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Dula, Michael; Jacobsen, Lynne; Ferguson, Tyler; Ross, Rob – Computers in Libraries, 2012
This article presents the story of how Pepperdine University migrated its library management functions to the cloud using what is now known as OCLC's WorldShare Management Services (WMS). The story of implementing this new service is told from two vantage points: (1) that of the library; and (2) that of the service provider. The authors were the…
Descriptors: Pilot Projects, Library Administration, Management Systems, Internet
Baudino, Frank, Ed.; Johnson, Carolyn, Ed. – Online Submission, 2016
Twenty scholarly papers and fifteen abstracts comprise the content of the sixteenth annual Brick and Click Libraries Conference, held annually at Northwest Missouri State University in Maryville, Missouri. The proceedings, authored by academic librarians and presented at the symposium, portray the contemporary and future face of librarianship. The…
Descriptors: Conference Papers, Academic Libraries, Librarians, Research

Powell, Margaret K. – Against the Grain, 1998
Reviews advantages and disadvantages of off-campus library materials shelving in the context of Yale University Library's planning for its new Off-Campus High Efficiency Shelving Facility. Discusses issues raised by the task of deciding what materials go in, who makes the decisions, how to identify what goes on, and how faculty are consulted in…
Descriptors: Academic Libraries, College Faculty, Higher Education, Information Management

Hayes, Robert M. – Library and Information Science Research, 1992
Presents a model for decision making concerning allocation of academic library materials to various levels of access (e.g., branch or central library open access shelving, compact shelving, depository facility, or interlibrary loan). Variables included in the model are the size of the collection, distribution of use, effects of time on use, and…
Descriptors: Academic Libraries, Access to Information, Decision Making, Higher Education
Bridegam, Willis E. – 2001
This report offers a case study in the advantages and disadvantages of depository libraries, their economics, and the practical and political issues associated with their creation. As director of the library at Amherst College, the author played a key role in establishing the initial off-site storage facility, as well as in broadening its service…
Descriptors: Academic Libraries, Depository Libraries, Higher Education, Information Storage
Holibaugh, Ralph – 1987
This SPEC (Systems and Procedures Exchange Center) kit provides a sample of excerpts from technical and planning documents contributed by 40 Association of Research Libraries (ARL) member libraries that are planning to install or have already implemented optical disc technology. Selected to represent a variety of media and applications, the…
Descriptors: Academic Libraries, Access to Information, Higher Education, Information Storage
Steel, Virginia – 1990
This Systems and Procedures Exchange Center (SPEC) kit presents the results of a survey which focused on the use of remote storage by research libraries as a solution to the shortage of library storage space. The kit includes documents from several libraries describing how they have developed policy questions and procedures to handle the…
Descriptors: Academic Libraries, Access to Information, Guides, Higher Education
Evans, John E. – 1984
This study is designed to illuminate some of the issues, options, and activities related to developing fee based information services at a large academic library, and to suggest the feasibility of developing such services at Memphis State University Libraries. The basis for the study is the realization that libraries, through automation, a changed…
Descriptors: Academic Libraries, Feasibility Studies, Fees, Higher Education

Jaguszewski, Janice M.; Probst, Laura K. – Library Trends, 2000
In the past, serial cancellations and storage decisions focused primarily on print resources. With the addition of electronic resources, librarians in large research institutions must now manage an integrated collection of both print and electronic formats. Explores the impact of electronic resources on decision decisions. Identifies criteria for…
Descriptors: Academic Libraries, Decision Making, Electronic Journals, Higher Education