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Arya, Harsh Bardhan; Mishra, J. K. – Journal of Library & Information Services In Distance Learning, 2012
The paper describes the theory and definition of the practice of librarianship, specifically addressing how Web 2.0 technologies (tools) such as synchronous messaging, collaborative reference service and streaming media, blogs, wikis, social networks, social bookmarking tools, tagging, RSS feeds, and mashups might intimate changes and how…
Descriptors: Web Sites, Electronic Publishing, Social Networks, Reference Services
Singer, Ross – Journal of Electronic Resources Librarianship, 2009
There is a growing interest in making available and making sense of the data on the Web and trapped in databases. Rather than a web of unstructured documents, full of information understandable only to humans, there is a movement whose intention is to make these data structured, reusable, machine-readable, and interrelated. This approach to Web…
Descriptors: Redundancy, Documentation, Information Networks, Metadata
White, Jesse – Illinois State Library, 2008
Since its establishment in 1839 to serve the branches of state government, the Illinois State Library has undergone an evolution in the methods, resources and services provided. Over the years, the State Library's sphere of service has expanded to meet the information needs of the public through a statewide network of libraries and regional…
Descriptors: Strategic Planning, Information Needs, Government Libraries, State Government
George, Lee Anne – Wilson Library Bulletin, 1993
Discussion of document delivery focuses on fee-based information services. Fee-based information services are defined; reasons for using such services are considered, including reliability, responsiveness, and individualized attention; future directions are discussed; and networking possibilities are explored. (LRW)
Descriptors: Access to Information, Futures (of Society), Information Networks, Library Services
Stern, David – Acquisitions Librarian, 2007
Rapidly developing online information technologies provide dramatically new capabilities and opportunities, and place new responsibilities on all involved to recreate networks for scholarly communication. Collaborations between all segments of the information network are made possible and necessary as we attempt to find a balanced and mutually…
Descriptors: Information Technology, Information Networks, Library Services, Delivery Systems
Nickerson, Gord – Computers in Libraries, 1992
Continues a description of the Usenet computer network that began in the previous issue. The effective use of Usenet is discussed, including how to screen out unwanted information, the most helpful newsgroups to access, and setting up news reader software. Ideas for library outreach services via Usenet are also suggested. (LRW)
Descriptors: Access to Information, Computer Networks, Computer Software, Electronic Mail
Brownrigg, Edwin – Proceedings of the ASIS Mid-Year Meeting, 1992
Provides background on the California State Library Packet Radio project, which will use packet radios to deploy a wireless, high-speed, wide-area network of 600 nodes, including 100 libraries, in the San Francisco Bay Area. Project goals and objectives, plan of operation, equipment, and evaluation plans are summarized. (MES)
Descriptors: Access to Information, Computer Networks, Futures (of Society), Information Networks
Mattison, David – Computers in Libraries, 1994
Describes free-nets as free public access community-based computer systems; explains how libraries and librarians participate in the free-net movement; discusses Canadian free-nets; considers the public library/free-net analogy; and provides a survey of library services on Internet-accessible free-nets and civic networks. (Contains four…
Descriptors: Access to Information, Community Information Services, Computer Networks, Foreign Countries
Polly, Jean Armour – Library Journal, 1993
Discussion of the NREN (National Research and Education Network) and issues of access focuses on the role of the public library. Highlights include current uses of the Internet; resource sharing; guidelines for public library service; availability of the Internet and NREN through public libraries; and a sidebar that lists sources of further…
Descriptors: Access to Information, Computer Networks, Guidelines, Information Networks
Courtois, Martin P. – Online, 1994
Suggests strategies for finding information in gophers that will increase access to Internet information resources for library users. Highlights include search strategies; veronica searches; jughead searches; keyword lists; Boolean operations; gophers with subject menus; subject guides; listservs; and World-Wide Web. (eight references) (LRW)
Descriptors: Access to Information, Computer Networks, Information Networks, Library Services

Himmelfarb, Gertrude – American Scholar, 1997
Changes in library services due to advancing information technology constitute a revolution comparable to invention of the printing press. Democratization of access to knowledge is a positive development, but it should not be confused with democratization of knowledge. This is where any system of information networking may be misleading; in…
Descriptors: Access to Information, Democratic Values, Information Networks, Information Services

Senkevitch, Judith J.; Wolfram, Dietmar – Library Trends, 1994
Provides an overview of the current state of networking technology in rural libraries and describes a model for educating rural librarians in accessing electronic networks. Topics discussed include information needs in rural libraries; telecommunications technology access in rural areas; and examples of services to enhance information access.…
Descriptors: Access to Information, Computer Networks, Information Needs, Information Networks

Burgin, Robert – Internet Research, 1996
Because North Carolina's telecommunications services have been unable to provide cost-effective, statewide dial-access service to public libraries, the state library has had to identify a suitable alternative for public library network access. This article outlines the state library's efforts to provide access to the Internet and to electronic…
Descriptors: Access to Information, Cost Effectiveness, Information Networks, Internet
Will, Barbara – 2002
This report describes the impact of Library Services and Technology Act (LSTA) funding in California for 1997-2002 on Californians of all ages as served by their libraries of all types. The first section summarizes the results in achieving the following goals and their related objectives: (1) free and convenient access to learning and information…
Descriptors: Access to Information, Federal Aid, Information Networks, Information Technology

Cheverie, Joan F. – Government Information Quarterly, 1999
Discusses the development of strategies for providing access to and services for U.S. federal government information in higher education using the global information infrastructure, from the perspective of the Coalition for Networked Information (CNI). Discusses the preservation of electronic information and networked information discovery and…
Descriptors: Access to Information, Computer Networks, Federal Government, Global Approach