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Huff, Michael – American Libraries, 1998
Describes the experience of an American Library Association (ALA) Fellow at Can Tho University (Vietnam) assisting Khmer monks at the library of Wat Muniransyarama (Temple of Intelligent Light) in designing and implementing a library automation system and network. Highlights the preservation of Khmer and Theravada Buddhist texts and the efforts of…
Descriptors: Buddhism, Foreign Countries, Higher Education, Librarians
Potter, William Gray – American Libraries, 1986
Describes resource sharing system in Illinois academic libraries that allows patrons to borrow materials from other libraries through user-friendly interlibrary loan commands on IBM personal computer terminals. Highlights include experiences at University of Illinois at Urbana-Champaign, IBM personal computers as terminals, and increase in…
Descriptors: College Libraries, Higher Education, Interlibrary Loans, Library Automation
Lang, Laura – American Libraries, 1992
Discussion of electronic versions of maps focuses on TIGER files (i.e., electronic maps distributed by the U.S. Bureau of the Census) and their manipulation using geographic information system (GIS) technology. Topics addressed include applications of GIS software, projects to improve access to TIGER files, and the role of GIS in libraries. (MES)
Descriptors: Academic Libraries, Census Figures, Computer Software, Demography
Flanders, Bruce L. – American Libraries, 1990
Describes the networking of CD-ROM drives in libraries to accommodate users' simultaneous access to the same CD-ROM. Highlights include costs; vendors who supply local area network hardware and software; licensing practices; and a sidebar that describes the use of CD-ROM networks at Vanderbilt University and the University of Kansas. (LRW)
Descriptors: Academic Libraries, Computer Software, Databases, Higher Education
Stephens, Kent – American Libraries, 1986
A laserdisc periodical index (InfoTrac) that offers relatively sophisticated search capabilities without librarian assistance or user training is now popular college library research tool. The index database consists of more than half million references to articles and reviews published since 1982 in 1,000 general interest, business, and technical…
Descriptors: College Libraries, Databases, Display Systems, Higher Education
Jacobson, Nancy C.; And Others – American Libraries, 1984
Describes three ways in which libraries use computers to enhance reference services: "Answers," the community information and referral service at Memorial Hall Library, Andover, Massachusetts; the Hot Topics File at State University of New York/Oswego, Penfield Library; and features of RLIN and WLN databases which make them valuable…
Descriptors: College Libraries, Community Information Services, Computer Oriented Programs, Databases
King, Patricia Miller – American Libraries, 1993
Describes the historical development of the Schlesinger Library, which was founded at Radcliffe College (Massachusetts) to document the lives and achievements of women. Topics discussed include funding, users, programs for the public, oral history projects, exhibitions, the culinary collection and research on food and food history, and the impact…
Descriptors: College Libraries, Exhibits, Females, Food
Kroder, Peggy; Swank, Kris; Brush, Peter – American Libraries, 1997
Describes the experiences of three American librarians who had temporary assignments in other countries: one in New Zealand, in an urban primary school library; one in South Africa at a small polytechnic college bringing telecommunications into the library; and one in Laos to classify and catalog a polytechnic institute library's backlog. (LRW)
Descriptors: Academic Libraries, Cataloging, Classification, Developing Nations
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)