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Tennant, Roy – Library Journal, 1998
Discusses how collections in the digital library, instead of traditional cataloging, call for metadata, structured information about information. Describes three categories of metadata information about digital resources: descriptive, structural, and administrative. Examines emerging standards for digital-library classification. (AEF)
Descriptors: Bibliographic Utilities, Cataloging, Classification, Electronic Libraries
The Bookmark, 1988
The 15 papers in this issue report on important aspects of work done by the Statewide Automation Committee (SAC) in preparing the current strategic plan for the use of new technologies by the libraries of New York State, and on some of the innovative uses of technology that the plan seeks to foster and facilitate. The range of the papers reflects…
Descriptors: Federal Legislation, Information Dissemination, Information Technology, Interlibrary Loans
Download full textCalifornia State Postsecondary Education Commission, Sacramento. – 1991
This report examines the newly proposed systemwide library plan of the California State University (CSU), which will govern the planning and development of library space on CSU campuses for the next 10 years. The commission's report evaluates the state university's updated library space standards and discusses policy issues that relate to on-site…
Descriptors: Academic Libraries, Higher Education, Information Technology, Library Administration
Texas State Library, Austin. Library Development Div. – 1995
This publication provides standards and guidelines addressing a variety of issues in the area of library automation in Texas. In addition to the core elements of a library automated system (public access catalog, cataloging, circulation, acquisitions, and serials), remote access, imaging, and full-text document management are included. This…
Descriptors: Bibliographic Records, Cataloging, Guidelines, Information Technology
Buckland, Michael – 1992
Libraries exist for the benefit of the mind, but they have practical problems coping with the acquisition, storage, and handling of the documents and records with which they deal. Any change in technology that would have a significant effect on the methods available for these procedures could have important consequences for library service. The…
Descriptors: Access to Information, Bibliographic Databases, Change, Electronic Libraries
Wright, Kieth – 1993
This book describes some of the challenges facing school library media specialists as they work with teachers and administrators in making appropriate use of computers in schools. Five chapters address the following topics: (1) the school in the context of the emerging information society; (2) the roles of school library media specialists in the…
Descriptors: Access to Information, Annotated Bibliographies, Change Strategies, Computer Networks
LaPoint, Virginia A. – 1997
Traditionally, libraries have had a role of providing equitable access for those who might not otherwise have access, and this role continues today in implementing access to electronic resources. However, there are special problems in applying this mission to prison libraries. A short history of automation in prison libraries is followed by a…
Descriptors: Access to Information, Information Technology, Internet, Library Automation
