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Direct linkAshraf, Tariq, Ed.; Sharma, Jaideep, Ed.; Gulati, Puja Anand, Ed. – Information Science Publishing, 2010
The increasing prevalence of digital information systems and technologies compels libraries across the globe to update systems and provide users with a digital experience outside the confines of the structural library, providing useful benefits to the user while creating new areas of concern such as digital information preservation.…
Descriptors: Preservation, Copyrights, Information Systems, Electronic Libraries
Download full textStevens, Jane E. – 1975
The needs and services of urban community information centers are examined in a study commissioned by the National Commission on Libraries and Information Science (NCLIS). Following discussions of kinds of information and who needs it, there is a survey of current and recent community information proposals and programs. Major problems of these…
Descriptors: Community Information Services, Federal Programs, Financial Support, Information Needs
American Library Association, Chicago, IL. Office for Library Service to the Disadvantaged. – 1974
As a first step toward making the library more responsive to the needs of the community's children, a guide was developed to help libraries compile a community information file. The guide provides a list of sources of information, a list of possible subject areas to be covered, and forms and letters to be used in collecting and verifying data from…
Descriptors: Childhood Needs, Community Information Services, Community Organizations, Community Resources
Brooks, Rae; Eastman, Danielson J. – 1974
The Information and Referral Manual (IRMA) project is an ongoing, comprehensive urban services information system that produces and maintains directories of city agency services and functions for New York City. The directories describe services offered, office locations, telephone numbers, hours of operation, eligibility requirements, and…
Descriptors: Agencies, City Government, Community Information Services, Computer Programs
Sherrod, John, Ed.; Hodina, Alfred, Ed. – 1973
The information provided in this book is divided into five major sections: (1) Science and Society; (2) Nature and Function of Science Information; (3) Primary Information Sources; (4) Secondary Information Sources; and (5) Management of Science Information. Each major section contains five or more articles by different authors with each article…
Descriptors: Books, Information Science, Information Services, Information Sources
Roberts, Stephen A. – 1998
This book highlights the importance of good financial and cost management in libraries and information centers to make best use of available resources, and illustrates how to maintain user services. The book applies current research and theory of financial management techniques to situations faced in libraries and information services. Eight…
Descriptors: Costs, Information Services, Library Administration, Library Expenditures
Nixon, Carol, Comp.; Burmood, Jennifer, Comp. – 2001
These proceedings of the Internet Librarian 2001 conference contains 49 papers that cover topics related to the information profession and Internet technologies, including: digital collections online; information architecture; amphibious research skills; identifying, evaluating, and validating cyberguides; development of New California Web Portal;…
Descriptors: Computer Uses in Education, Information Literacy, Information Services, Information Technology
Helal, Sumi, Ed.; Oie, Yuji, Ed.; Chang, Carl, Ed.; Murai, Jun, Ed. – 2003
This proceedings from the 2003 Symposium on Applications and the Internet (SAINT) contains papers from sessions on: (1) mobile Internet, including a target-driven cache replacement policy, context-awareness for service discovery, and XML transformation; (2) collaboration technology I, including human-network-based filtering, virtual collaboration…
Descriptors: Computer Oriented Programs, Computer Security, Information Retrieval, Information Services
Dewey, Patrick R. – 2000
The projects collected in this book represent a wide cross section of the way microcomputers are used in libraries. Each project description includes organization and contact information, hardware and software used, cost and project length estimates, and Web or print references when available. Projects come from academic and public libraries,…
Descriptors: Computer Software, Elementary Secondary Education, Higher Education, Information Services
Hernon, Peter; Shuler, John A.; Dugan, Robert E. – 1999
This guide organizes nearly 1,000 federal government World Wide Web sites and shows users how to find the information they need quickly and easily. More than a directory, this resource gives users a clear understanding of U.S. government agencies, their online publications, and their applications. There is background material on all three branches…
Descriptors: Federal Government, Federal Programs, Government Publications, Information Services
Carvey, David – 1974
A study requested by the National Commission on Libraries and Information Science surveys the relationship between government and the private sector and the use of the private sector information firms by government; examines examples of government agency activities in disseminating information themselves and through the use of private sector…
Descriptors: Federal Legislation, Federal Programs, Government Role, Industry
Chicorel, Marietta, Ed. – 1974
An international compendium of periodicals indexed and/or abstracted in regularly appearing services, this document includes more than 30,000 listings of periodicals, serials, services, and yearbooks in the humanities and social sciences. Listing is alphabetical by periodical title. Under each title appear all the services that index it. This…
Descriptors: Abstracting, Abstracts, Foreign Language Periodicals, Humanities
Chicorel, Marietta, Ed. – 1974
An international compendium of periodicals indexed or abstracted in regularly appearning services, this document includes more than 33,000 listings of periodicals, serials, services, and yearbooks in the humanities and social sciences. The listing is alphabetically arranged by journal title. Under the title appear all services which index it. This…
Descriptors: Abstracting, Abstracts, Foreign Language Periodicals, Humanities
Entman, Robert M.; Katz, Michael L. – 2001
The Aspen Institute's Communications and Society Program convened leaders and experts in the telecommunications and related fields to address telecommunications regulation in an IP (Internet Protocols) environment at the 15th annual Aspen Institute Telecommunications Policy Conference (Aspen, Colorado, August 12-16, 2000). The report from this…
Descriptors: Change, Conferences, Information Dissemination, Information Policy
Line, Maurice B.; And Others – 1971
The objective of this investigation was to collect data on the needs of information users which could serve as a basis for the design of information systems in the social sciences. Research habits of social scientists were explored to identify research procedures and problems of research including circumstantial and environmental variables. A…
Descriptors: Data Collection, Information Needs, Information Services, Methods Research
