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Garoufallou, Emmanouel; Gaitanou, Panorea – College & Research Libraries, 2021
Currently "Big Data" is an emerging field that presents several Information Technology challenges regarding the capture, storage search, structure, and visualization of this data. The real challenge for organizations is to find ways to extract value from it and provide better services to their clients. The data generated in academic and…
Descriptors: Data, Librarians, Library Role, Library Research
California State Library, 2009
The California State Library is charged with performing the following activities as defined by law. The State Library, under the direction and control of the State Librarian, an appointee of the Governor, has responsibility: (1) To collect, preserve, generate and disseminate a wide array of information; (2) To serve as the central reference and…
Descriptors: Government Libraries, State Government, Library Services, Information Seeking
Rizzoni, Giovanni – 2001
This paper discusses the experiences of the Research Department of the Italian Chamber of Deputies over the past few years. The first section describes the origin of the department in the 1970s, including political factors, basic organizational features, and the salient features of the department's activity. The second section addresses the…
Descriptors: Decision Making, Foreign Countries, Government Libraries, Legislation
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Wainwright, Eric – Australian Academic & Research Libraries, 2005
Traditionally, several types of library in Australia have been perceived as having a "research" role, notably the National Library, the state libraries, and the university libraries, together with a few special libraries serving research-producing organisations such as the CSIRO. This paper provides some speculations on how some…
Descriptors: Academic Libraries, Research Libraries, Lifelong Learning, Government Libraries
International Federation of Library Associations, The Hague (Netherlands). – 1990
The 16 reports in this collection were presented at an open forum on research libraries and meetings of three more specialized sections: (1) "Nature and Purpose of the Division of General Research Libraries" (Ernst Kohl); (2) "Objectives and Goals of the Section of Parliamentary Libraries" (Ernst Kohl); (3) "The IFLA…
Descriptors: Academic Libraries, Decentralization, Evaluation Criteria, Federal Government
Gude, Gilbert; And Others – 1981
This set of papers presented to the General Research Libraries Division of the International Federation of Library Associations (IFLA) during its 47th annual conference (1981) includes: "The Effect of the Introduction of Computers on Library and Research Staff," by Gilbert Gude; "Libraries as Information Service Agencies…
Descriptors: Databases, Depository Libraries, Federal Legislation, Foreign Countries
International Federation of Library Associations, The Hague (Netherlands). – 1990
The 23 papers in this collection were presented at 5 sections of the Division of Special Libraries: (1) "Principles of Government Librarianship" (Hans H. van der Neut); (2) "Strategic Planning as an Instrument of Improving Library Quality" (Maurice B. Line); (3) "Library Staff Development Consultancy: A Means to Achieve a…
Descriptors: Federal Government, Fine Arts, Foreign Countries, Government Libraries