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Beinhoff, Lisa A.; Cox, Stephen – American Libraries, 2000
Discusses rare books in library collections and problems that are encountered with theft and/or preservation. Highlights include the effects of online auctions on the Internet; costs of replacing lost materials; and libraries that keep valuable books in the circulating collection, stamping them and subjecting them to use that devalues them. (LRW)
Descriptors: Costs, Internet, Library Collections, Library Expenditures
Lee, Hur-li – Proceedings of the ASIST Annual Meeting, 2001
Reports on results of an exploratory study of perceptions of collections by librarians in an academic library that provides both traditional and networked information services. Five librarians from a Midwestern university library were interviewed. Findings indicated an uncertainty about the virtual world in two particular areas: collection and…
Descriptors: Academic Libraries, Electronic Libraries, Higher Education, Information Services
Milbury, Peter – Technology Connection, 1998
Free online news sources are plentiful, but their useful access is problematic. The Chico High School (California) library's collection of Full Text Daily News Archives With Search Engines offers many advantages in a number of curriculum areas. Accessible from school and home, it provides an opportunity for teachers and librarians to collaborate…
Descriptors: Access to Information, Educational Technology, High Schools, Information Literacy
Fahey, Katherine – MultiMedia Schools, 1997
Examines issues related to CD-ROM collections in libraries, including CD-ROMs versus the Internet and other online sources; types of CD-ROMS, including periodical databases, reference databases, and multimedia CD-ROMs; local area networks for CD-ROMs; evaluation criteria for selection; collection development; ordering; curriculum support;…
Descriptors: Cataloging, Curriculum Enrichment, Databases, Evaluation Criteria
Download full textGrygierczyk, Natalia – 1996
This paper investigates the need for electronic provision of information, and advises that the purpose and motivation for providing electronic resources be explored before embarking on a project to provide them. Many projects at universities and other institutes have been begun arbitrarily just because there happened to be financial resources…
Descriptors: Academic Libraries, Computer Networks, Electronic Libraries, Foreign Countries
Kenerson, Murle E. – 1997
A wealth of African-American resources have remained "hidden resources," even as interest in and need for these rare documents has risen. Digitizing collections would make these materials available through the Internet and World Wide Web. Many of these materials reside in historically black institutions which oftentimes lack the…
Descriptors: Academic Libraries, Access to Information, Archives, Black Culture
Tyckoson, David A., Ed. – 1991
This book addresses the problem of when a library has limited catalog access, and explores various technological methods to expand the catalog beyond its traditional boundaries. Fourteen chapters describe catalog projects in individual libraries: (1) "Enhancing Access to Information: Building Catalogs for the Future" (David A. Tyckoson);…
Descriptors: Academic Libraries, Access to Information, Bibliographic Databases, Bibliographic Records
