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Bishop, Ann P.; Tidline, Tonyia J.; Shoemaker, Susan; Salela, Pamela – Library & Information Science Research, 1999
Presents findings from an empirical study of community information exchange, computer access and use among lowincome, predominantly AfricanAmerican residents in one locale. Results indicate that, while computer use is minimal, many lowincome community members are poised to participate in the local development of networked information services.…
Descriptors: Access to Computers, Access to Information, Blacks, Community Information Services
Owens, Major R.; Braverman, Miriam – 1974
Information can play a vital role in assisting inner city residents to cope with major survival problems. The provision of supportive information increases the effectiveness of all types of advocacy. The limited success achieved by recent library outreach programs in the inner city is partially due to the absence of a commitment to advocacy by the…
Descriptors: Advocacy, Citizen Participation, Community Information Services, Daily Living Skills
Dosa, Marta L. – 1973
This report discusses the meetings of the United Nations Environment Programme Governing Council and the World Assembly of Non-Governmental Organizations Concerned with the Global Environment in Geneva, June 5-26, 1973. The need for environmental information was constantly stressed and ways of exchanging information discussed. A demonstration of a…
Descriptors: Conference Reports, Environmental Education, Information Dissemination, Information Networks

Lunau, Carroll D. – Special Libraries, 1986
Description of impact of various technological trends on Canadian special libraries provides brief descriptions of innovative techniques and services developed to meet the challenges. Access to information, "qualitization" of output, support for nodal executive, training function, integration of information flows, charging for…
Descriptors: Fees, Foreign Countries, Information Networks, Information Services
Rosnak, Theodore – Wilson Library Bulletin, 1986
This essay addresses access to information through the use of computer networking systems. Highlights include national commercial networks, bulletin board systems, cautionary notes on networking, the role of the public library in providing a link between the computer and the public, and maximizing access and efficiency through library services.…
Descriptors: Computer Oriented Programs, Information Networks, Information Science, Information Services

Lewis, Dennis A. – Journal of Information Science, 1980
Update of a 1976 paper reviews technological, financial and economical, social and behavioral, and managerial trends in the information field, presents conclusions, identifies options, and suggests action. The profession is urged to study and identify its role in the rapidly approaching "paperless society." Predicted specific events and references…
Descriptors: Change Strategies, Communications, Futures (of Society), Information Networks

Woods, L. B.; And Others – International Library Review, 1991
Discusses the role librarians can take in the international transfer of information. Topics discussed include the International Federation of Library Associations and Institutions (IFLA), preservation of materials, international networks and information services, international telecommunications, international librarian exchanges, and…
Descriptors: Exchange Programs, Information Networks, Information Services, Information Transfer
National Commission on Libraries and Information Science, Washington, DC. – 1975
This is the first of two volumes of written testimony presented to the National Commission on Libraries and Information Science (NCLIS) at its Mid-Atlantic States Regional Hearing held May 21, 1975 at Philadelphia, Pennsylvania. Statements are provided by public, academic, research, special, regional, state, and school librarians, as well as by…
Descriptors: College Libraries, Community Information Services, Copyrights, Federal Programs
Duchesne, R. M.; And Others – 1980
The two purposes of this report are to present concrete proposals related to the need for the National Library of Canada to facilitate the development of nationwide bibliographic and associated communications networks, and to outline the relevant network concepts assumed in framing the nine recommendations and the related implementation proposals…
Descriptors: Databases, Information Networks, Information Services, Information Systems

Battin, Patricia – College and Research Libraries, 1984
Analyzes traditional roles and services of academic libraries, summarizes new communication links, and suggests major policy areas to be considered by university officers: centralized financial and technological planning, integration of information services with academic programs, access to scholarly resources, electronic publishing, copyright and…
Descriptors: Academic Libraries, Higher Education, Information Networks, Information Services
Diodato, Virgil – Online, 1984
Examines 55 articles from 25 popular magazines such as "Better Homes and Gardens,""Business Week,""Popular Mechanics," and "Working Woman" and discusses purpose of the articles, consumer oriented online services, libraries and information centers, databases, and publishers and intermediaries. A list of the…
Descriptors: Databases, Information Centers, Information Networks, Information Retrieval

Molholt, Pat – Journal of Academic Librarianship, 1985
Examines a multiplicity of issues that must be considered as features are taken from two existing systems--libraries and computing centers--and used in moving toward the integrated information support system of the future. Discussion covers indexing, conversion, access, security, costs, changes in the workplace, and challenges of transition. (EJS)
Descriptors: Costs, Futures (of Society), Information Networks, Information Retrieval
1996
The following four papers focus on the topic of evaluating Internet information services: "Some Evaluation Criteria To Assess Internet Information Services" (Carmel Galvin); "The Teacher Librarian's Role as Evaluator of Internet Information Services" (Pru Mitchell); "How Students Evaluate Internet Information…
Descriptors: Elementary Secondary Education, Evaluation Criteria, Evaluation Methods, Foreign Countries

Russel, Robert Arnold – Special Libraries, 1986
This discussion of the effects of Information Revolution on special libraries highlights changes in clients that consume services and approve budgets (institutions, corporations, government departments); interrelated triggers to informationization (network organization, information technology, human capital); and three types of information for…
Descriptors: Automation, Change, Futures (of Society), Information Networks
Karnitis, Edwin – Microcomputers for Information Management, 1995
Presents an overview of information infrastructure development in Latvia and discusses the role of the Latvian Academic Library. Describes Latvia's telecommunications, information network, data transmission, and electronic information services and reviews the types of electronic information sources that have been created. (Author/JMV)
Descriptors: Academic Libraries, Foreign Countries, Higher Education, Information Management