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Download full textMumma, Polly, Ed.; Davis, Niki, Ed. – 2001
This document contains the following papers on telecommunications systems and services from the SITE (Society for Information Technology & Teacher Education) 2001 Conference: (1) "Developing and Nurturing a Dynamic On-Line Learning Community" (Kathleen Bacer); (2) "A Lecture Generator in the Web" (Jorge Kinoshita); (3)…
Descriptors: Access to Computers, Computer Mediated Communication, Course Content, Educational Technology
Direct linkTenopir, Carol – Council on Library and Information Resources, 2003
This Council on Library and Information Resources (CLIR) report summarizes and analyzes more than 200 recent research publications that focus on the use of electronic library resources (digital libraries and digital resources) and were published between 1995 and 2003. Eight major ongoing studies (each with multiple publications) are identified as…
Descriptors: Electronic Libraries, Use Studies, Users (Information), Meta Analysis
Daly, Michael J. – 1997
Controversy is the current state of opinion among librarians and others about the future of libraries. The proponents of the electronic library say that now that information is readily available from sources other than the library, the role of the library must be rethought. Some of the advocates of the electronic library see the elimination of the…
Descriptors: Change, Electronic Libraries, Futures (of Society), Information Industry
Karlsson, Jenni, Ed. – 1996
This document presents papers from a conference held in November 1995 in Durban, KwaZulu-Natal, convened by the Education Policy Unit (EPU) of the University of Natal as part of research concerning the provision of library-based resources for school learners. Following an introduction are two chapters: "Identifying the Inherited Problems in…
Descriptors: Educational Policy, Educational Resources, Electronic Libraries, Elementary Secondary Education
Kraft, Donald H., Ed. – 2000
The 2000 ASIS (American Society for Information Science) conference explored knowledge innovation. The tracks in the conference program included knowledge discovery, capture, and creation; classification and representation; information retrieval; knowledge dissemination; and social, behavioral, ethical, and legal aspects. This proceedings is…
Descriptors: Electronic Libraries, Information Management, Information Policy, Information Processing
Pare, Richard – 2002
In the late 1980s, when few Canadian citizens had Internet access, federal departments and agencies in Canada were already preparing for the future by putting information and documentation online. This paper outlines several government-sponsored programs--SchoolNet, the Canadian Investment Fund, Community Access Program, Canada Foundation for…
Descriptors: Access to Information, Electronic Libraries, Federal Government, Federal Programs
Middleton, Michael – 1999
Supervision of library digitization is the focus of this paper. First outlined are the definition, formalization, implementation, and completion phases of project management. Descriptions of management decisions involved in digitization projects follow on matters such as: collection analysis, resourcing, project personnel, production, access and…
Descriptors: Academic Libraries, Electronic Libraries, Foreign Countries, Higher Education
Laleuf, Jean R.; Spalter, Anne Morgan – 2001
An important category of SMET digital library content will be highly interactive, explorable microworlds for teaching science, mathematics, and engineering concepts. Such environments have proved to be extraordinarily time-consuming and difficult to produce, while threatening the goals of widespread creation and use. One proposed solution for…
Descriptors: Computer Graphics, Computer Software Development, Educational Environment, Educational Technology
Dong, Andy; Agogino, Alice M. – 2001
This implementation paper introduces principles for the information architecture of an educational digital library, principles that address the distinction between designing digital libraries for education and designing digital libraries for information retrieval in general. Design is a key element of any successful product. Good designers and…
Descriptors: Computer System Design, Design Requirements, Education, Educational Media
Faensen, D.; Faulstich, L.; Schweppe, H.; Hinze, A.; Steidinger, A. – 2001
The high publication rate of scholarly material makes searching and browsing an inconvenient way to keep oneself up-to-date. Instead of being the active part in information access, researchers want to be notified whenever a new paper in one's research area is published. While more and more publishing houses or portal sites offer notification…
Descriptors: Electronic Journals, Electronic Libraries, Information Dissemination, Information Retrieval
National Coordination Office for Information Technology Research and Development, Arlington, VA. – 2001
This report to the President and Congress provides an overview of digital libraries. The following related findings are discussed: the full potential of today's digital libraries to support the national challenge transformations has not yet been realized; the federal government can and should do much more to further the science, technology, and…
Descriptors: Access to Information, Electronic Libraries, Federal Government, Government Role
Alford, Larry P. – 2000
This paper addresses organization and management issues related to library material selection and acquisitions in the digital age, based on the author's experiences at the University of North Carolina at Chapel Hill library. The first part of the paper focuses on selection. The following principles of selection are discussed: (1) developing a…
Descriptors: Academic Libraries, Electronic Libraries, Higher Education, Information Technology
Kulisiewicz, Wojciech; Karamac, Barbara – 2000
This paper discusses the most common forms of international cooperation between legislative libraries from the perspective of Eastern European legislative libraries. The focus is on experience sharing and on the present place of these libraries in expanded European and world-wide communities, as is represented by the European Centre for…
Descriptors: Electronic Libraries, Foreign Countries, Government Libraries, Institutional Libraries
White, Marilyn Domas, Ed. – 1999
This report develops an analytical framework based on systems analysis for evaluating electronic question/answer or AskA services operated by a wide range of types of organizations, including libraries. Version 1.0 of this framework was applied in June 1999 to a selective sample of 11 electronic question/answer services, which cover a range of…
Descriptors: Computer Mediated Communication, Electronic Libraries, Evaluation Criteria, Evaluation Methods
Hoffman, Joseph L.; Krajcik, Joseph S. – 1999
The purpose of this study was to describe the depth and accuracy of sixth grade students' content understanding as a result of engaging in information seeking activities using Web-based resources in the University of Michigan's Digital Library. Eight student pairs received scaffolded pedagogical support from classroom teachers while completing…
Descriptors: Astronomy, Ecology, Electronic Libraries, Geology
