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Download full textVaughn, B. J.; Eisenberg, Michael B. – 1988
This digest describes the traditional, new, and emerging points of access to the ERIC system: (1) traditional print access; (2) online access through commercial vendors; (3) CD-ROM; and (4) ERIC Digests Online. Also described are services offered by the ERIC Clearinghouse on Information Resources (ERIC/IR) that provide access to the system--ERIC…
Descriptors: Access to Information, Clearinghouses, Databases, Indexes
Scholarship, Research, and Access to Information: A Statement from the Council on Library Resources.
Scope: Humanities Computing Update, 1987
States that the rapidly growing applications of computer and telecommunications technology to library services and information systems does not guarantee ready access to these services. Discusses the Council on Library Resources' concerns and its commitment to providing accessible and expansive information to the public. (GEA)
Descriptors: Access to Information, Computers, Higher Education, Information Dissemination
Peer reviewedAbbott, Lisa T.; Argentati, Carolyn D. – Journal of Academic Librarianship, 1995
Discusses the evolution of GIS (geographic information systems) services and the roles that reference and public services professionals may play in providing this technology to users: developing collections to incorporate GIS; providing access to spatial information and software tools; and facilitating intellectual access to GIS concepts and…
Descriptors: Access to Information, Information Systems, Information Technology, Library Collection Development
Peer reviewedCrawford, Chase W.; Shelfer, Katherine M. – Reference Librarian, 1997
An external user and an academic business reference librarian collaborated to design a Web site for members of the Association of School Business Officials (ASBO). This article describes the Web site's development and organization (accounting, budgeting, and related areas; technology and information systems; health and human resources; and finding…
Descriptors: Academic Libraries, Access to Information, Cooperation, Corporations
Florez, MaryAnn Cunningham – 1998
The guide provides a quick reference to the database, services, and additional resources of the ERIC System that may be of use in adult English-as-a-Second-Language (ESL) literacy work. It first explains the role of the National Clearinghouse for ESL Literacy Education, then describes the ERIC database and the kinds of adult ESL literacy materials…
Descriptors: Access to Information, Adult Education, Information Retrieval, Information Services
Peer reviewedSeiden, Peggy; And Others – Reference Librarian, 1994
Six articles describe various Internet applications, including a campuswide information system that uses Gopher; using an X Windows interface for Internet access; electronic text projects; the Nevada Academic Libraries information system; Multipurpose Internet Mail Extensions and electronic reference services; the Internet and OCLC. (Contains 61…
Descriptors: Academic Libraries, Access to Information, Computer Networks, Computer Software
OCLC Online Computer Library Center, Inc., Dublin, OH. – 1991
This report on some of the strategic planning decisions that OCLC has made for the 21st century begins by describing the evolution of OCLC from a pioneer in the computer revolution with its Online Union Catalog and Shared Cataloging System in 1971 to a system that currently has nearly 60 distinct offerings. Corresponding computer and…
Descriptors: Access to Information, Bibliographic Databases, Bibliographic Utilities, Cataloging
Peer reviewedCrawford, Walt – Public-Access Computer Systems Review, 1992
Provides several examples of drawbacks encountered when technological improvements are applied to the public access of library databases. Suggests that technological advances all carry some trade-off and that they should be employed cautiously. (NRP)
Descriptors: Academic Libraries, Access to Information, Bibliographic Databases, Evaluation
Lankes, R. David – Proceedings of the ASIS Annual Meeting, 1998
Presents the Virtual Reference Desk project, its activities, and a proposed information system architecture to build a human intermediated network of expertise and experience. The project seeks to study, support, and improve current K-12 digital reference services, as well as to build a foundation for a national cooperative digital reference…
Descriptors: Access to Information, Computer Networks, Computer Software Development, Computer System Design
