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Download full textBuchman, James H.; Alter, Linda L., Ed. – 1988
This guide addresses the positive and negative issues associated with adapting telefacsimile technology to meet library service needs, and provides basic information about the technology while demonstrating how librarians have begun to incorporate it into their work processes. Individual sections cover: (1) the history of facsimile technologies in…
Descriptors: Electronic Mail, Equipment Standards, Facsimile Transmission, Information Dissemination
Blamberg, Donald L., Ed.; And Others – 1989
Planned and organized by the National Agricultural Library (NAL), the conference was designed to bring together people involved in scanning projects and to evaluate the feasibility of using hand-held scanning devices for transcribing bibliographic information during the cataloging and indexing processes. Ten previously unpublished papers and a…
Descriptors: Character Recognition, Digital Computers, Information Systems, Library Automation
Oliva, Victor T.; Reiner, Michael K. – 1989
This guide outlines the procedures for using INNOVACQ at the Adelphi University Swirlbul Library to process and check in government documents and to create and change records. All INNOVACQ procedures are described in detail, and step-by-step instructions are provided for selected routines. A list of Long Island government depository libraries and…
Descriptors: Cataloging, Classification, College Libraries, Depository Libraries
Congress of the U.S., Washington, DC. House Committee on Education and Labor. – 1989
This report is designed to accompany House of Representatives Bill (H.R.) 2742, which amends and reauthorizes the Library Services and Construction Act (LSCA) through 1994. In discussing the background of the bill and the need for the legislation, it is noted that, since recommendations from the 1991 White House Conference on Library and…
Descriptors: Federal Aid, Federal Legislation, Library Administration, Library Automation
The Bookmark, 1989
The 10 articles in this theme issue provide 1989 prespectives on several library service developments in New York State and on the work that preceded them: (1) "Library Systems in New York State: Opportunity for Greater Service" (Statement by the Board of Regents, September 1989); (2) "King Research Report Evaluates New York's…
Descriptors: Access to Information, Annual Reports, Archives, Government Publications
Chen, Ching-chih; Raitt, David I. – 1990
This paper provides a brief comparative summary of the results of U.S. and European studies on the use of CD-ROM and other optical products in all types of libraries and information centers. In 1987 and 1988, questionnaires were distributed to academic, public, and special libraries in the United States and to libraries in 18 European countries:…
Descriptors: Comparative Analysis, Computer Software Evaluation, Foreign Countries, Information Retrieval
American Library Association, Chicago, IL. – 1989
The Library/Book Fellows program began in 1986 with a grant from the U.S. Information Agency. The purposes of the program are to: (1) increase international understanding through the establishment of professional and personal relationships and the accomplishment of mutual goals, and (2) to enable U.S. librarians and publishers to enrich and…
Descriptors: Cultural Exchange, Grants, Law Libraries, Librarians
Schamber, Linda – 1990
Basic options for the automation of management functions in the school library media center are the circulation system, the online catalog, the acquisitions system, and the serials check-in. In order to select the most appropriate system, library media specialists must: (1) research both the library's needs and the technologies available, and (2)…
Descriptors: Elementary Secondary Education, Integrated Library Systems, Learning Resources Centers, Library Administration
International Federation of Library Associations and Institutions, The Hague (Netherlands). – 1986
Papers on social science libraries presented at the 1986 International Federation of Library Associations (IFLA) conference include: (1) "Efforts at Computerization in Nigerian Libraries--A State of Development Review" (A. Olugboyega Banjo, Nigeria); (2) "The Information Activities of the National Library of Economics in the Federal…
Descriptors: Academic Libraries, Databases, Developed Nations, Developing Nations
Walton, Robert A. – 1985
The availability of appropriate software for library applications is a continuing problem, and this directory is designed to reduce the frustration of librarians in their search for library software for a microcomputer by providing profiles of software packages designed specifically for libraries. Each profile describes the purpose of the program,…
Descriptors: Bibliographies, Cataloging, Computer Software, Databases
Moreland, Rachel S. – 1984
This training manual teaches library personnel how to use ALIS (the Automated Library Information System) at Kansas State University. The exercises use a program called TEST, which is completely separate from the actual system. The exercises, which are designed to imitate real-life situations, combine learning the ALIS operations with learning the…
Descriptors: Academic Libraries, Computer Assisted Instruction, Guidelines, Higher Education
Association of Research Libraries, Washington, DC. Office of Management Studies. – 1978
A 1978 information survey of Association of Research Libraries (ARL) members indicated that at that time, only a few large libraries were planning to freeze their card catalogs and set up alternative catalog forms as a response to decisions made by the Library of Congress to freeze its card catalog, supply access to its collection through an…
Descriptors: Academic Libraries, Card Catalogs, Higher Education, Library Automation
Association of Research Libraries, Washington, DC. Office of Management Studies. – 1978
Results of a 1978 Association of Research Libraries (ARL) survey indicated that 68 (89%) of responding libraries utilized an automated cataloging system. Of those 68, 53 participated in the Ohio College Library Center (OCLC), five in BALLOTS, and the rest in other networks or local systems. At the beginning of this collection, a concise summary…
Descriptors: Academic Libraries, Cataloging, Higher Education, Library Automation
Nilson, Julieanne V. – 1985
A March 1985 survey of members of the Association of Research Libraries (ARL) netted 63 responses on 4 topics related to gifts and exchange programs: organizational change, the use of automation, changes in priorities, and the impact of the Tax Reform Act of 1984. Comments throughout the responses reflect that materials collected through gifts and…
Descriptors: Academic Libraries, Exchange Programs, Higher Education, Library Acquisition
Nitecki, Danuta A., Ed. – 1986
This proceedings of the 1986 conference of the Association of College and Research Libraries contains 60 papers--44 position papers, 7 research reports, and 9 idea briefs--dealing with the issue of transitions facing librarians and ways to respond to these transitions through both formal and informal means. Papers are organized under eight broad…
Descriptors: Academic Libraries, Higher Education, Information Technology, Library Administration
