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Hoeppner, Athena – Computers in Libraries, 2012
Librarians are familiar with the single-line form, the consolidated index, which represents a very large portion of a library's print and online collection. Their end users are familiar with the idea of a single search across a comprehensive index that produces a large, relevancy-ranked results list. Even though most patrons would not recognize…
Descriptors: Electronic Libraries, Librarians, Library Services, Information Technology
Daly, Rebecca; Baker, Liz; McIntosh, Lisa – Journal of Access Services, 2014
In 2011 the University of Wollongong Library undertook a significant review of its Resource Sharing services. This was prompted by constraints in the systems supporting this service, changes to the Library's key suppliers, Infotrieve Australia and the British Library Document Supply Service, and the need to deliver effective library services…
Descriptors: Foreign Countries, Academic Libraries, Library Development, Shared Resources and Services
Farrell, Beth – Library Journal, 2010
First offered to public libraries in 2004, downloadable audiobooks have grown by leaps and bounds. According to the Audio Publishers Association, their sales today account for 21% of the spoken-word audio market. It hasn't been easy, however. WMA. DRM. MP3. AAC. File extensions small on letters but very big on consequences for librarians,…
Descriptors: Public Libraries, Library Services, Usability, Audio Books
Ekart, Donna F. – Computers in Libraries, 2008
When the electronic resource management system (ERM) at Kansas State University Libraries suffered a horrible data loss, the "contract db" presented a challenge for the librarians responsible for electronic resources. It was a decent data repository, but it had no ability to manage the tangled process of licensing, acquiring, activating,…
Descriptors: Academic Libraries, Library Services, Database Management Systems, Librarians
Hane, Paula J. – Computers in Libraries, 2009
Despite lower attendance than in the past and blustery, cold weather, the American Library Association's Midwinter Meeting in Denver in January offered lots of news from industry vendors and lots of opportunities to discuss important issues and trends. In this report, the author highlights some of the most important product announcements with a…
Descriptors: Conferences (Gatherings), Online Catalogs, Library Services, Library Associations
Baudino, Frank, Ed. – Online Submission, 2011
Twenty-three scholarly papers and twelve abstracts comprise the content of the eleventh annual Brick and Click Libraries Symposium, held at Northwest Missouri State University in Maryville, Missouri. The peer-reviewed proceedings, authored by academic librarians and presented at the symposium, portray the contemporary and future face of…
Descriptors: Conferences (Gatherings), Athletics, Multilingualism, Interpersonal Relationship
Cullen, Kevin – Library Journal, 2005
Corporations employ data mining to analyze operations, find trends in recorded information, and look for new opportunities. Libraries are no different. Librarians manage large stores of data--about collections and usage, for example--and they also want to analyze this data to serve their users better. Analysts use data mining to query a data…
Descriptors: Libraries, Databases, Library Automation, Library Networks
Zeidner, Nancy I., Comp. – 1976
This Systems and Procedures Exchange Center (SPEC) kit compiled by the Association of Research Libraries (ARL) contains documents pertaining to bibliographic access in ARL libraries. Data collected in a 1975 SPEC user services survey are presented in two tables to illustrate new, eliminated, and planned services in ARL libraries and methods of…
Descriptors: Academic Libraries, Access to Information, Cataloging, Higher Education
Weiter, Steve – Computers in Libraries, 1996
Describes how a library automation system administrator developed a computer support network for the Finger Lakes Library System's (New York) evening and weekend hours. Discusses support options and decision-making factors--hiring extra staff, utilizing vendors, pagers, cellular phones, or contracting for third-party support. After employing staff…
Descriptors: Evening Programs, Information Technology, Library Automation, Library Networks

Lonberger, Jana – Library Resources and Technical Services, 1991
Examines major issues and trends in serials management represented in the literature published during 1990. Topics covered include the pricing crisis; publishing and scholarly communication; cancellation projects; technological developments and alternatives to print; claiming and replacement activities; acquisitions and collection development;…
Descriptors: Cataloging, Classification, Communication (Thought Transfer), Library Administration

Swan, John; And Others – Reference Librarian, 1992
Three articles discuss the issue of the mediator's role in the library of the electronic age. Topics addressed include computer-assisted instruction; online catalogs; computer networks; professional identity; reference service and bibliographic instruction; CD-ROMs; online systems; personal home microcomputers; Internet and list servers;…
Descriptors: Computer Assisted Instruction, Computer Networks, Electronic Libraries, Librarians
Offermann, Glenn W. – 1991
This study is based on a survey of a sample of 162 academic libraries holding between 90,000 and 500,000 volumes. The report begins by comparing various characteristics of the libraries to arrive at a profile of an average sample library in terms of volumes, enrollment, volumes per student, budget, expenditures per student, salaries as percent of…
Descriptors: Academic Libraries, Bibliographic Utilities, Cataloging, Computer Software
McDougald, Dana; Bowie, Melvin – 1997
This comprehensive, practical and up-to-date guide will help the preservice and inservice library media specialist to develop an information services program to meet the changing curricular needs of high schools and to integrate information access and usage skills into the total school curriculum. Chapter 1 provides practical suggestions for…
Descriptors: Course Integrated Library Instruction, Curriculum Development, Evaluation Methods, High Schools