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Peer reviewedGreenstein, Daniel – Library Trends, 2000
This article derives from a review of key challenges confronted by libraries that are actively investing in online collections and services. Conducted in the first instance to help refine programmatic goals of the Digital Library Federation (DLF), it took account of digital library developments, successes, needs, and challenges perceived by…
Descriptors: Electronic Libraries, Information Services, Information Technology, Library Collections
Lee, Hur-li – Proceedings of the ASIST Annual Meeting, 2001
Reports on results of an exploratory study of perceptions of collections by librarians in an academic library that provides both traditional and networked information services. Five librarians from a Midwestern university library were interviewed. Findings indicated an uncertainty about the virtual world in two particular areas: collection and…
Descriptors: Academic Libraries, Electronic Libraries, Higher Education, Information Services
Peer reviewedKresh, Diane Nester – Information Technology and Libraries, 2001
Describes the development of the Collaborative Digital Reference Service (CDRS) by the Library of Congress and partner libraries that provides professional reference service to users through an international digital network of libraries. Discusses the benefits of searching library collections rather than just Internet sources and considers future…
Descriptors: Computer Networks, Electronic Libraries, Futures (of Society), Information Sources
Hoag, Tara J.; Cichanowicz, Edana McCaffrey – Computers in Libraries, 2001
Describes the development of the Suffolk Cooperative Library System's live, online chat reference service, a pilot project for public libraries in Suffolk County (New York). Topics include chat software selection; a virtual reference collection; marketing; funding; staffing; evaluation; expanded hours of service; email; and extracting data from…
Descriptors: Computer Software Selection, Electronic Libraries, Electronic Mail, Library Collections
Peer reviewedSchwartz, Candy – Journal of Academic Librarianship, 2000
Provides an overview of the basic components of a digital library. Highlights include library collections; metadata; services, including information seeking and retrieval, reference query fulfillment, and user training; user interaction with digital libraries, including searching, browsing, and navigation; economic support; maintenance;…
Descriptors: Electronic Libraries, Evaluation Methods, Information Retrieval, Information Seeking
