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Peer reviewedFoster, Constance L.; And Others – Information Technology and Libraries, 1993
Describes a librarians' retreat and workshop held at Western Kentucky University that was designed to introduce the participants to the Internet. Topics addressed include planning for the retreat; objectives; classroom presentations; a hands-on session in a computing lab; and feedback from participant evaluations. (LRW)
Descriptors: College Libraries, Evaluation Methods, Higher Education, Internet
Peer reviewedEustis, Joanne; Gaylord, Clark; Hitchingham, Eileen; Homer, Kimberley; Taylor, David – Information Technology and Libraries, 1998
Describes Virginia Tech's participation in the Coalition for Networked Information (CNI) Assessing the Academic Networked Environment Project to field test measures of the impact of networks and networked information resources on higher education institutions. Topics include student surveys, library surveys, administrative information services,…
Descriptors: Academic Libraries, Computer Networks, Educational Technology, Evaluation Methods
Peer reviewedWatson, Mark; Callahan, Daren – Information Technology and Libraries, 1996
Discussion of Internet software and its use in libraries focuses on a software evaluation program at the undergraduate library at Southern Illinois University. Highlights include staff training for information technology, availability and selection of shareware and freeware, and an evaluation form for Internet software. (LRW)
Descriptors: Academic Libraries, Computer Software Evaluation, Computer Software Selection, Evaluation Methods
Peer reviewedMacCorkle, Lyn – Information Technology and Libraries, 1991
Presents four articles that explore various uses of information technology in libraries: (1) the publication of faculty bibliographies by a university library using microcomputers; (2) automation in Hungarian libraries; (3) integrating Utlas' CD-CATSS system into the cataloging workflow of a university library; and (4) reevaluating an integrated…
Descriptors: Academic Libraries, Bibliographies, Cataloging, Computer Software
Peer reviewedNielsen, Brian – Information Technology and Libraries, 1986
This review of the overall findings of the "Educating the Online Catalog User" project at Northwestern University Library focuses on methods of data collection used in evaluating online catalog performance and user performance. The rationale and methodology of transaction log monitoring and new directions for technical development are…
Descriptors: College Libraries, Evaluation Methods, Higher Education, Library Catalogs
Peer reviewedWalter, Scott – Information Technology and Libraries, 2000
Reports on the success of a pilot program at the University of Missouri-Kansas City library in course-integrated information literacy instruction in the field of medieval studies that stresses critical thinking skills to properly evaluate Web sites. Discusses faculty-librarian collaboration and future collaboration possibilities. (Contains 13…
Descriptors: Academic Libraries, Course Integrated Library Instruction, Critical Thinking, Evaluation Methods
Peer reviewedEnssle, Halcyon R. – Information Technology and Libraries, 1994
Describes a pilot project at the Colorado State University library that provided reserve materials electronically through microcomputers via a campus computer network at no cost to students. Topics discussed include programming; user-friendly menus for software; results of students' and professors' evaluations; copyright issues; and possible…
Descriptors: College Libraries, Computer Networks, Copyrights, Costs
Peer reviewedMeyer, Richard W. – Information Technology and Libraries, 1993
Offers a model for choosing among CD-ROM, end user access, mediated online searching, or locally mounted files as alternatives for extending online catalogs and replacing printed indexes. Estimates of demand and comparisons of costs made at Trinity and Clemson Universities provide a quantitative framework for selection. (Contains four references.)…
Descriptors: Academic Libraries, Comparative Analysis, Costs, Databases
Peer reviewedBerger, Michael G.; And Others – Information Technology and Libraries, 1992
The six articles comprising this special section on MELVYL, the University of California automated library system, discuss plans for the future, general recommendations for online catalog design, evaluation methods, evolution of computing resources, impact on the work of librarians, and academic goals and benefits. A chronology of MELVYL…
Descriptors: College Libraries, Computer System Design, Educational Objectives, Evaluation Methods
