in some way to the history and development of the New York State Library and the library development programs for which this library is responsible. Most of the articles--which have appeared in earlier issues of the journal--provide brief views of…
Descriptors: Academic Libraries, Government Role, Higher Education, History
Kasowitz, Abby S., Ed.; Stahl, Joan, Ed. – 2001
This publication features work presented at the Second Annual Virtual Reference Desk Digital Reference Conference (October 6-17, 2000, Seattle, Washington). These proceedings include papers and presentations by conference presenters representing public, academic, and government libraries, as well as subject-specific AskA services, from the United…
Descriptors: Academic Libraries, Computer Mediated Communication, Government Libraries, Information Networks
Jordan, John; Brintle, Lee – Computers in Libraries, 1993
Outlines the proposed Public Communication System (PCS) being explored at the University of Wisconsin and University of Iowa to provide coalition-based, nonprofit public access to the Internet/NREN (National Research and Education Network) and associated information resources. Funding, organization, prospects for success, benefits to the public,…
Descriptors: Academic Libraries, Access to Information, Agencies, Computer Networks
Smalley, Donald A.; And Others – 1980
This study of the benefits, methods, and costs of linking two or more bibliographic utilities for use by public and academic libraries assessed the impact of linking on three distinct areas of library operations: shared cataloging, interlibrary loan, and reference searching. The analysis was restricted to bibliographic records for monographs in…
Descriptors: Academic Libraries, Cataloging, Cost Effectiveness, Databases

West, Sharon M. – College and Research Libraries, 1992
Describes how the University of Alaska, Fairbanks, implemented information and library services to its primarily rural distance education students using information brokering and document delivery via the university's computer network, voice mail, and telefacsimile. The positive student response in light of the special needs of Alaskan Native…
Descriptors: Academic Libraries, Alaska Natives, College Students, Distance Education
Drabenstott, Karen M. – 1994
This document presents an analytical bibliography of literature on the library of the future that was published between the years 1983 and 1994. This project had four objectives: (1) to identify and retrieve published literature on the library of the future; (2) to formulate document surrogates for this literature and add them to a computerized…
Descriptors: Academic Libraries, Access to Information, Bibliographies, Electronic Libraries

McLean, Dulce Didio – International Library Review, 1991
This followup to a 1981 study presents descriptions of automated projects or activities in academic, public, and special libraries or information centers in the Greater Sao Paulo region that developed from 1981 through 1987. It is noted that an overall increase in the level of automation since 1981 has been observed. (four references) (Author/MAB)
Descriptors: Academic Libraries, Bibliographic Databases, Foreign Countries, Information Networks

Bolt, Nancy M. – Library Hi Tech, 1996
This article on networking and resource sharing in Colorado consists of three parts: ACLIN (The Access Colorado Library and Information Network), a statewide public access library network; library resource sharing other than ACLIN; and statewide networking activities that include higher education, elementary and secondary education, libraries, and…
Descriptors: Academic Libraries, Computer Networks, Databases, Elementary Secondary Education

Toombs, Michelle; Wilson, Bob – Information Technology and Libraries, 1982
The Calgary Libraries Telidon Trial involved four major libraries--Calgary Public, Mount Royal College, Southern Alberta Institute of Technology, and the University of Calgary--and resulted in videotex library services. This report discusses the beginning of the project, types of information input, conclusions of library-information providers, and…
Descriptors: Academic Libraries, Display Systems, Field Tests, Foreign Countries

Butler, Brett – Library Hi Tech, 1991
The Memex Research Institute (MRI), an independent nonprofit research and development organization, has created an electronic library program of shared research and development to make the collective vision of Vannevar Bush's "memex" more concrete. Program is working toward the creation of large, publicly available indexed electronic image…
Descriptors: Academic Libraries, Databases, Higher Education, Information Networks
Burge, Elizabeth J.; And Others – 1989
In 1988 a research team at The Ontario Institute for Studies in Education (OISE) completed a study entitled "Developing Partnerships" that documented and analyzed library-based information services for distance education students in Northern Ontario. (The project was funded as part of the Province of Ontario initiative called Contact…
Descriptors: Academic Libraries, Distance Education, Foreign Countries, Higher Education
Council on Library Resources, Inc., Washington, DC. – 1984
This report reviews the background and rationale for a cooperative authority file building system and describes the services, products, and operation of the new Name Authority Cooperative (NACO). The document defines the relationship between NACO, other Library of Congress (LC) cooperative projects, and the Linked Systems Project (LSP). The…
Descriptors: Academic Libraries, Cataloging, Indexing, Information Networks
Csir, Floyd J. – 1996
This paper applies an evaluation method for World Wide Web sites that provide access to online reference materials at academic and public libraries. The evaluation of Web sites was performed with a questionnaire form focusing on Web site currency, accuracy and relevancy; Web site organization/structure; Web site presentation; URL maintenance; and…
Descriptors: Academic Libraries, Access to Information, Computer Graphics, Educational Research
Burge, Elizabeth J.; And Others – 1988
The Developing Partnerships project is a 5-year program intended to develop distance education programs in institutions of higher education in Northern Ontario, to establish an extensive information network called Contact North/Contact Nord, and to conduct research into areas considered appropriate for quality distance education delivery. The…
Descriptors: Academic Libraries, Andragogy, Distance Education, Foreign Countries

Hendrickson, Kent, Ed. – Journal of Library Administration, 1991
This theme issue focuses on "creating the library's future" through creative library management. Seven articles provide a variety of perspectives on particular library management styles and approaches to library issues. The planning process, creativity in the work place, and innovations in libraries are discussed. (MAB)
Descriptors: Academic Libraries, Electronic Mail, Higher Education, Information Dissemination
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