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Direct linkReese, Terry – Computers in Libraries, 2004
This article features MarcEdit, a free, Windows-based, metadata editing software suite that is developed and supported by the author as part of his contribution to the library profession. MarcEdit Suite is a tool that helps one with MARC coding and conversion and to perform database cleanups, to generate temporary electronic journal holdings, or…
Descriptors: Research Libraries, Metadata, Electronic Journals, Academic Libraries
Dahl, Mark – Computers in Libraries, 2004
OpenURL resolver is the next big thing for libraries. An OpenURL resolver is simply a piece of software that sucks in attached data and serves up a Web page that tells one where he or she can get the book or article represented by it. In this article, the author describes how he designed an OpenURL resolver for his library, the Lewis & Clark…
Descriptors: Computer Software, Web Sites, Computer System Design, Academic Libraries
Jaros, Joe; Clark, Katharine E. – Laserdisk Professional, 1989
Describes the situation at the Texas A and M University Library that led to the decision to provide demonstrations of CD-ROM databases outside of the library setting. The equipment requirements, microcomputer selection, and use of large screen projectors are discussed, and guidelines are provided for organizing a transportable demonstration…
Descriptors: Academic Libraries, Bibliographic Databases, Computer Software, Costs
Download full textBerteaux, Susan S.; Strong, Sandra S. – 2000
The Database Advisor (DBA) is a tool designed to guide users to the most appropriate World Wide Web-based databases for their research. Developed in 1997 by the Science Libraries at the University of California, San Diego (UCSD), DBA is a Web-based front-end to bibliographic and full-text databases to which UCSD has remote access. DBA allows the…
Descriptors: Academic Libraries, Access to Information, Bibliographic Databases, Computer Software
Peer reviewedKlemperer, Katharina; And Others – Information Technology and Libraries, 1989
Each of three articles describes an academic library's online catalog that includes locally created databases. Topics covered include database and software selection; systems design and development; database producer negotiations; problems encountered during implementation; database loading; training and documentation; and future plans. (CLB)
Descriptors: Academic Libraries, Bibliographic Databases, Computer Software, Database Producers
Tobin, Thomas J. – Journal of Interactive Online Learning, 2004
Remote access to resources has become increasingly important in academic libraries, spurred largely by the growth of online education. Through bibliographic instruction (BI) courses, librarians must prepare both on-site and remote patrons in information literacy. Challenges exist for remote-user BI: among them are perceived characteristics of the…
Descriptors: Best Practices, Online Courses, Information Literacy, Academic Libraries
Indiana Univ., Bloomington. School of Library and Information Science. – 1987
In "The Research University of the Future," the first of five papers compiled here, Kenneth R. R. Gros Louis chronicles the history of research universities with emphasis on the past two decades and discusses issues and concerns related to the future of the university as well as the research library. In the second paper, "The Future…
Descriptors: Academic Libraries, Bibliographic Databases, Computer Software, Credentials
