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Bailey, Timothy P.; Scott, Amanda L.; Best, Rickey D. – College & Research Libraries, 2015
Academic libraries continue to face funding pressures compounded by the need to provide students with access to electronic resources, both in journal and book formats. With space constraints and the need to repurpose library space to other uses, libraries must carefully examine the move to e-only formats for books to determine if the format makes…
Descriptors: Academic Libraries, Electronic Libraries, Cost Effectiveness, Printed Materials
Dempsey, Lorcan; Malpas, Constance; Lavoie, Brian – portal: Libraries and the Academy, 2014
This article takes a broad view of the evolution of collecting behaviors in a network environment and suggests some future directions based on various simple models. The authors look at the changing dynamics of print collections, at the greater engagement with research and learning behaviors, and at trends in scholarly communication. The goal is…
Descriptors: Library Materials, Library Development, Library Administration, Investment
Patton, Maggie – Australian Library Journal, 2009
Since 2005 the State Library of New South Wales has provided staff with an opportunity to research aspects of the Library's services and collections through the State Librarian's Staff Fellowship Program. In January 2008, Maggie Patton commenced a project to rediscover and document the development of the rare printed collections at the State…
Descriptors: Library Administration, Government Libraries, Foreign Countries, Archives
Sewell, Bethany Badgett; Miller, Andrew Jonathan – Journal of Access Services, 2008
The University of Denver's Penrose Library's Stacks Maintenance unit is a separately managed unit that works in collaboration with all library departments to ensure complete access to the library's print collections. This unit takes advantage of a variety of techniques and tools to fulfill its mission, including a fine-tuned tracer system for…
Descriptors: Library Development, Library Materials, Preservation, Printed Materials

Manoff, Marlene – Library Trends, 2000
As electronic objects challenge categorical distinctions central to library organization, efforts are being made to integrate these hybrids and new forms into traditional library systems and to recreate the stability of the print environment. Explores conceptual and theoretical issues raised by the proliferation of electronic objects and suggests…
Descriptors: Change, Electronic Text, Information Technology, Library Administration
Rusbridge, Chris – D-Lib Magazine, 1998
Reflects on implications of phases one and two in the United Kingdom's Electronic Libraries Program (eLib). Discusses the four components of the third phase which includes the merging of print and electronic resources in the hybrid library. Discusses managerial lessons learned. (AEF)
Descriptors: Electronic Libraries, Foreign Countries, Library Administration, Library Automation

Kevil, L. Hunter; Montgomery, Jack, Ed. – Against the Grain, 1998
Argues that without reform and adaptation to contemporary technology, paper libraries will become little more than book museums. Outlines four major problems with contemporary library practice. Discusses benefits of database-management systems for organization of libraries' paper resources. Lists requirements libraries should demand of any new…
Descriptors: Futures (of Society), Information Management, Information Storage, Information Technology
Taylor, Rhonda Harris; Patterson, Lotsee – Acquisitions Librarian, 2004
This construct for collection development as it relates to Native American resources utilizes Thomas Mann's "Library Research Methods" (1993) concepts of the Traditional Model, the Actual-Practice Model, and the Principle of Least Effort to organize recommendations for both strategies and resources. The three-pronged hierarchical approach to…
Descriptors: Library Research, Research Methodology, American Indians, Library Services
Luttmann, Stephen – Acquisitions Librarian, 2004
The conscientious selection of music materials requires an understanding of the needs of the public being served at least as much as it requires subject competence on the part of the selector. Online and print resources are available to aid in the selection of music materials in all formats, the most important of which are books, scores, audio and…
Descriptors: Music, Printed Materials, Library Materials, Library Administration
Wei, Karen T. – Acquisitions Librarian, 2004
Focusing on academic libraries in North America, this article describes the selection and acquisition of library materials for Chinese Studies from the People's Republic of China, Hong Kong, and Taiwan. It provides an historical overview of the Chinese book publishing and exporting practice, identifies and evaluates current online and printed…
Descriptors: Library Materials, Academic Libraries, Foreign Countries, Library Services
Millet, Michelle S.; Mueller, Susan – Acquisitions Librarian, 2005
Following a library-wide brainstorming session and retreat, the Dean of the Maureen and Mike Mansfield Library tasked an ad-hoc committee to discuss implications for the library and its users if certain processes were implemented or eliminated in order to streamline the processing of serials. As the library's collection continues to shift from…
Descriptors: Brainstorming, Academic Libraries, Electronic Journals, Printed Materials
Stowers, Eva; Galbraith, Gillian – Acquisitions Librarian, 2004
This article discusses the web and print resources used in selecting material for a dental sciences collection in an academic library at a public university without a medical library. The process of creating a collection quickly and with limited resources is described, from the initial collection assessment to the decision-making processes…
Descriptors: Printed Materials, Dentistry, Academic Libraries, Internet
Herzog, Susan – Acquisitions Librarian, 2004
In the down-sized academic library of the twenty-first century, many librarians with little or no formal collection development training or experience are being entrusted with large departmental budgets, occasionally without the collaboration of a department liaison. How do new librarians, or librarians new to a discipline, deal with this…
Descriptors: Academic Libraries, Library Services, Librarians, Library Development
Buczynski, James Andrew – Acquisitions Librarian, 2005
Developing a library collection to support the curriculum of Canada's largest computer studies school has debunked many myths about collecting computer science and technology information resources. Computer science students are among the heaviest print book and e-book users in the library. Circulation statistics indicate that the demand for print…
Descriptors: Electronic Learning, Library Materials, Electronic Libraries, Foreign Countries
Pinfield, Stephen; Eaton, Jonathan; Edwards, Catherine; Russell, Rosemary; Wissenburg, Astrid; Wynne, Peter – D-Lib Magazine, 1998
Outlines five projects currently funded by the United Kingdom's Electronic Libraries Program (eLib): HyLiFe (Hybrid Library of the Future), MALIBU (MAnaging the hybrid Library for the Benefit of Users), HeadLine (Hybrid Electronic Access and Delivery in the Library Networked Environment), ATHENS (authentication scheme), and BUILDER (Birmingham…
Descriptors: Access to Information, Electronic Libraries, Futures (of Society), Library Administration
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