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Electronic Publishing in Library and Information Science.
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Lee, Joel M.; And Others – Library Trends, 1988
Discusses electronic publishing as it refers to machine-readable databases. Types of electronic products and services are described and related topics considered: (1) usage of library and information science databases; (2) production and distribution of databases; (3) trends and projections in the electronic information industry; and (4)…
Descriptors: Databases, Electronic Publishing, Futures (of Society), Information Science
Recent Literature on Government Information.
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Ragains, Patrick – Government Publications Review, 1991
Includes 248 citations to articles, books, reports, government publications, and chapters in collected works covering government information policy, government publications, and information resources in United States, foreign countries, and international and intergovernmental units; government archives; U.S. state/local publications and…
Descriptors: Archives, Databases, Foreign Countries, Government Publications
A Librarian's Work Will Never Be Done.
Balas, Janet L. – Computers in Libraries, 1999
Examines the various activities librarians perform to help patrons find information. Discusses new ideas in cataloging for electronic resources; extending patrons' reference questions to Web resources; reader's advisory services on the Web; online instruction for online searching; and the future outlook for the librarian profession. (AEF)
Descriptors: Futures (of Society), Information Services, Information Sources, Information Technology
Librarianship: The Challenge of the Information and Electronic Revolution.
Dunstan, Peter – 1986
Librarians need to take the initiative and seize the opportunities presented by a changing environment and society's demands for greater access to information. New technologies such as laser disks, machine indexing, telefacsimile, microcomputer applications, and fiber optics are having an immense impact on the practice of librarianship, and the…
Descriptors: Access to Information, Foreign Countries, Futures (of Society), Information Dissemination
Proceedings of a Seminar Organized by the Institute of Information Scientists.
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Dubois, C. P. R.; And Others – Journal of Information Science, 1986
The seven seminar papers in this issue discuss the role of information science in various public and private organizations; the development and current status of information science as a professional field; and the use of advanced information technologies and information systems. Session chairmen's remarks and four question sessions are included.…
Descriptors: Case Studies, Databases, Developed Nations, Developing Nations
IFLA General Conference 1988. Division of Special Libraries. Section on Science and Technology Libraries; Section on Art Libraries; Section on Social Science Libraries; Section on Geography and Map Libraries; Division of Contributed Papers.
International Federation of Library Associations, The Hague (Netherlands). – 1988
The 23 papers in this collection include papers on special libraries and miscellaneous contributed papers: (1) "Networking Potentialities and Limitations--Special Library Networks in Socialist Countries--An Overview, and the Main Ways of Perestroika in the Work of Scientific and Technical Libraries at the Present Stage" (D. Schmidmaier…
Descriptors: Academic Libraries, Access to Information, Agriculture, Cataloging
Four Current Awareness Databases: Coverage and Currency Compared.
Jaguszewski, Janice M.; Kempf, Jody L. – Database, 1995
Discusses the usability and content of the following table of contents (TOC) databases selected by science and engineering librarians at the University of Minnesota Twin Cities: Current Contents on Diskette (CCoD), CARL Uncover2, Inside Information, and Contents1st. (AEF)
Descriptors: Bibliographic Databases, Bibliographic Utilities, Electronic Publishing, Information Networks