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Peer reviewedTurock, Betty J. – Catholic Library World, 1984
Summarizes status of academic libraries at beginning of 1980s in relationship to changes in broader society and technologies powering new communication networks (computers, video, teletext and videotex); outlines strategies for educating future library professionals; and forecasts how technologies might impact academic library beyond present…
Descriptors: Academic Libraries, Decentralization, Financial Support, Futures (of Society)
Peer reviewedRochell, Carlton – College and Research Libraries, 1985
Explores issues associated with the imposition of fees on information obtained from sources made available by today's technology. Highlights include the commodification of information, economics of access to information, library costs and user fees, cost benefits of automation, financial support for automation, and implications for collection…
Descriptors: Cost Effectiveness, Fees, Financial Support, Futures (of Society)
Download full textCouncil on Library Resources, Inc., Washington, DC. – 1990
This pamphlet summarizes the principal recommendations of the Research Library Committee of the Council on Library Resources regarding library response to the rapid transformation brought about by integrated information technologies, rising costs, and the growth in the amount of information available. Central issues for research libraries are…
Descriptors: Academic Libraries, Access to Information, Change Strategies, Financial Support
Council on Library Resources, Inc., Washington, DC. – 1993
The Council on Library Resources was created to address the problems of libraries and is now committed to the most significant library problem of all, ensuring that library resources are embraced as part of the solution for people who seek to solve their own problems and those of their communities and institutions. In this annual report, the…
Descriptors: Accountability, Annual Reports, Demography, Economic Factors
Tiefel, Virginia – American Libraries, 1991
Describes the Ohio State University Libraries' Gateway to Information project, which was developed to help users find, evaluate, and select materials in any format; access online catalogs and CD-ROM databases; and apply information seeking and critical thinking skills independently. Funding support is discussed and Gateway's impact on the future…
Descriptors: College Libraries, Critical Thinking, Financial Support, Futures (of Society)
Young, Diana, Comp. – 1991
This collection of papers from North Carolina's state and regional Conferences on Library and Information Services, which were held over a 6-month period in 1990-1991, includes copies of: (1) the agenda of the state conference (Raleigh, February 6, 1991); (2) a list of the delegates to the national White House Conference on Library and Information…
Descriptors: Academic Libraries, Access to Information, Conferences, Democracy
