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Murray, Peter E. – Information Technology and Libraries, 2001
Outlines the use of proxy Web servers by libraries and reports on a survey on their use in libraries. Highlights include proxy use for remote resource access, for filtering, for bandwidth conservation, and for gathering statistics; privacy policies regarding the use of proxy server log files; and a copy of the survey. (LRW)
Descriptors: Access to Information, Computer Software, Library Policy, Library Services

Price-Wilkin, John – Journal of Academic Librarianship, 1991
Describes a survey of 33 Research Libraries Group (RLG) academic libraries that was conducted to determine the extent to which they were involved in the use, collection, and support of machine-readable text files used in textual analysis. A selected bibliography of research in computer-aided textual analysis is included. (69 references) (LRW)
Descriptors: Academic Libraries, Computer Software, Full Text Databases, Higher Education
Office of Educational Research and Improvement (ED), Washington, DC. – 1986
A survey was conducted to determine the extent to which public libraries have made computer hardware and software available to their patrons. In December 1984, questionnaires were distributed to a stratified national probability sample of 900 public library systems. Results, based on a response rate of 99%, indicate that: (1) 42% of the systems…
Descriptors: Computer Literacy, Computer Software, Library Services, Library Surveys

Walch, David B. – Journal of Academic Librarianship, 1984
Reports results of a survey of 293 colleges and universities that reveals a growing trend toward making computer software and hardware available to faculty and students, despite potential illicit copying software. The role of the academic library and copyright implications are discussed. Twenty-three references are cited. (EJS)
Descriptors: Academic Libraries, Computer Software, Copyrights, Higher Education

Francoeur, Stephen – Reference Services Review, 2001
Reviews the use of chat reference services in libraries and analyzes current trends. Highlights include a survey of libraries providing chat reference; software used; the move toward digital reference; institutional issues; user needs; staff needs; technology problems; and questions for further research. (LRW)
Descriptors: College Environment, Computer Software, Electronic Libraries, Higher Education

Ryan, Susan M. – Government Publications Review, 1993
Discussion of the distribution of government information on CD-ROM to federal depository libraries focuses on a survey of a sample of federal depositories that investigated the availability of hardware; software; staff, including staff training; reference service; and bibliographic instruction. Suggested GPO (Government Printing Office) guidelines…
Descriptors: Computer Software, Depository Libraries, Federal Programs, Government Publications

Scally, Patricia H. – Public Libraries, 1999
Describes the results of a survey of public libraries that was conducted to identify digital technology projects. Highlights include kinds of collections being digitized (primarily photographs); costs; hardware and software used; experience levels of personnel; reasons for digitizing, including providing access to fragile materials; and technology…
Descriptors: Access to Information, Computer Selection, Computer Software, Costs

Pisciotta, Henry; And Others – Library Hi Tech, 1984
Search Helper, a microcomputer software package marketed by Information Access Company to serve as a gateway to several of their databases, was selected as a system for introducing the Carnegie-Mellon University community to do-it-yourself database searching. Preliminary results of user survey indicate service to be extremely popular with library…
Descriptors: College Libraries, Computer Software, Display Systems, Higher Education
Library Computing, 1985
Special supplement to "Library Journal" and "School Library Journal" covers topics of interest to school, public, academic, and special libraries planning for automation: microcomputer use, readings in automation, online searching, databases of microcomputer software, public access to microcomputers, circulation, creating a…
Descriptors: Annotated Bibliographies, Computer Oriented Programs, Computer Software, Databases

Howden, Norman; Dillard, John – Special Libraries, 1991
Discusses various types of technology used in online searching based on a survey of special libraries and online search services in the Dallas-Fort Worth area. The use of modem control programs, gateway software packages, CD-ROM, and LANs (local area networks) is examined, and intermediary searching versus end-user searching is considered. (10…
Descriptors: Computer Software, Gateway Systems, Information Centers, Information Technology
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

Farajpahlou, A. Hossein – International Information and Library Review, 1994
Describes the findings of a 1991 survey of automation in Iranian academic libraries. Findings about libraries participating in the study, including subject area focus, library size, users, staffing, services, and budgets, are presented as a context for information about computer facilities. Copies of the survey in English and Arabic are appended.…
Descriptors: Academic Libraries, Arabic, Budgets, Computer Software
Johnston, Wanda K., Ed.; Roark, Derrie B., Ed. – 1996
This guide provides samples of college libraries' copyright policies and materials as a reference for library and learning resources personnel who need to create formal copyright policies, procedures, and publications and for those who are reviewing and updating their existing copyright materials. A survey of 310 members of the Community and…
Descriptors: College Libraries, Community Colleges, Computer Software, Copyrights