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Forward, Erin; Leahey, Amber; Trimble, Leanne – New Review of Academic Librarianship, 2015
Successfully providing access to special collections of digital geospatial data in academic libraries relies upon complete and accurate metadata. Creating and maintaining metadata using specialized standards is a formidable challenge for libraries. The Ontario Council of University Libraries' Scholars GeoPortal project, which created a shared…
Descriptors: Metadata, Partnerships in Education, Research Libraries, Academic Libraries
Ashraf, Tariq, Ed.; Sharma, Jaideep, Ed.; Gulati, Puja Anand, Ed. – Information Science Publishing, 2010
The increasing prevalence of digital information systems and technologies compels libraries across the globe to update systems and provide users with a digital experience outside the confines of the structural library, providing useful benefits to the user while creating new areas of concern such as digital information preservation.…
Descriptors: Preservation, Copyrights, Information Systems, Electronic Libraries

Ellis, Richard D. – Library Quarterly, 1999
Discusses the trade union library system in China that has fallen on hard times amid economic and social changes of the past 20 years. Focuses on a history of the trade union library movement; services provided by trade union libraries; problems faced by union libraries; and reform of trade union libraries. (AEF)
Descriptors: Change, Foreign Countries, Information Services, Library Development
Australian Library and Information Association, Deakin. – 1996
The objectives of the Australian Library and Information Association (ALIA) are to: promote and improve services of libraries and other information agencies; improve the standard of library and information personnel and foster their professional interests and aspirations; represent the interests of members to governments, other organizations and…
Descriptors: Change, Foreign Countries, Information Services, Library Associations
Cohen, Arlene, Ed. – 1998
This PIALA 1997 Proceedings follows the tradition of publishing papers from each annual conference of the Pacific Islands Association of Libraries and Archives (PIALA). After welcoming remarks from Sue Moses, Kapily Capelle, and Isabel Rungrad, the following papers are included: "Places of Enlightenment, Places of Dreams" (Maradel Gale);…
Descriptors: Adolescent Literature, Archives, Childrens Literature, Foreign Countries
Brown, Gerald R. – 2001
This document reports on a study tour of Canadian schools conducted by the Sri Lanka Ministry of Education. The purposes of the tour were to: develop an awareness of the scope of modern school library programming; investigate the aspects of implementation of a modern school library program including staffing, facilities, educational programming,…
Descriptors: Elementary Secondary Education, Foreign Countries, Information Services, Library Development

Daniels, Wayne; Scardellato, Kathy – Library Hi Tech, 1999
Reports on an initiative by the Toronto Public Library to create the "Virtual Reference Library" (VRL). Describes the first service to be offered, a Dewey application called "Science Net." Discusses the VRL and its precursor, objectives, basis for its funding, technical aspects, progress to date and future direction. (AEF)
Descriptors: Electronic Libraries, Foreign Countries, Information Networks, Information Services
Middleton, Michael – Australian Academic & Research Libraries, 2006
This second part of an analysis of scientific and technical information (STI) services in Australia considers their development in the context of discipline formation in information management. The case studies used are the STI services from Part I. A case study protocol is used to consider the extent to which the development of the services may…
Descriptors: Information Management, Information Services, Foreign Countries, Case Studies

Jambhekar, Neeta – Third World Libraries, 1995
Investigates the government policies in India, especially the five-year plans regarding finance, since its independence in 1947 and their impact on the establishment of the public library system. Highlights include model library systems, library development, national libraries, information services, and adult education and public libraries.…
Descriptors: Adult Education, Developing Nations, Financial Policy, Foreign Countries

de Bruine, R. Frans – Information Services and Use, 1992
Discusses the role of the Commission of the European Communities (CEC) in the development of the electronic information industry in Europe. Activities aimed at libraries are described; the IMPACT program for developing the market for information services is explained; and problems of multilingualism are addressed. (LRW)
Descriptors: Access to Information, Foreign Countries, Information Services, Information Technology
McKnight, Sue – 2002
The paper outlines a number of processes that have been implemented by Learning Services at Deakin University (Geelong, Australia) to gain significant and sustained cultural change among staff in a blended organization, comprising the university library service, the curriculum design and development functions and those of academic staff…
Descriptors: Academic Libraries, Curriculum Design, Foreign Countries, Higher Education

Mostert, B. J. – International Information & Library Review, 1998
The purpose of this study was to determine norms against which the characteristics of community library services could be tested. The five oldest community libraries in the Pinetown (South Africa) public library system were examined. Results showed that certain public library systems, like Pinetown, have made significant progress toward becoming…
Descriptors: Community, Evaluation Criteria, Evaluation Methods, Foreign Countries

Banjo, A. Olugboyega – International Library Review, 1991
Discussion of library and information services in a global context highlights an African perspective. The current state of library and information services in Africa is discussed, including the economic situation, the lack of an African publishing industry, the widening gap in technology, and computer literacy. Future possibilities are also…
Descriptors: Computer Literacy, Developing Nations, Economic Factors, Foreign Countries

Anwar, Mumtaz Ali; Supaat, Hana Imam – International Information & Library Review, 1998
Presents an analysis of 33 studies on rural information needs of a cluster of three Malaysian villages with no library service. Study found information needs relate to: religious information, family bonding, current affairs, health information, and education. The purposes for seeking information include: fulfillment of need to know, problem…
Descriptors: Foreign Countries, Information Seeking, Information Services, Library Development
Leigh, Sally-Anne – 2000
This paper focuses on the development, adoption, and integration of resource discovery, knowledge management, and/or knowledge sharing interfaces such as interactive portals, and the use of the library's World Wide Web presence to increase the availability and usability of information services. The introduction addresses changes in library…
Descriptors: Access to Information, Computer Interfaces, Foreign Countries, Information Management