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Mendrinos, Roxanne Baxter – School Library Media Annual (SLMA), 1994
Discusses CD-ROM technology in conjunction with three components of the virtual library: (1) a fully functional computerized network; (2) digital information that is content rich; (3) knowledgeable users. These concepts are related to the results of a study of CD-ROM applications in 301 secondary-school library media centers. (eight references)…
Descriptors: Bibliographic Databases, Computer Networks, Computer Selection, Electronic Text
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Farmer, Lesley S. J. – Catholic Library World, 1994
Describes the HyperCard Library Instruction Project (CLIP) and the research upon which it is based. Findings of research of HyperCard instruction with secondary students and a description of ways to use HyperCard instruction are presented. A sidebar article describes the California-based CLIP program and the HyperCard modules the organization is…
Descriptors: Access to Information, Computer Assisted Instruction, Computer Software, Computer Software Development
Mendrinos, Roxanne Baxter – School Library Media Annual (SLMA), 1992
Describes a study of secondary school library media specialists in Maine and Pennsylvania that was conducted to establish a baseline of data relating to the use of CD-ROM databases for reference purposes. Topics addressed include database titles; networking; staffing concerns; budget; funding; attitudes toward CD-ROMs; and training and curriculum…
Descriptors: Budgets, Curriculum Development, Databases, Financial Support
Kirk, Thomas; And Others – 1974
A panel discussion on bibliographic instruction was presented by three librarians at a meeting of the New England Chapter of the Association of College and Research Libraries in November 1974. Defining bibliographic instruction as instruction in the use of library materials rather than library orientation, the panelists talked about the…
Descriptors: College Libraries, Financial Support, Higher Education, Library Instruction
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Chadley, Otis; Gavryck, Jacquelyn – Research Strategies, 1989
Describes a survey of 72 research libraries that examined bibliographic instruction programs from 1983 to 1988, looking at such factors as instructional methods, student population served, financial support, program evaluation methods, and the impact of technology. It is concluded that bibliographic instruction has changed in status from a luxury…
Descriptors: Academic Libraries, Evaluation Methods, Financial Support, Higher Education
Jones, Douglas; And Others – 1991
This report of the task force charged with defining and researching the issues related to access and ownership of materials at the University of Arizona library presents 23 short-and long-term recommendations in the following areas: (1) organization, including the establishment of separate staff units for access services and collection management…
Descriptors: Access to Information, Change Strategies, College Libraries, Financial Support