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Download full textNew York State Education Dept., Albany. Div. of Library Development. – 1993
This document, like its predecessor, will serve as a blueprint for and a means of communication about statewide library automation. The original plan introduced the concept of the electronic doorway library as a way to explain the changes occurring in the delivery of library services. Through 14 assumptions, 32 recommendations, and implementation…
Descriptors: Access to Information, Electronic Libraries, Information Technology, Integrated Library Systems
Machovec, George S. – Online Libraries and Microcomputers, 1996
Focus among library consortia is shifting from integrated library systems to digital library projects, resource sharing, collective database licensing, multivendors, and document delivery. This article presents a draft of a strategic plan for Colorado Alliance of Research Libraries consortia; it includes discussion of CARL's mission, vision, and…
Descriptors: Consortia, Databases, Document Delivery, Electronic Libraries
Garrett, John R. – EDUCOM Review, 1993
Describes the technical, economic, social, and cultural challenges to building a national digital library system. Selecting and filtering information, building and scaling distributed digital library networks, invoicing, payment, authorizing access, the locus of planning leadership, and the information poor are discussed. (Contains three…
Descriptors: Access to Information, Costs, Economic Factors, Electronic Libraries
Wong, Wai-man; Parker, Sue; Jagannathan, Neela; Fong, Tai-Loon – 1998
The pre-Asian Association of Open Universities (AAOU) Asian Librarians' Roundtable is the first of its kind for librarians of AAOU and other Asian distance and open education institutions to share their views on the use of the latest technology and the provision of library services to distance learners. This document describes the library services…
Descriptors: Academic Libraries, Distance Education, Electronic Libraries, Foreign Countries
Peer reviewedBertot, John Carlo – Public Library Quarterly, 2002
Presents results of a study undertaken for the state library of Maryland to develop a process for the development of a Maryland Digital Public Library. Highlights include planning; management; implementation requirements; networked environments; technical infrastructure issues; collection development; standards; information content; information…
Descriptors: Case Studies, Content Analysis, Electronic Libraries, Information Services
Peer reviewedKreitz, Patricia A. – Resource Sharing and Information Networks, 1992
Presents an annotated bibliography of 103 information sources dealing with library networking activity. Highlights include improving access through interlibrary loans and document delivery; planning and financing; the history and the future of networks; special libraries; international development; cooperative collection development; and…
Descriptors: Access to Information, Annotated Bibliographies, Electronic Libraries, Futures (of Society)
Migliazzo, Connie; Roze, Maris – NCA Quarterly, 1997
Examines challenges in providing a cost-effective means of information access for students at geographically dispersed DeVry Institute campuses. Describes several changes in library strategy and ongoing efforts to improve access to students in DeVry's dynamic and technically focused programs. (YKH)
Descriptors: Access to Information, Cost Effectiveness, Electronic Libraries, Information Dissemination
Peer reviewedSaunders, Laverna M. – Information Technology and Libraries, 1995
Discusses collection development and acquisitions in virtual, or networked, libraries. Topics include electronic versus digital libraries; philosophical issues of library acquisition; user expectations, including wants and needs; strategic planning, including resource sharing agreements, retrospective conversion, and staff training; collection…
Descriptors: Electronic Libraries, Library Acquisition, Library Collection Development, Library Expenditures
