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Thomas, Lisa Carlucci – Library Journal, 2010
Librarians, like patrons and researchers, are caught between traditional library service models and the promise of evolving information technologies. In recent years, professional conferences have strategically featured programs and presentations geared toward building a mobile agenda and adapting or adopting services to meet new demands of mobile…
Descriptors: Outreach Programs, Public Libraries, Academic Libraries, Information Technology
Steere, Paul J. – Library Journal, 2010
In a rare show of bipartisanship, the Senate passed the controversial Federal Library Agency Act (FLAA) on a nearly unanimous voice vote, sending it to President Obama for his expected signature. The House had passed it in February with a two-thirds majority. The FLAA creates a new mandate by combining federal library functions scattered…
Descriptors: Government Libraries, Library Administration, Library Development, Library Materials
Breeding, Marshall – Library Journal, 2010
In a year when a difficult economy presented fewer opportunities for immediate gains, the major industry players have defined their business strategies with fundamentally different concepts of library automation. This is no longer an industry where companies compete on the basis of the best or the most features in similar products but one where…
Descriptors: Academic Libraries, Library Automation, Library Networks, Electronic Libraries
Fialkoff, Francine; Hadro, Josh – Library Journal, 2010
Bill Schickling has spent a good chunk of his professional life at what is now Polaris Library Systems, shaping both the older Galaxy system and the newer Polaris integrated library system (ILS). When he joined the company as a programmer in 1987, it was still part of Gaylord, known mostly for its furniture and supplies division. Schickling was…
Descriptors: Information Systems, Public Libraries, Library Networks, User Satisfaction (Information)
Berry, John N., III – Library Journal, 2010
This article features Glen Carbon Centennial Library (GCCL), Illinois, which is named "LJ"'s Best Small Library in America 2010. The attitude of doing whatever it takes to encourage every patron to come back permeates GCCL and is the foundation that makes it a model small library. GCCL delivers much "more than one expects." The…
Descriptors: Home Schooling, Libraries, Library Networks, Users (Information)
Berry, John N., III – Library Journal, 2008
This article features Laramie County Library System (LCLS) of Cheyenne, Wyoming, which is named as Gale/"Library Journal" 2008 Library of the Year. It is not just strong, effective publicity or the fine new building or even a staff built around its ability to connect with the people, although all of those things add to the impact of…
Descriptors: Access to Information, Public Libraries, Library Networks, Library Facilities
Schneider, Karen G. – Library Journal, 2007
Over the next several decades, libraries will face the potential loss of all the e-journals, ebooks, electronic theses, local digital collections, and other "e-stuff" curated for the public good. A solution to this problem is LOCKSS ("Lots of Copies Keep Stuff Safe"), a free, open-source digital-preservation software from Stanford University that…
Descriptors: Computer Software, Libraries, Library Networks, Library Services
Breeding, Marshall – Library Journal, 2007
Activities in 2006 pointed to strategic shifts in library automation. The dynamics of the business environment changed rapidly from a fragmented industry to a highly consolidated one. Though the integrated library system (ILS) continues to represent the largest portion of revenue, products that deal with electronic content and deliver better…
Descriptors: Elementary Secondary Education, Public Libraries, Library Automation, Internet
Berry, John N., III – Library Journal, 2007
Worthington, Ohio, has deep library roots. A library has been part of its history since the planning by settlers before the city's birth in 1803. Among the treasures brought by James Kilbourne and the Scioto Company from Connecticut to the new, planned community they built was a collection of books for their new subscription library. The books…
Descriptors: Public Libraries, Boards of Education, Library Networks, Periodicals
Savage, Noel – Library Journal, 1973
Statements exerpted from documents presented at the second regional hearing of the National Commission on Libraries and Information Science held in San Francisco are included. (Author/KE)
Descriptors: Law Libraries, Libraries, Library Education, Library Networks
Albanese, Andrew; Berry, John N., III; Blumenstein, Lynn; Datema, Jay; Fialkoff, Francine; Kenney, Brian; Miller, Rebecca; Oder, Norman; Rogers, Michael; Williams, Wilda – Library Journal, 2006
This article describes how the 2006 American Library Association (ALA) Annual Conference in New Orleans will long symbolize the significance of libraries and librarians to a convention city--and to the community around it. As the first major convention in the Crescent City since the ravages of Hurricane Katrina ten months earlier, the conference…
Descriptors: Public Libraries, Academic Libraries, Professional Associations, Library Networks
Casey, Michael E.; Savastinuk, Laura C. – Library Journal, 2006
Libraries are changing. Funding limits and customer demands are transforming staffing levels, service models, access to resources, and services to the public. Administrators and taxpayers are seeking more efficient ways of delivering services to achieve greater returns on financial investments. In this article, the author discusses the benefits of…
Descriptors: Online Catalogs, Library Networks, Libraries, Library Services
Hamel, Dorothy – Library Journal, 1973
Las Vegas is home to a variety of public, special and school libraries. A directory is provided to encourage ALA librarians to visit them during the 1973 convention. (DH)
Descriptors: Libraries, Library Collections, Library Cooperation, Library Networks
Shaffer, Kenneth R. – Library Journal, 1971
A critique of some hallowed assumptions about library cooperative efforts is presented. (Author)
Descriptors: Libraries, Library Networks, Library Planning, Library Services
White, Joyce L. – Library Journal, 1984
Discussion of cooperation between church and synagogue libraries and public libraries notes church and synagogue library collections (materials organized to serve local congregation in study and teaching of its heritage, materials on role of clergy and laity, biographical information); building cooperative relationships; Church and Synagogue…
Descriptors: Churches, Library Associations, Library Collections, Library Cooperation