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Peer reviewedMendle, Jill – Reference Librarian, 1995
Examines literature for guiding libraries to develop services that comply with the Americans with Disabilities Act of 1990. Presents a case of the University of Alabama Libraries' establishment of a technologies lab to serve the needs of the blind, visually impaired, and learning disabled students; examines problems and efforts to increase staff…
Descriptors: Academic Libraries, Blindness, Case Studies, Disabilities
Download full textMahmood, Khalid – 1998
This book presents an overview of the present status of the use of library automation hardware and software in Pakistan. The following 20 articles are included: (1) "The Status of Library Automation in Pakistan"; (2) "Promoting Information Technology in Pakistan: the Netherlands Library Development Project"; (3) "Library…
Descriptors: Cataloging, Computer Software, Developing Nations, Foreign Countries
Peer reviewedMajka, David R. – RSR: Reference Services Review, 1996
Reviews the research on maintaining information currency in reference collections. Discusses age versus use; continuity of maintenance; problems with irregularly published works; manual maintenance methods; computer-assisted methods; assignment of responsibility; and collection management/maintenance policies. Suggests how to improve reference…
Descriptors: Information Needs, Information Technology, Library Administration, Library Collection Development
Montgomery, Paula K., Ed.; Thomas, Nancy Pickering – 1999
This book brings together the literature on information skills instruction with particular reference to models related to information seeking and the information search process, including representational, instructional/teaching, and facilitation models. Chapter 1 provides an overview of the development of the library curriculum as it has evolved…
Descriptors: Educational Development, Educational Practices, Educational Theories, Educational Trends
Peer reviewedTibbo, Helen R. – Annual Review of Information Science and Technology, 1991
Examines the literature from 1981-90 concerning information technologies for the humanities. Topics discussed include the humanist's relationship to technology; information seeking behavior; information use; preservation of materials; collection management; access to information; and examples of computing applications in archaeology, Biblical and…
Descriptors: Access to Information, Archaeology, Biblical Literature, Higher Education
Peer reviewedCottrell, Janet R. – Library Hi Tech, 1999
This article reviews the literature to examine whether new technologies have created new ethical dilemmas in librarianship. Four possible areas of concern are identified: privacy and confidentiality, acquisitions and collection development, archiving and preservation, and deskilling and gender bias. (Author/LRW)
Descriptors: Archives, Ethics, Gender Issues, Information Technology
Peer reviewedKilpatrick, Thomas L., Ed. – Library Software Review, 1998
Provides annotations of 29 journal articles and six book reviews on a variety of topics related to technology in libraries, including collection development, computer-assisted instruction, databases, distance education, ergonomics, hardware, information technology, interlibrary loan and document supply, Internet, online catalogs, preservation,…
Descriptors: Annotated Bibliographies, Book Reviews, Computer Assisted Instruction, Computer Security
