Written as a case study, this article outlines Duke Law School Information Services' video digitization, preservation, and access initiative. This article begins with a discussion of the case study environment and the cross-departmental evaluation of in-house video production and processing workflows. The in-house preservation reformatting process…

The needs of users and nonusers in the Piedmont area of North Carolina for nontraditional library services, e.g., nonprint materials and community information and referral, are investigated by a survey of 251 residents. (Author/KP)

This study explored the relationship between expanded information and referral (I&R) services and traditional reference services in public libraries in North Carolina. Results show librarians feel I&R services should be limited to those closely related to traditional reference services. Other I&R services typically provided by social…

Community networks are electronic information services that enable members of communities to inform one another about current issues. Discusses how community networks operate, what they do, budget constraints and innovation, problems and shortcomings, causes and solutions, and where libraries fit in. Highlights Charlotte's Web, a community network…

Directors of ten public libraries in the Piedmont Triad (North Carolina) requested that the Council of Governments make a Regional Library Services Study, so that interlibrary cooperation might lead to better library service. After an analysis of the demographic, social, and economic character of the region, and also of library service, the study…

The Media Evaluation Services program of the North Carolina Department of Public Instruction now includes inservice education for computer-using educators, the opportunity to preview software, and advisory lists of computer courseware. Other new computer related services being developed are described, and guidelines for cataloging courseware are…

Discusses the current situation in North Carolina depository libraries' providing access to government information on the Internet. Focuses on Documents home page development and notes the importance of identifying an audience and what the organization has to offer; the next step is to look for and evaluate links. Discusses design issues and…

Discusses the role of libraries and productivity, one of the three main themes that will be addressed at the 1991 White House Conference on Library and Information Services. Statewide coordinated efforts to serve business and government clientele are emphasized, and statewide databases in Colorado, North Carolina, and Pennsylvania are described.…

In 2005, the National Center for Learning Disabilities (NCLD) helped more children, more parents and more educators than ever before. Through their programs, information services, and policy initiatives, they raised awareness, mobilized advocates, and took action to help ensure that learning disabilities are identified and addressed early and…

The Mountain Heritage Center at Western Carolina University (Cullowhee, North Carolina) uses public history to educate people about southern Appalachian history and culture. The Mountain Heritage Center is a museum and research center established to collect, interpret, and disseminate knowledge about the southern Appalachian region. The Center…

The annual report of ESEA Title VI-A activities of the instructional materials developmental center of Winston-Salem/Forsyth County Schools (North Carolina) presents information on statistical data, project objectives, inservice workshops, convention and lecture participation, visitations, areas served, problems encountered, and project…

The 3 main objectives of this study, the fourth and final phase of an investigation to determine the information and services obtained and desired by rural parents during 4 stages of child rearing, were to determine: (1) the sources from which parents of adolescents received information and services regarding child care and development; (2) the…

The study finds that North Carolina is only partly prepared to take maximum advantage of the knowledge explosion which is taking place in the United States. Although the state has a great many libraries, and some very eminent ones, its library resources are still largely unrelated in a systematic way, thus making it impossible for the information…

Provides high school librarians with information about federal Web sites--those which support the North Carolina high school curriculum--for providing information to teachers and students. Specific attention is given to sites with lesson plans and learning activities. Provides addresses and descriptions of 21 sites in the categories of education,…

This collection of papers from North Carolina's state and regional Conferences on Library and Information Services, which were held over a 6-month period in 1990-1991, includes copies of: (1) the agenda of the state conference (Raleigh, February 6, 1991); (2) a list of the delegates to the national White House Conference on Library and Information…