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Foerstel, Herbert – Emergency Librarian, 1994
Discusses the censorship of school and public library materials dealing with homosexuality. Topics addressed include social pressures; conservative critics of homosexuality; examples of requests for limited access or removal of materials; and purchasing additional materials to represent other points of view as a more positive solution. (LRW)
Descriptors: Access to Information, Censorship, Conservatism, Criticism
Saykanic, Donna – 2000
For many years, there has been pressure on American schools to restrict or deny students access to books or periodicals deemed objectionable by some individual or group on moral, political, religious, ethnic, racial, or philosophical grounds. Censorship of library books in school media centers is present today. The library media specialist is…
Descriptors: Access to Information, Censorship, Elementary Secondary Education, Intellectual Freedom
Chen, Ching-chih – Microcomputers for Information Management, 1992
Describes full-text document delivery services that have been introduced in conjunction with available databases in response to economic and technological changes affecting libraries: (1) CARL System's UnCover database and UnCover2 service; (2) Research Libraries Group's CitaDel delivery service; and (3) Faxon Research Service's Faxon Finder and…
Descriptors: Access to Information, Databases, Library Automation, Library Collection Development

Galbreath, Robert – North Carolina Libraries, 1997
Discusses collection management in academic libraries in light of computer-mediated access to remote electronic databases and online resources. Topics include the library collection, ownership of versus access to information, the selection process, collection evaluation, collection development policies, materials budget, serials, and user liaison.…
Descriptors: Academic Libraries, Access to Information, Databases, Evaluation Methods

Connaway, Lynn Silipigni – Library Hi Tech, 2001
Identifies elements that are important for academic libraries to use in evaluating electronic books, including content; acquisition and collection development; software and hardware standards and protocols; digital rights management; access; archiving; privacy; the market and pricing; and enhancements and ideal features. Describes netLibrary, a…
Descriptors: Academic Libraries, Access to Information, Computer Software, Content Analysis

Cunningham, Willis F. – RQ, 1990
Presents an annotated bibliography for librarians of access tools for publications and documents of specialized agencies of the United Nations (UN). A brief review of the nature and purpose of the UN specialized agencies is included, along with general sources for information on UN agencies. (seven references) (LRW)
Descriptors: Access to Information, Agencies, Annotated Bibliographies, International Organizations
Smith, Abby – 2001
In April 2000, the Digital Library Federation commissioned three reports to address broader concerns about digital collections in research libraries. This report synthesizes the nearly 10 years' experience that libraries have had digitizing items from their rare, special, and general collections, and making them available online. The report…
Descriptors: Access to Information, Information Technology, Library Collection Development, Library Materials
Ostrolenk, Lisa – 1995
A historical study was conducted to determine what type of access to the prison legal library is received by prisoners now housed on death row at the Mansfield Correctional Institution (MaCI) (Mansfield, Ohio) that were formerly housed at the Southern Ohio Correctional Facility (SOCF) (Lucasville, Ohio). A satellite law library had been created…
Descriptors: Access to Information, Background, Branch Libraries, Law Libraries
Ostrow, Stephen E. – 1998
This report is one in a series from the Council on Library and Information Resources that explores the issues and problems that institutions must address when undertaking digital conversion projects. The focus of this report is on projects that mean to provide widespread access over the Internet to large historical pictorial collections, using an…
Descriptors: Access to Information, Internet, Library Automation, Library Collection Development
Bahri, Che Norma – 1999
This paper analyzes the issues and problems while looking at the trends and developments of serials publishing in Malaysia. The first section provides background; topics addressed include the country and people of Malaysia, the history of serials publishing in Malaysia, categories and formats of serials publishing, academic publications,…
Descriptors: Access to Information, Cataloging, Electronic Publishing, Foreign Countries

Atkinson, Ross – College and Research Libraries, 1989
Argues that collection development systems need to exert greater control over scholarly and educational information if the systems are to adapt to changing technical and economic conditions. Steps toward increased control should include categorization of sources and access by function, ongoing definition of a title-specific core, and the…
Descriptors: Academic Libraries, Access to Information, Classification, Documentation

Dowd, Sheila T. – Journal of Library Administration, 1990
Examines the rising costs of library materials and the impact on access to information. Four types of cooperative library programs are described: (1) programs to extend scholarly resources; (2) programs to reduce materials costs by dividing collecting responsibility; (3) programs to improve clients' access to information; and (4) programs to…
Descriptors: Access to Information, Costs, Library Collection Development, Library Cooperation

Moore, Matthew S. – Journal of Educational Media & Library Sciences, 1997
Defines book display as an adult service as choosing and positioning adult books from the library collection to increase their circulation. The author contrasts bookstore arrangement for sales versus library arrangement for access, including contrasting missions, genre grouping, weeding, problems, and dimensions. (Author/LRW)
Descriptors: Access to Information, Adults, Books, Bookstores
Billings, Harold – Wilson Library Bulletin, 1994
Discussion of preservation of and access to information and knowledge focuses on selection decisions that libraries make. Topics addressed include a decrease in funding; collection development; preservation processes, including reformatting into digital data; private collections; unpurchased current publications; new electronic technologies;…
Descriptors: Access to Information, Decision Making, Information Technology, Library Administration
Smallwood, Carol – Book Report, 1998
Describes how to develop vertical file resources for school libraries. Discusses the importance of having primary sources that are not available in other formats; sources for obtaining materials, including the Internet and printed sources; how to organize the materials; providing access; and promoting the collection. (LRW)
Descriptors: Access to Information, Elementary Secondary Education, Information Retrieval, Internet