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Chen, Ching-chih – Microcomputers for Information Management, 1992
Describes full-text document delivery services that have been introduced in conjunction with available databases in response to economic and technological changes affecting libraries: (1) CARL System's UnCover database and UnCover2 service; (2) Research Libraries Group's CitaDel delivery service; and (3) Faxon Research Service's Faxon Finder and…
Descriptors: Access to Information, Databases, Library Automation, Library Collection Development
Quinn, Judy – Library Journal, 1991
Discusses vendor approval plans for library collection development and describes uses of various vendor plans by public libraries. Opening day collection services are described, vendor's book inventory databases are explained, title selection and the use of book reviews is discussed, and problems with out-of-print titles are considered. (LRW)
Descriptors: Book Reviews, Databases, Library Collection Development, Library Material Selection

Born, Kathleen – Journal of Library Administration, 1993
Examines the role of the serials vendor in the collection assessment and evaluation process in academic libraries. Topics discussed include the subscription agency's resources, including databases; issues of quality, accessibility, and manageability; costs, both present and future forecasts; availability, including document delivery; and issues of…
Descriptors: Academic Libraries, Costs, Databases, Futures (of Society)

Davis, Denise M. – Internet Research, 1996
Sailor, Maryland's public information network, has become a national model for public libraries and states planning telecommunications networks and library systems integration. This article summarizes the design and implementation of the network's Internet resource collection development, highlighting the database committee, editorial board,…
Descriptors: Databases, Integrated Library Systems, Library Collection Development, Models

Snyder, Fritz – Legal Reference Services Quarterly, 1986
Reviews some of the materials in the LEXIS and WESTLAW databases and the findings of a survey on the impact of technology on information publication, and discusses the possibility of using online databases as substitutes for the acquisition of new law library materials. (CLB)
Descriptors: Databases, Electronic Publishing, Information Technology, Law Libraries

Miller, Rush G. – Journal of Academic Librarianship, 2002
Explores issues related to the selection and purchase of digital content in academic libraries, including commercially-produced databases, electronic journals, and books and other electronic resources that are purchased from vendors; and in-house digitization projects. Considers the degree to which standard collection management principles apply.…
Descriptors: Academic Libraries, Databases, Electronic Journals, Electronic Libraries
Simpson, Carol Mann – Book Report, 1992
Examines issues that librarians must address when purchasing databases on CD-ROM for networking. Highlights include network licenses; costs; restrictions on network rights; ownership of CD-ROMs; hardware requirements; fees for upgrading software; CD-ROM servers; pricing options; training materials; and disk drives. (LRW)
Descriptors: Computer Networks, Computer Software, Costs, Databases
Ashbridge, Carole L. – Book Report, 1999
Describes the value of an electronic database to record information for school library materials being considered for addition to the collection. Discusses marking titles from journals, entering the information into the database, sorting options, fields to include, and transferring records to other databases when materials are received and…
Descriptors: Data Collection, Databases, Elementary Secondary Education, Library Collection Development
Weiner, J. Stephanie; Collins, Peggy Cooper – 1990
Two librarians at Western Oregon State College, a small liberal arts institution serving 4,000 students, rebuilt the library's test collection in 1990 and, in the process, broadened it beyond its traditional education and psychology emphasis into an interdisciplinary collection. At the outset, the project received generous funding and an annual…
Descriptors: Cataloging, College Libraries, Databases, Higher Education

Smith, Eldred – Microform Review, 1991
Discusses the national program for preservation microfilming in research libraries and suggests that microfilm is not the appropriate medium to be used. Recommendations for the electronic storage of materials on computerized databases are made; disadvantages of microfilm are described; interlibrary loan problems are discussed; and effects on…
Descriptors: Copyrights, Databases, Information Storage, Interlibrary Loans

Richardson, Jeanne M. – Journal of Academic Librarianship, 1990
Describes a project which created a database of faculty and academic professional research interests at Arizona State University. Uses for library subject specialists, reference librarians, and collection development staff are discussed. Methods to link the existing collection development policy statement and the database are examined. Sample…
Descriptors: Academic Libraries, College Faculty, Computer Software, Databases

Page, Penny Booth – Behavioral & Social Sciences Librarian, 1986
Provides guidelines for locating alcohol research information and building library collections on alcohol. Resource organizations, including government agencies, research institutions, and publishers, are identified and several access tools are described. The future directions of alcohol research and its dissemination are discussed. (Author/EM)
Descriptors: Alcoholism, Databases, Federal Government, Government Publications

Majka, David R. – Library Software Review, 1995
Describes a prototype reference collection management system that uses a relational database management program to automate traditional library processes such as library inventory and shelf-reading. Examines reference collection management criteria and system considerations, and reviews the database's characteristics and its benefits to libraries.…
Descriptors: Change Strategies, Database Management Systems, Databases, Evaluation

Palais, Elliot – Journal of Academic Librarianship, 1987
Describes a methodology which analyzes courses described in university catalogs in order to produce a database used in the compilation of a collection development policy statement. Each step of the analysis is described, and tables are used to track sample data through the entire process. (CLB)
Descriptors: Academic Libraries, College Curriculum, Course Descriptions, Data Analysis

Rice, Barbara A. – Library Trends, 1985
Addresses importance of online databases as part of library reference collection and focuses on bibliographic databases (ready reference, print versus online migration, bibliographic utilities); selection/evaluation of online databases (vendor selection, individual databases); full-text databases; numeric databases; end-user searching; and use of…
Descriptors: Databases, Evaluation Methods, Library Collection Development, Library Collections