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Peer reviewedNeal, James G. – Journal of Library Administration, 1999
Examines the changes that are affecting academic library collection development. Highlights include computer technology; digital information; networking; virtual reality; hypertext; fair use and copyrights; technological infrastructure; digital libraries; information policy; academic and scholarly publishing; and experiences at the Johns Hopkins…
Descriptors: Academic Libraries, Computer Networks, Electronic Libraries, Higher Education
Peer reviewedBuckland, Michael – Information Technology and Libraries, 1995
Discusses changes in the role of collection development staff based upon emerging library networking technologies. Addresses the role of library collections, book selection theories, and networked electronic resources in library collection development. Presents eight ways networked resources will change the procedures of library collection…
Descriptors: Change Agents, Computer Networks, Electronic Equipment, Futures (of Society)
Saunders, Laverna M. – Library Administration & Management, 1992
Discusses the concept of a virtual library. Current systems are described, as well as pilot projects; administrative concerns are addressed, including cooperative collection development and networking; work of the Coalition for Networked Information (CNI) is discussed; and the National Research and Education Network (NREN) is described. (17…
Descriptors: Bibliographic Utilities, Computer Networks, Futures (of Society), Higher Education
Sutton, Brett – Illinois Libraries, 1994
Discusses technical advances that affect the delivery of electronic versions of world literature to libraries. Topics include the creation and dissemination of electronic text and the use of extended character codes and markup language to preserve the form and structure of printed text. (13 references) (KRN)
Descriptors: Coding, Computer Networks, Electronic Publishing, Electronic Text
Peer reviewedBlatecky, Alan R. – North Carolina Libraries, 1992
Discusses the future of computer networks and libraries in light of rapid advances in technology. Topics discussed include information growth; decreasing costs and increasing performance; and changes needed in libraries, including organizational structure and culture, increased access rather than increased holdings, more classification schemes,…
Descriptors: Access to Information, Change, Classification, Computer Networks
Peer reviewedGilbert, J. D. – Information Services and Use, 1993
Discusses virtual libraries, i.e., library services available to users via personal computers; considers the issues of technological development, user demands, and organizational response; and describes progress toward virtual libraries in the Netherlands, including networks, online systems, navigation tools, subject classification, coordination…
Descriptors: Classification, Computer Networks, Costs, Foreign Countries
Peer reviewedDowlin, Kenneth E. – Library Trends, 1995
Libraries need to adapt their systems for the collection, preservation, organization, and distribution of information to take advantage of new technology and communication tools. Libraries that successfully adapt these systems will become a more central institution in the community served. (AEF)
Descriptors: Change Strategies, Computer Networks, Futures (of Society), Information Dissemination
Download full textBrennan, Patricia, Ed.; And Others – 1994
This volume documents two program sessions that reported on the Association of American Universities' (AAU) Research Libraries Project. This project was initiated by the AAU in collaboration with ARL and with the support of the Andrew W. Mellon Foundation; interim reports from the AAU task forces were presented in October 1993 and have been…
Descriptors: Academic Libraries, Change, Computer Networks, Foreign Countries
