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Mercado, Marina I. – Bottom Line, 1998
Explores library-related implications of the U.S. Department of Justice's investigations into the operations of Microsoft and Intel and suggests that developing a broader understanding of information technology marketing is crucial to the short- and long-term future of libraries. (MES)
Descriptors: Futures (of Society), Information Industry, Information Technology, Investigations
De Gennaro, Richard – Library Journal, 1976
The dominant thrust of the 1980's may be the development of cost-effective in-house library minicomputer processing and catalog access systems capable of interfacing synergistically with an effective national library network for sharing bibliographical data and library resources. (Author/PF)
Descriptors: Computers, Costs, Futures (of Society), Library Administration

Holley, Robert P. – Journal of Academic Librarianship, 1981
Future emphasis in cataloging will be on the sharing of high quality bibliographic records through a national network. As original cataloging decreases, catalogers, rather than disappearing, will more likely be managers of the library's bibliographic control system. (Author/RAA)
Descriptors: Cataloging, Futures (of Society), Library Administration, Library Automation
Kreamer, Jean – Wilson Library Bulletin, 1992
Discussion of format changes in libraries focuses on managing change and phasing out older formats. Standardization is addressed, and five considerations regarding format shifts are examined: aesthetics, audience, compatibility, costs, and copyright. (MES)
Descriptors: Change, Change Strategies, Futures (of Society), Information Technology
Dubey, Yogendra P. – 1989
This paper begins with a discussion of the decision-making process. The application of operations research technologies to managerial decision-making is noted, and the development of management information systems in organizations and some limitations of these systems are discussed. An overview of the Human Information Processing System (HIPS)…
Descriptors: Decision Making, Expert Systems, Futures (of Society), Library Administration

Becker, Joseph – Special Libraries, 1983
As technology permeates the special library, new requirements will emerge to integrate staff, equipment, and systems and establish connections between information resources and people. Being library managers in special libraries of tomorrow means mastering fundamentals of cost accounting, strategic planning, technological change, and behavioral…
Descriptors: Change Strategies, Cost Effectiveness, Futures (of Society), Librarians
Hicks, Warren B.; Tillin, Alma M. – School Library Journal, 1977
Outlines the perspective within which the multimedia librarian must prepare for the future including future developments in networks, individualized information, increased computer use and cable television. (KP)
Descriptors: Cable Television, Decision Making, Futures (of Society), Libraries

Neill, S. D. – Canadian Library Journal, 1982
Discussion of growth trends involving use of new technology in the library (mainly computers and their devices) outlines recent advances in Canada, discusses current activities, and presents views of library functions 10 years from now. Issues and questions are presented and their impact on the library profession is discussed. (EJS)
Descriptors: Foreign Countries, Futures (of Society), Library Administration, Library Automation
Lundeen, Gerald – Wilson Library Bulletin, 1980
Describes the functions and characteristics of the microcomputer and discusses library applications including cataloging, circulation, acquisitions, serials control, reference and database systems, administration, current and future trends, and computers as media. Twenty references are listed. (CHC)
Descriptors: Cataloging, Costs, Databases, Futures (of Society)

Rochell, 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)
Berry, John N. III, Ed. – Library Journal, 1994
Contains reprints of four articles showing that librarians foresaw the impact of technology on libraries: (1) "Copyright and the Future of Authorship" (Barbara Ringer); (2) "Inventions and Books--What of the Future?" (Ethel M. Fair); (3) "The Changes Ahead" (Lowell A. Martin); (4) "Trial by Computer" (Basil…
Descriptors: Change Strategies, Computer Networks, Computers, Copyrights
Beaubien, Denise – Online, 1991
Discusses issues that managers of academic library electronic reference services are facing. Topics discussed include the quantity of mediated searches; organizational changes, i.e., who electronic services staff report to; management by committee; administrative options; changing job responsibilities of searchers and other staff members, both…
Descriptors: Academic Libraries, Futures (of Society), Higher Education, Library Administration
National Academy of Sciences - National Research Council, Washington, DC. – 2000
The Library of Congress asked the Computer Science and Telecommunications Board (CSTB) of the National Academies to conduct a study to provide strategic advice concerning the information technology path that the Library of Congress should traverse over the coming decade. The Committee on an Information Technology Strategy for the Library of…
Descriptors: Futures (of Society), Information Systems, Information Technology, Library Administration

Riggs, Donald E.; Sykes, Vivian M. – Journal of Library Administration, 1993
Describes technological and societal changes affecting libraries and advocates for transformational leadership. Strategic planning, creativity, innovation by substitution, intrapreneurs, gender differences, changing metaphors, risk taking, and communication are discussed; and the difference between managers and leaders is explained. (Contains…
Descriptors: Change, Futures (of Society), Innovation, Interpersonal Communication

Diedrichs, Carol Pitts; Ogburn, Joyce L.; Boissonnas, Christian – Journal of Academic Librarianship, 1998
Presents three perspectives on the future of library acquisitions. Discussion includes changing roles of academic administrators and acquisition librarians; acquisitions management and the role of the digital library; and technological development and the professional character of acquisitions. (AEF)
Descriptors: Academic Libraries, Change, Electronic Libraries, Futures (of Society)