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Direct linkGaroufallou, Emmanouel; Gaitanou, Panorea – College & Research Libraries, 2021
Currently "Big Data" is an emerging field that presents several Information Technology challenges regarding the capture, storage search, structure, and visualization of this data. The real challenge for organizations is to find ways to extract value from it and provide better services to their clients. The data generated in academic and…
Descriptors: Data, Librarians, Library Role, Library Research
Download full textWilliams, James F., II; And Others – 1971
The increase in interlibrary loan (ILL) service, the desire of more institutions to share resources, and the unstable nature of grant funds to support such activity, led the Metropolitan Detroit Medical Library Group (MDMLG) to adopt a formal voluntary interlibrary loan agreement in 1970. In brief, the agreement states that borrowing libraries…
Descriptors: Evaluation, Interlibrary Loans, Library Cooperation, Library Networks
Peer reviewedBarrett, Deanne; Heap, Fran; Gerritsen, Tracey; Samagalski, Alan; Michael, Maria; Riley, Bryan; Fitzgerald, Peter; Mayo, Beth; Due, Stephen – inCite, 1998
Includes eight articles that discuss issues related to special corporate libraries in Australia. Highlights include change, competition, and marketing; customer service in a value-added information environment; the need for librarians to organize and locate relevant information; and health libraries. (LRW)
Descriptors: Change, Competition, Corporate Libraries, Foreign Countries
Earl, Martha – American Libraries, 1998
Describes how the free-of-charge Consumer Health Information Service (CHIS) of the Preston Medical Library of the University of Tennessee Medical Center (Knoxville) helps answer the community's health care questions. Discusses challenges related to public policy, time factors, and information retrieval; a user satisfaction survey; and the role of…
Descriptors: Academic Libraries, Health Needs, Higher Education, Information Services
International Federation of Library Associations, The Hague (Netherlands). – 1984
Papers on scientific/technical information and libraries presented at the 1984 IFLA general conference include: (1) "Library Ethics and the Special Library Network in Science and Technology" (Dieter Schmidmaier, East Germany); (2) "The Dissemination of Patent Information by Libraries: An Example Demonstrating the Necessity of…
Descriptors: Developing Nations, Foreign Countries, Information Dissemination, Information Services
Tees, Miriam H.; And Others – 1981
This set of nine papers on special library concerns includes papers presented by participants from Canada, Denmark, East Germany, the United States, and the United Kingdom. Papers are entitled: "The Needs of the Special Librarian and the Library Association," by Miriam H. Tees; "Position and Development of Special Libraries within…
Descriptors: Biological Sciences, Foreign Countries, Government Publications, Information Services
Columbia Univ., New York, NY. The Libraries. – 1975
The organization of each unit, section, department, division, and group of the Columbia University Library is described by listing principal administrator, parent unit, role, objectives, functions, key working relationships, reports produced, and performance and evaluative criteria. The hierarchical structure of the library is indicated in the…
Descriptors: Administration, Administrative Organization, College Libraries, Evaluation Criteria
Wood, M. Sandra, Ed. – 1995
This book is intended to provide ready access to a wide range of literature about librarians educating users to utilize biomedical and health science information resources. The chapters were selected from articles published in "Medical Reference Services Quarterly" from 1987 to 1994. The 27 chapters are divided into five parts: (1)…
Descriptors: Audiovisual Instruction, Computer Assisted Instruction, Computer Literacy, Databases
International Federation of Library Associations, The Hague (Netherlands). – 1990
The 23 papers in this collection were presented at 5 sections of the Division of Special Libraries: (1) "Principles of Government Librarianship" (Hans H. van der Neut); (2) "Strategic Planning as an Instrument of Improving Library Quality" (Maurice B. Line); (3) "Library Staff Development Consultancy: A Means to Achieve a…
Descriptors: Federal Government, Fine Arts, Foreign Countries, Government Libraries
Peer reviewedBichteler, Julie; And Others – Science and Technology Libraries, 1986
Articles in this theme issue discuss applications of microcomputers in science/technology libraries, a UNIX-based online catalog, online versus print sources, computer-based statistics, and the applicability and implications of the Matheson-Cooper Report on health science centers for science/technology libraries. A bibliography of new reference…
Descriptors: Academic Libraries, Database Management Systems, Databases, Decision Support Systems
