Relates the author's experiences of salvaging items following the Grand Forks (North Dakota) flood of 1997. Highlights include restoring home movies, paper documents, and photographs; setting realistic recovery goals; and preserving document copies in other locations. A sidebar describes experiences of the public library in Elba (Alabama) after…

Discusses key themes from research funded by the British Library that investigated electronic communication in academic libraries in the United Kingdom. Highlights the intra-organizational use of e-mail, and discusses the development of effective networked communities. Contains 51 references. (Author/LRW)

Describes a statistical method developed by the University of Colorado at Boulder libraries to identify and correct internal salary inequities among its faculty. The process measures scholarly productivity, years of experience, and most recent annual evaluation rating, and is then charted against current salary. (Author/LRW)

Discussion of the Year 2000 (Y2K) problem, the computer-code problem that affects computer programs or computer chips, focuses on the impact on teacher-librarians. Topics include automated library systems, access to online information services, library computers and software, and other electronic equipment such as photocopiers and fax machines.…

Discusses evidence-based medicine (EBM) and the need for systematic use of databases like MEDLINE with more sophisticated search strategies to optimize the retrieval of relevant papers. Describes an empirical study of hospital libraries that examined requests for information and search strategies using both structured and unstructured forms.…

Illustrates the importance of following the advice in the American Library Association's "Preservation Microfilming" guide and maintains that in library and archive-preservation microfilming, 100% inspection should be conducted on every completed film. Discusses inspection criteria and examining what is and was being filmed and what is…

Describes the Open Journal project, funded by the United Kingdom Electronic Libraries (eLib) program. Discusses aspects of publishing being transformed by the World Wide Web; Open Journal demonstrators and linking features and types; user responses; building better open journals; and post-project application plans of publishers. (Author/AEF)

Examines journal articles published by academic librarians in Illinois. Findings show that women are publishing close to their numbers in the profession, more articles are being written collaboratively, they are published primarily in library and information science journals, and librarians at large universities are more likely to publish than…

Examines the age demographics of ARL (Association of Research Libraries) members in the larger context of North America's trend toward population aging. Discusses how the baby boom affected hiring in higher education by creating a need for increased staffing and by having a large number of baby boomers as librarians. (Author/LRW)

Discusses obsolescence as a criterion for libraries to use when selecting journals and suggests topicality of the research theme that has been cited in subsequent years as a better variable. Describes the use of the Rasch model as a measuring instrument and compares rank order using the two methods. (LRW)

Examines the current status of library technical assistant (LTA) programs in North America, lists the programs, and describes their major features. Makes suggestions for future directions, including distance learning, specialization within programs, continuing education, articulation agreements with bachelor's degree programs, and an increase in…

Reviews the general issues associated with electronic journals and illustrates them with references to the products and projects that are available in the United Kingdom. Discusses issues for librarians, including costs and licensing; and issues for the information industry, including publisher competencies, peer review, and pricing structures.…

Presents five educators' ideas of what the influences of media on literacy will be in the next millennium. Considers the global influence of the 21st century library. Discusses the technique of composition across the curriculum. Considers past and present patterns of literacy in relation to conceptions, materials, and methods of literacy. (SC)

Examines job satisfaction of librarians of African descent employed at academic libraries who are members of the Association of Research Libraries (ARL). Presents results of a three-part job satisfaction survey that identifies areas of satisfaction and dissatisfaction and discusses the need to recruit and retain a diverse workforce. (Contains 38…

Discusses how to support effective interaction of users with heterogeneous and distributed information resources in a digital library environment. Compares usability, user preference, effectiveness, and searching behaviors in systems that implement interaction with multiple databases through a common interface, and with multiple databases as if…