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Daly, Rebecca; Baker, Liz; McIntosh, Lisa – Journal of Access Services, 2014
In 2011 the University of Wollongong Library undertook a significant review of its Resource Sharing services. This was prompted by constraints in the systems supporting this service, changes to the Library's key suppliers, Infotrieve Australia and the British Library Document Supply Service, and the need to deliver effective library services…
Descriptors: Foreign Countries, Academic Libraries, Library Development, Shared Resources and Services
Lupton, Aaron; Davidson, Catherine – Journal of Web Librarianship, 2013
This article describes how York University analyzed the results from its 2010-11 implementation of the Measuring the Impact of Networked Electronic Services for Libraries survey to measure value of investments in e-resources. The results were assessed through two variables: e-resources used by faculty when carrying out funded and non-funded…
Descriptors: Electronic Libraries, Library Services, Use Studies, Library Research
Saarti, Jarmo; Raivio, Jouko – Journal of Librarianship and Information Science, 2011
This article presents a reading of the user interface in one public library system. Its aim is to find out the frames and competences required and used in the communication between the computer and the patron. The authors see the computer as a text that is to be read by the user who wants to search for information from the library. The transition…
Descriptors: Electronic Libraries, Library Networks, Online Catalogs, Online Searching
Metz, Paul – College & Research Libraries, 2011
Circulation data from the Virginia Tech Libraries were analyzed to determine the extent of continuity or change between the author's study of the use of subject collections in 1982 and the present. Book circulation has declined, largely due to much less use by undergraduates. The overall profile of subject use has changed in ways traceable to…
Descriptors: Library Services, Library Materials, Library Research, Use Studies
Zhu, Qin; Guevara, Sophia – Computers in Libraries, 2009
With changing user expectations, many libraries are moving toward digital content. Accessible from anywhere at any time, digital content provides users with efficient, on-demand information experiences. Accordingly, librarians are presented with challenges and opportunities to build, manage, and implement outreach strategies that promote their…
Descriptors: Information Management, Electronic Libraries, Library Services, User Needs (Information)
Page, Jessica R.; Kuehn, Jennifer – portal: Libraries and the Academy, 2009
As the use of the Ohio State University Libraries interlibrary services has increased, there have been more requests to borrow items that are already available to patrons locally, often in electronic format. Patterns relating to why patrons could not find locally available materials were identified in the record of canceled interlibrary requests…
Descriptors: Library Services, Library Research, Library Networks, Library Materials
Association of Research Libraries, 2009
Libraries are making diverse contributions to the development of many types of digital repositories, particularly those housing locally created digital content, including new digital objects or digitized versions of locally held works. In some instances, libraries are managing a repository and its related services entirely on their own, but often…
Descriptors: Research Libraries, Library Role, Electronic Libraries, Library Services
Carlson, Al – Resource Sharing & Information Networks, 2008
While the traditional uses of InterLibrary Loan (ILL) can be cumbersome, much of the work is now done electronically. Google and WorldCat can tell patrons which libraries in their areas owns the the titles they want, but they cannot always tell patrons whether there is a copy on the shelf available for loan. Several ILS vendors and OCLC are…
Descriptors: Library Services, Library Automation, Bibliographic Databases, Electronic Libraries
Situ, Ping; Voyles, Jeanne – Resource Sharing & Information Networks, 2008
Libraries need to weigh the benefits, usage, and cost-effectiveness of owning collections against seeking alternatives to deliver the information needed by customers. The University of Arizona Library investigated different approaches for meeting the research needs of East Asian Studies faculty and students under great pressure of physical space…
Descriptors: Research Needs, Asian Studies, Chinese, Library Services
McGinn, Howard – Wilson Library Bulletin, 1987
Infrastructures and competitiveness are considered in the context of library networking, library service, and economic development in the state of North Carolina. The North Carolina Information Network, a network developed and maintained by the state library and responsive to the needs of the nonlibrary community, is described. (MES)
Descriptors: Competition, Economic Development, History, Library Networks
Schuman, Patricia Glass – Library Journal, 1987
Three beliefs about library networks are discussed and shown to be myths: i.e., networks save money, blur the lines between technical and public services, and, by breaking down barriers between libraries, will move the profession from a philosophy of ownership to one of access. (EM)
Descriptors: Access to Information, Change, Library Automation, Library Networks
Shubert, Joseph F., Ed.; Josey, E. J., Ed. – The Bookmark, 1991
This issue presents articles which, in some way, help to clarify and define library services. It is hoped that this clarification in library service will serve to secure the resources libraries need to serve the people of New York. The following articles are presented: (1) Introduction: "Clarifying and Defining Library Services" (Joseph…
Descriptors: Access to Information, American Indians, Democracy, Information Services
Knight, Robert – 2000
This paper discusses public library services to remote communities in Australia, focusing on New South Wales (NSW). The first section presents background on the public library network in NSW, including statistics, descriptors/characteristics of public libraries, and funding to establish public Internet access. The second section addresses regional…
Descriptors: Access to Information, Foreign Countries, Internet, Library Funding

Matthews, Joseph R. – Library Hi Tech, 1997
Libraries are moving into an era that incorporates improvements of a library's existing databases, embraces the research results of the information-seeking process, and makes fundamental improvements by adding new databases such as WordFocus. These new systems should convert the frustrated user of today's online public access catalog (OPAC) into…
Descriptors: Access to Information, Databases, Information Seeking, Library Automation

Jahoda, Gerald; Needham, William L. – 1980
A survey was conducted in 1979 to determine the state of public library service to physically handicapped persons (persons with visual, hearing, or mobility impairments). Usable returns were received from: (1) 398 public libraries that serve populations of more than 25,000 and are not network libraries of the Library of Congress National Library…
Descriptors: Hearing Impairments, Library Networks, Library Planning, Library Services