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Download full textDenning, Catherine, Comp. – 1999
This SPEC Kit and Flyer focus on the gifts and exchange function in Association of Research (ARL) libraries. The survey was sent to 119 ARL institutions via e-mail; 62 usable replies were received. Results, discussed in the SPEC Flyer, highlight trends and effects of changes in library automation, staffing decreases, administrative reorganization,…
Descriptors: Academic Libraries, Change, Higher Education, Library Automation
Davie, D. Kevin, Comp.; Fox, James, Comp.; Preece, Barbara, Comp. – 1999
The Association of Research Libraries (ARL), in partnership with Geographic Information System (GIS) vendors and foundations launched the GIS Literacy Project in 1992. This SPEC Kit and Flyer provide results from a survey conducted to examine how, in the years since the GIS Literacy Project began, ARL libraries have organized their delivery of…
Descriptors: Academic Libraries, Geography, Higher Education, Information Systems
Goetsch, Lori, Comp. – SPEC Kit, 1999
The goals of this SPEC Kit were to report on the extent to which ARL (Association of Research Libraries) libraries provide electronic reference services and to offer a snapshot of the types of users reached, questions received, policies established, data-gathering techniques utilized, and innovations implemented. The first section of the kit…
Descriptors: Academic Libraries, Electronic Libraries, Foreign Countries, Higher Education
Nixon, Carol, Comp. – 2002
This book contains presentations from the 17th annual Computers in Libraries Conference. Topics covered include: chatting with a librarian; verbots for library Web sites; collaborative IT (Information Technology) planning at Montgomery County Public Library (Maryland); designing a local government taxonomy; Weblogs; new roles for librarians in…
Descriptors: Academic Libraries, Electronic Libraries, Higher Education, Information Management
Peckham, Robert – 2003
The Andy Holt Virtual Library, with a focus on the Humanities and Fine Arts, is free and open to the public, though designed to serve the learning communities within the College of Humanities and Fine Arts at the University of Tennessee-Martin (UT). It also plays a resource role in UT's New College and the Tennessee Governors School for the…
Descriptors: Academic Libraries, Electronic Libraries, Fine Arts, Humanities
Ragsdale, Kate, Comp. – SPEC Kit, 2001
This SPEC (Systems and Procedures Exchange Center) Kit presents the results of a survey of Association of Research Libraries (ARL) member libraries designed to gather information about who has responsibility for the development, management, and maintenance of library World Wide Web sites and to determine which combination of human resources works…
Descriptors: Academic Libraries, Computer Uses in Education, Electronic Libraries, Foreign Countries
Ronan, Jana, Comp.; Turner, Carol, Comp. – SPEC Kit, 2002
This SPEC (Systems and Procedures Exchange Center) Kit presents the results of a survey of Association of Research Libraries (ARL) member libraries designed to gather data on chat reference service. A total of 66 of 124 ARL member libraries responded to the survey. A copy of the questionnaire with tabulated results is presented. Representative…
Descriptors: Academic Libraries, Electronic Libraries, Foreign Countries, Higher Education
Peer reviewedDavenport, Elisabeth; And Others – Electronic Library, 1997
Describes an Edinburgh-based research project that is exploring issues related to reference work in digital libraries, the role of reference librarians with remote access users, library networking, and collaborative reference work. User experiences and librarian work patterns are related to the design of a prototype Web-based network reference…
Descriptors: Academic Libraries, Electronic Libraries, Foreign Countries, Librarians
Kirk, Elizabeth E.; Bartelstein, Andrea M. – Library Journal, 1999
Discusses the role of libraries in distance education for higher education institutions. Highlights include new standards from the Association of College and Research Libraries; the need for planning; promoting the library's role; librarians as instructors; proactive service; and a list of distance-education resources available on the Web. (LRW)
Descriptors: Academic Libraries, Distance Education, Higher Education, Library Planning
Peer reviewedOling, Lori; Mach, Michelle – College & Research Libraries, 2002
Explores tour trends in academic Association of Research Libraries (ARL), specifically examining the prevalence of several tour formats, including guided, self-guided, and virtual Web tours. Results from a survey conducted in November 2000 include statistical information about tour administration, audience, and structure, as well as perceptions of…
Descriptors: Academic Libraries, Higher Education, Librarian Attitudes, Library Services
Peer reviewedLim, Edward – Australian Academic & Research Libraries, 1998
The Australian university system can fund the creation of a scholarly collection of serials for use by the nation by increasing the average expenditure on libraries from 5.1% to 5.3% of total university expenditure. Once the national collection has been built, virtual access can be provided using a Web-based model called MEADS (Monash Electronic…
Descriptors: Academic Libraries, Access to Information, Document Delivery, Educational Finance
Stover, Mark – Computers in Libraries, 1997
Focuses on various issues related to the mission and function of the library Web site. Discusses purposes in academic, public, and special libraries and distinguishing the theoretical mission of the library Web site from the role, which should be one of selecting, organizing, providing access to, and preserving information sources. (AEF)
Descriptors: Academic Libraries, Access to Information, Information Sources, Information Technology
Roitberg, Nurit – 1998
This paper discusses changes in information services at university libraries in Israel, focusing on the Technion - Israel Institute of Technology. Highlights include: combining the 20 departmental libraries at the Technion into one library system; efforts to build the status of the central library as the libraries' leader; the integrated library…
Descriptors: Academic Libraries, Access to Information, Administrative Change, Centralization
Evinger, William R., Ed. – 1997
This reference book provides the latest information about the vast collections of U.S. and overseas federal libraries. The nearly 2,300 entries have been updated, and 123 new entries have been added. Entries include details such as the name of the library administrator, type of library, number of staff, size of collection, special subjects and…
Descriptors: Academic Libraries, Electronic Mail, Federal Government, Government Libraries
Council on Library and Information Resources, Washington, DC. – 2000
This annual report of the Council on Library and Information Resources (CLIR) begins with a list of staff, a letter for the Chairman of the Board, and a message from the CLIR President. Activities for 1999-2000 in the following areas are then summarized: (1) resources for scholarship, including the artifact in library collections,…
Descriptors: Academic Libraries, Access to Information, Annual Reports, Electronic Journals
