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Peer reviewedWagner, A. Ben – Journal of the American Society for Information Science and Technology, 2003
Provides an overview of the development of electronic resources over the past three decades, discussing key features, disadvantages, and benefits of traditional online databases and CD-ROM and Web-based resources. Considers the decision to shift collections and resources toward purely digital formats, ownership of content, licensing, and user…
Descriptors: CD ROMs, Computer Interfaces, Databases, Decision Making
Peer reviewedBarnes, John H. – Library Trends, 1997
The World Wide Web has generated a dramatic increase in the availability of electronic journals. Discusses the development of electronic publishing: CD-ROM systems, local data loading, and pre-Web online environments; and outlines remaining obstacles to libraries making the leap from paper to electronic collections: critical mass, aggregation,…
Descriptors: Archives, Data Processing, Electronic Journals, Electronic Publishing
Peer reviewedFoster, Janet – Public Libraries, 1999
Discusses electronic text collections, bookstores on the Web, reader advisories, cyber book reviews, and resources for librarians explaining how to locate online reading materials. Suggests that librarians can exploit online book resources to complement current collection-development strategies or use them as virtual reader's advisories. Cites 17…
Descriptors: Book Reviews, Bookstores, Electronic Libraries, Electronic Text
Download full textLangley, Anne; And Others – 1996
Journals Online News (JON) is a World Wide Web site created and maintained by the Collection Development Team at the University of Tennessee, Knoxville (UTK) Libraries in order to speak with the UTK community about journals-related issues. Its primary function at present is to provide UTK faculty and other interested parties with the latest…
Descriptors: Academic Libraries, Computer Mediated Communication, Computer System Design, Higher Education
Pearlmutter, Jane – School Library Journal, 1999
Discusses important considerations for library media specialists creating a virtual-resources-collection policy, including selecting the right resources, navigating licensing fees, and free, searchable online sources. A sidebar lists resources for evaluating Web sites and places that lead to recommended sites for students. (AEF)
Descriptors: Access to Information, Electronic Libraries, Information Networks, Information Policy
Peer reviewedSmith, Kimberley Robles – Reference & User Services Quarterly, 2000
Examines Web sites that are popular among college students to help understand what they expect of library research and online systems. Highlights include entertainment sites, including chat rooms and games; shopping; current topics; services; and library issues, including providing access and help, collection development, and organizing Web…
Descriptors: Academic Libraries, Access to Information, Computer Games, Computer Uses in Education
Peer reviewedGoodman, Naomi J.; Hinchcliff, Carole L. – Resource Sharing & Information Networks, 1997
Describes beginnings, objectives, services and future developments of OhioLINK, the network for over 50 Ohio colleges and universities. Discusses the funding crisis and proposed solution; OhioLINK features (Central Catalog, inter-institutional patron online borrowing, core databases, document delivery, Internet connection, electronic journals, and…
Descriptors: Academic Libraries, Access to Information, Computer Networks, Databases
