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Learning Our Limits: The Science Libraries at Duke University Retreat to Respond To Our Changing Environment.
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Langley, Anne; Martinez, Linda – Issues in Science & Technology Librarianship, 1999
Duke University science librarians took a one-day retreat to examine operations, define goals, and explore options for achieving goals. Cost/impact analysis and decision matrix models were used to analyze each librarian's activities. The cost/impact model enabled the librarians to prioritize functions and to better deploy limited resources to…
Descriptors: Academic Libraries, Change, Evaluation Methods, Librarians
Public Services and Electronic Resources: Perspectives from the Science and Engineering Libraries at Duke University.
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Gray, Edward; Langley, Anne – Issues in Science & Technology Librarianship, 2002
Discusses library materials available in electronic formats and how it has changed public services in the science and engineering libraries at Duke University. Topics include changes for the user, including access to the collection, what they use based on ease of use, distance learners, and search capabilities; skills that librarians need; and…
Descriptors: Academic Libraries, Access to Information, Distance Education, Futures (of Society)
User Perceptions of Current Awareness Services: A Faculty Survey.
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Fernandez, Leila – Issues in Science & Technology Librarianship, 2002
Discusses results of a science faculty survey conducted at York University to determine researchers' use of current awareness services, including print and Web-based services. Considers differences between science disciplines and implications for future library services and includes a copy of the survey. (Author/LRW)
Descriptors: Academic Libraries, Foreign Countries, Futures (of Society), Higher Education