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Library Venturing.
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Wilson, H. Donald – Electronic Library, 1986
There is opportunity for service and profit to imaginative libraries organizing to provide new forms of knowledge. Librarians as entrepreneurs must learn venture management and finance. Available assistance includes growing entrepreneural understanding in large institutions; family and friends; private wealth-seeking investment; new business…
Descriptors: Development, Economics, Entrepreneurship, Fees
Naisbitt's Megatrends: Some Implications for the Electronic Library.
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Alloway, Catherine Suyak – Electronic Library, 1986
Discusses four megatrends from John Naisbitt's book--"Megatrends"--which have particular relevance to the electronic library: shift from industrial to information society; need to balance high-tech with high-touch; focus on self-help over institutional help; and change in organizational structures from pyramid hierarchies to networks.…
Descriptors: Electronic Libraries, Human Relations, Influences, Information Services
What Do Employers Expect? The Educating Systems Librarian Research Project 1.
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Xu, Hong; Chen, Hsin-liang – Electronic Library, 1999
An investigation of 133 job advertisements for systems librarians in "American Libraries" in 1996-1997 was conducted. Results show that although systems librarians in different types of libraries may play different roles and have different emphases in their duties, the responsibility and knowledge requirements for them are generally…
Descriptors: Employment Opportunities, Employment Projections, Employment Qualifications, Job Skills
An Overview of Electronic Document Request and Delivery Research.
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Price, Sandra P.; And Others – Electronic Library, 1996
Outlines the Follet Report, the United Kingdom's Electronic Libraries Programme, and the Focused Investigation of Document Delivery project, and describes document delivery research projects in the areas of resource sharing, network communication, scanning, and electronic delivery systems. Suggests that librarians reassess their roles, and calls…
Descriptors: Delivery Systems, Document Delivery, Electronic Libraries, Foreign Countries
Distributed Expertise: Remote Reference Service on a Metropolitan Area Network.
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Davenport, Elisabeth; And Others – Electronic Library, 1997
Describes an Edinburgh-based research project that is exploring issues related to reference work in digital libraries, the role of reference librarians with remote access users, library networking, and collaborative reference work. User experiences and librarian work patterns are related to the design of a prototype Web-based network reference…
Descriptors: Academic Libraries, Electronic Libraries, Foreign Countries, Librarians
The Role of a Digital Librarian in the Management of Digital Information Systems (DIS).
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Sreenivasulu, V. – Electronic Library, 2000
Discusses the need for digital librarians who will manage and organize digital libraries. Topics include digital information systems; the information superhighway; navigation, browsing, and filtering; multimedia searching and indexing; data mining; information access and retrieval; competencies and skills for a digital librarian; and professional…
Descriptors: Access to Information, Competence, Electronic Libraries, Indexing