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Peer reviewedSherk, Bonnie – Visible Language, 1995
Describes the Living Library, an idea to create a network of international cultural parks in different cities of the world using new communications technologies on-line in a garden setting, bringing the humanities, sciences, and social sciences to life through plants, visual and performed artworks, lectures, and computer and on-line satellite…
Descriptors: Gardens, Higher Education, Intercultural Communication, Libraries
Download full textReilly, Kevin D. – 1969
This report describes digital computer simulation efforts in a study of memory systems for two important cases: that of the individual the brain; and that of society, the library. A neural system model is presented in which a complex system is produced by connecting simple hypothetical neurons whose states change under application of a…
Descriptors: Computer Programs, Computers, Information Processing, Information Systems
Peer reviewedRouse, William B. – Journal of the American Society for Information Science, 1979
Discusses the purpose of mathematical models and reviews the phases of the modeling process--defining performance, representing the problem, predicting performance, estimating parameters, defining optimization criterion, determining solution, and implementing results. Reviews of book-use, resource allocation, and library network models are…
Descriptors: Libraries, Library Circulation, Library Networks, Mathematical Models
Duggan, Maryann; Montague, Eleanor A. – 1976
An institute was conducted to introduce Western state library administrators to methods for planning staff development training. The intent was to strengthen staff development programs and to build a network of individuals interested in staff development in Western libraries. The program introduced a variety of training tools and presented a wide…
Descriptors: Institutes (Training Programs), Librarians, Libraries, Library Education
Markuson, Barbara Evans, Ed. – 1964
The arrangement of this publication follows, as nearly as possible, the actual conference program. The seven sections represent the topics selected by the planning committee as areas of concentration. Each section includes a state-of-the-art paper and related talks and discussion. The topics covered are: the library of the future, file…
Descriptors: Automation, Communication (Thought Transfer), Computer Graphics, Computers
Dinka, Tesfaye; Okutcu, Davut – 1970
The major objectives of the study were to produce a storage/transportation model which minimized (1) the cost of storage space for book materials, and (2) cost of transportation for book materials. In minimizing these costs, they are considered in relation to the time required to provide service. The data used in the study include land and…
Descriptors: Administration, Automation, College Libraries, Cost Effectiveness
