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Sloan, Bernard G. – Library Journal, 1985
This essay on the management of microcomputer use in organizations highlights problem areas associated with the central issue of control: acquisition of hardware and software, compatibility, security, data integrity, training, documentation, and the isolation factor. Establishment of a microcomputer information center for education, promotion,…
Descriptors: Computer Software, Information Centers, Information Services, Library Administration
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Tanabe, H. – International Library Review, 1973
This article is a summation of several university and university library publications. Subjects covered are automation, university reform and the library, librarians, and the future of university libraries. (6 references) (DH)
Descriptors: Adult Education, College Libraries, Information Centers, Librarians
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Wright, Kieth C. – Special Libraries, 1975
Gallaudet College's special collection on deafness, and efforts to transform the college library into a functional, user-oriented information center are described. (Author/PF)
Descriptors: Archives, Deafness, Information Centers, Information Retrieval
Hatfield, V. Sue, Ed. – 1986
The following papers were presented at a joint conference of the Colorado Library Association and the Mountain Plains Library Association (MPLA) in October 1986: (1) "Development of a Strategic Plan for the Harold B. Lee Library--A Model for Public Service" (Larry Ostler); (2) "The Library Committee in MPLA Libraries" (Ronald…
Descriptors: Academic Libraries, Bookstores, Burnout, Cataloging
Simon, Ralph C. – 1972
A solution to a perennial library inventory problem by the application of known and proven systematic techniques used in other non-library areas is proposed. The traditional and new approaches are briefly compared and explained while the actual planning and development are discussed with an eye toward producing as an ultimate goal the ideal…
Descriptors: Books, Information Centers, Information Retrieval, Information Storage
Hyer, Anna L. – 1972
Usually the impact of technology is felt first in terms of the devices we use; then in terms of people and man-machine relationships. The next impact tends to be on the support systems and procedures associated with the man-machine relationships; and lastly the related goals and values of the total effort tend to change. The impact of technology…
Descriptors: Educational Technology, Information Centers, Information Science, Information Scientists
Texas Research League, Austin. – 1995
Libraries offer a variety of services and play an assortment of roles. While few people disagree that libraries have been valuable institutions in the past, many wonder how necessary they will be in the future. Shrinking budgets make it harder for libraries to contradict these perceptions. This report examines the social and economic impact that…
Descriptors: Access to Information, Computer Networks, Economic Factors, Electronic Libraries