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Peer reviewedHaythornthwaite, Caroline; Bowker, Geoffrey; Jenkins, Christine; Rayward, W. Boyd – Journal of the American Society for Information Science, 1999
Describes key elements involved in guiding a major revision of the "core reading list" for the Graduate School of Library and Information Science (GSLIS) doctoral students at the University of Illinois. Discusses embracing diversity of academic backgrounds and selecting a manageable quantity of reading; bridging divides; and developing a…
Descriptors: Graduate Study, Higher Education, Information Management, Information Science Education
Peer reviewedEmmick, Nancy J. – History Teacher, 1989
Examines the relationship between historians and librarians. Delineates the librarian's role in historical research; how librarians can create and maintain history collections; and ways that librarians and historians can work together to improve libraries. Outlines major areas of contention between historians and librarians, and discusses…
Descriptors: Computer Uses in Education, Databases, Higher Education, Historians
Peer reviewedRouse-Jones, Margaret D. – International Library Review, 1986
Provides statistics and analysis of librarian's compiled reference questions and bibliographic tools used to answer them, including 26,000 monographs and 2,700 serials titles. Despite the lack of certain resources, the librarian is usually able to find the needed information through knowledge of the collection and resourcefulness. (CDD)
Descriptors: Academic Libraries, Developing Nations, Ethnic Groups, Genealogy
Download full textLibrarians Association of the Univ. of California, Santa Barbara. – 1992
The libraries of the University of California recognize the need to transform present collections and services into the library of the 21st century. Doing so will require bridging issues of cultural diversity and enhancing support for existing diversity collections. The Ad Hoc Committee on Regional Workshops of the Library Association of the…
Descriptors: Academic Libraries, Access to Information, Cultural Awareness, Cultural Differences
Wattenberg, Frank – D-Lib Magazine, 1998
Outlines the services that could be provided by a national digital library for science, mathematics, and technology education. Provides a list of links that lead to further discussion about the possible uses, architecture, and features of such a digital library. (AEF)
Descriptors: Academic Libraries, Computer System Design, Electronic Libraries, Higher Education
Wicker, Sandra J. – 1997
Evaluating library collections by comparing them to bibliographies has a long history in research libraries. This evaluative study examined all 107 titles within the "Women in Botany" section of the Herbarium Library at The Ohio State University (OSU). The Herbarium is not part of the OSU Library system, but functions as a satellite to…
Descriptors: Botany, Higher Education, Horticulture, Library Collection Development
