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Council on Library and Information Resources, Washington, DC. – 2002
In this collection of papers presented at "The State of Digital Preservation: An International Perspective" conference (Washington, DC, April 24-25, 2002), leading experts from the United States, the Netherlands, and Australia describe current practices and challenges in digital preservation. Contents include: "Introduction: The…
Descriptors: Archives, Conference Proceedings, Electronic Libraries, Foreign Countries
Council on Library and Information Resources, Washington, DC. – 2001
The Council on Library and Information Resources (CLIR) brings together experts from around the country and around the world and asks them to turn their intelligence to the problems that libraries, archives, and information organizations face as they integrate digital resources and services into their well established print-based environments. In…
Descriptors: Archives, Information Services, Information Technology, Library Development
Ornholt, Ruth – 2001
In 2000, Stately grants, earmarked to cover 50% of operational costs and purchases of mobile libraries in Norway, were proposed to be canceled. An intense lobby resulted in a transfer of operational costs to block grants. Grants toward the purchase of mobile libraries in Norway no longer exist. This paper discusses whether it is possible during…
Descriptors: Bookmobiles, Economic Factors, Foreign Countries, Grants
Ershova, Tatiana V.; Hohlov, Yuri E. – 2000
This paper discusses library development in the changing environment arising within the forthcoming Information/Knowledge Society. The role of the library as a social institution is examined in the context of the evolution of the whole literary and knowledge system. Ideas about conceptual changes to be introduced by the library in order to respond…
Descriptors: Change, Electronic Libraries, Information Technology, Library Development
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Raber, Douglas; Budd, John M. – Public Libraries, 1999
Discusses four competing public images of the public library and its relation to information technology, as identified in recent research: the traditional library, the resisting library, the adapting library, and the co-opted library. Suggests that the public perceives the management of public information as a complex problem requiring a variety…
Descriptors: Change, Library Development, Library Role, Library Services
Baker, Ronald J. – Library Journal, 1998
The previous head of the Central Library of Riverside City and County Public Library (RCCPL) (California) examines the economic failure of the system and the effects of the move to total outsourcing to a private commercial firm, Library Systems & Services (LSSI). Concludes that RCCPL had problems long before it was outsourced to LSSI. (AEF)
Descriptors: Information Services, Library Administration, Library Development, Library Funding
Lowe, Jeff – Instructor, 1998
Describes how teachers can set up high-quality classroom libraries that motivate students to read. Suggestions include assessing student needs; acquiring reading materials (through book clubs and donations from students and families); and being actively innovative so the library remains fresh and dynamic (e.g., by adding shelves, offering a wide…
Descriptors: Childrens Libraries, Childrens Literature, Elementary School Teachers, Library Development
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Goodram, Richard J. – Journal of Academic Librarianship, 1996
The Electronic Reserve Book Room Project (E-RBR) was a two-stage project with three major objectives: (1) to provide San Diego State University Library (California) with experience in applying imaging technology; (2) to provide a model for the resolution of the copyright problems inherent in the Library's application of these technologies; and (3)…
Descriptors: Academic Libraries, Copyrights, Digital Computers, Information Technology
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Volodin, Boris F. – Library Quarterly, 2000
For over seven decades, library history in Russia has been considered a Soviet branch of science known as the "history of librarianship" and it has been isolated from the world science community. This article examines the degree to which Russian library historians have been isolated from this community and their initial results in…
Descriptors: Foreign Countries, Information Science, Library Development, Library History
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Ellis, Richard D. – Library Quarterly, 1999
Discusses the trade union library system in China that has fallen on hard times amid economic and social changes of the past 20 years. Focuses on a history of the trade union library movement; services provided by trade union libraries; problems faced by union libraries; and reform of trade union libraries. (AEF)
Descriptors: Change, Foreign Countries, Information Services, Library Development
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Fenner, Audrey – Acquisitions Librarian, 2004
Approval plans are used by many libraries as an adjunct to title-by-title selection, and sometimes as a substitute for it. The author examines this approach to purchasing library materials, considering positive and negative effects approval plans may have on collection balance as well as on acquisitions budgets and workflow. The article also…
Descriptors: Library Materials, Library Services, Librarians, Library Development
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Druin, Allison – Library Quarterly, 2005
At the University of Maryland, an interdisciplinary team of researchers from information studies, computer science, education, art, and psychology worked with seven children (ages seven to eleven) to design a new digital library for children. This partnership led to new approaches for collection development, cataloging (metadata standards), and…
Descriptors: Electronic Libraries, Library Materials, Library Services, Children
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Poe, Jodi; McAbee, Sonja – Journal of Access Services, 2007
Jacksonville State University's (JSU) Houston Cole (HCL) Library has always provided access to required course readings through a reserve circulation system. Prior to 2002, this services was "print based," requiring students to photocopy materials held physically at the reserve desk in the library. In 2002, the library integrated the…
Descriptors: Copyrights, Academic Libraries, Library Automation, Library Development
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Stern, David – Acquisitions Librarian, 2007
Rapidly developing online information technologies provide dramatically new capabilities and opportunities, and place new responsibilities on all involved to recreate networks for scholarly communication. Collaborations between all segments of the information network are made possible and necessary as we attempt to find a balanced and mutually…
Descriptors: Information Technology, Information Networks, Library Services, Delivery Systems
Kolb, Audrey – 1992
This manual is intended as a guide and a resource for staff and volunteers in small public libraries in Alaska. It is for libraries managed by local residents that have not had training in operating and managing a library. Some of the chapters may be useful to other types of libraries, such as a small school library or a church library. The guide…
Descriptors: Childrens Games, Childrens Libraries, Library Administration, Library Collection Development
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