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Direct linkBlummer, Barbara; Kenton, Jeffrey M. – Public Services Quarterly, 2019
Outreach programs remain essential in fostering the use of library collections and services. A review of one hundred seventy-four papers on academic library outreach from 2008 to January 2019 highlighted the popularity of these programs during this period as well as the identification of five themes. These themes point to the importance of library…
Descriptors: Academic Libraries, Outreach Programs, Library Services, Use Studies
Liu, Guoying – Program: Electronic Library and Information Systems, 2011
Purpose: The purpose of this article is to provide a comprehensive literature review on the utilisation of intelligent agent technology in the library environment. Design/methodology/approach: Research papers since 1990 on the use of various intelligent agent technologies in libraries are divided into two main application areas: digital library…
Descriptors: Electronic Libraries, Information Retrieval, Library Services, Computer Interfaces
Larsen, Ronald L. – Academic Computing, 1990
Describes computer networks that support scholarly research and explains the idea of a colibratory, i.e., a collaborative, distributed, experimental scholarly information network that is analogous to a traditional library. Information resources that could be available are discussed, technological considerations in networking are described, and…
Descriptors: Computer Networks, Educational Researchers, Electronic Libraries, Higher Education
Peer reviewedTwidale, Michael B.; Nichols, David M. – Annual Review of Information Science and Technology (ARIST), 1998
Considers how research in collaborative technologies can inform research and development in library and information science. Topics include computer supported collaborative work; shared drawing; collaborative writing; MUDs; MOOs; workflow; World Wide Web; collaborative learning; computer mediated communication; ethnography; evaluation; remote…
Descriptors: Cooperation, Electronic Libraries, Ethnography, Evaluation Methods
Peer reviewedSwan, 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
Peer reviewedBarnes, Susan J.; And Others – Library Hi Tech, 1994
Discusses the development of electronic libraries at Cornell University's (New York) Mann Library and elsewhere and presents an overview of changes in services and staff responsibilities needed to address user needs. Sidebar articles discuss Internet access to government information; changing staff roles; geographic information systems; the Mann…
Descriptors: Academic Libraries, Access to Information, Change Strategies, Databases
