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Peer reviewedAtkinson, Hugh C. – Library Trends, 1974
Explores the possible effects on library services of cable television, cassette television, and computer based activity. (PF)
Descriptors: Cable Television, Computer Assisted Instruction, Computer Oriented Programs, Library Networks
Atkinson, Hugh C. – Library Journal, 1984
Discusses present and future changes in library organization and management resulting from increasingly smaller library units, use of electronics to support decentralized services, new management style, and interlibrary cooperatives. Three strategies for change--to accept change, to change change, to recognize that some things cannot be…
Descriptors: Change Strategies, Decentralization, Library Administration, Library Cooperation
Download full textAtkinson, Hugh C. – 1970
Speed of access is a prime factor in user satisfaction with academic libraries. Specialized (i.e., departmental) libraries have proliferated to provide faster access. This study timed a sample of 933 citations, drawn from items cited in publications of members of each academic unit within the university. The hypothesis that the optimum size for a…
Descriptors: College Libraries, Decentralization, Library Collections, Library Networks
Atkinson, Hugh C. – American Libraries, 1987
Discusses the goals of library networks in terms of sharing scarce resources and improving user access to information, and advocates cooperative library planning to enhance these goals, including interlibrary activities and multitype library systems. (CLB)
Descriptors: Access to Information, Cooperative Programs, Interlibrary Loans, Library Collections
