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Direct linkMcCrea, Bridget – T.H.E. Journal, 2013
Three years ago, when K-12 schools started thinking seriously about creating digital libraries, the Mesquite Independent School District (TX) bought several Sony eReaders, loaded them with books, and circulated them to students. This initial attempt was not a rousing success. After the Mesquite ISD pulled the plug on its disastrous e-reader…
Descriptors: Elementary Secondary Education, School Districts, Electronic Libraries, School Libraries
Busch, Anne – Knowledge Quest, 2011
Not so long ago the library at the high school in the author's semirural community was perking along every day with the help of one energetic and dedicated library clerk, a few student staffers, and the author, the professional school librarian. About 700 students, and 50 teachers and paraprofessionals access the library on a regular basis. They…
Descriptors: School Libraries, Library Services, Librarians, Change Strategies
Peer reviewedStevenson, Malcolm – Higher Education Management, 1992
The consequences for the library of computerization at the University of Bradford (England) are examined. Options for the future development of library services are considered, with attention given to the lessons learned from and issues raised by the implementation of a new library system incorporating advances in information technology.…
Descriptors: Academic Libraries, College Administration, College Libraries, Computer Oriented Programs
Download full textBreivik, Patricia S. – 2000
This paper begins by providing background on the information literacy movement, including the educational reform efforts of the 1980s, a higher education summit conference, and the 1989 American Library Association (ALA) Presidential Committee on Information Literacy Final Report. Other highlights include: the information literacy triangle;…
Descriptors: Academic Libraries, Access to Information, Educational Change, Elementary Secondary Education
Peer reviewedBunzel, Jurgen; Poll, Roswitha – Journal of Academic Librarianship, 2002
Describes academic libraries in Germany and how they have been influenced by restructuring and reforming the higher education system, changes in information technology and information industry, and effects of the German reunification process. Discusses library resources, including staff, buildings, and collections; catalogs; preservation; user…
Descriptors: Academic Libraries, Educational Change, Foreign Countries, Futures (of Society)
Monahan, Mary – 1997
This paper is a biographical essay on Vartan Gregorian, appointed president of Carnegie Corporation in 1997. The focus of the research is on Vartan Gregorian's accomplishments as an educator, as provost of the University of Pennsylvania, as director and president of the New York Public Library, and, most recently, as the president of Brown…
Descriptors: Access to Information, Biographies, Censorship, Democracy
