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Holland, Maurita Peterson – Science & Technology Libraries, 1998
Proposes a model for educating information professionals based on three requirements that underlie all information service: academic preparation in digital librarianship; education and practice to cultivate change management and interpersonal skills; and a practicum to develop technological perspective and provide a future orientation. Builds on…
Descriptors: Change, Electronic Libraries, Engineering, Futures (of Society)
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Hallmark, Julie – Science & Technology Libraries, 1998
Findings from interviews with geoscience information specialists from government, academic institutions, and corporations reveal the following common themes for educational development: new technologies; changing models for libraries and information services; funding priorities; increasing and competing demands on the information specialist's…
Descriptors: Change, Earth Science, Educational Development, Financial Support
Neuman, Delia, Ed.; And Others – School Library Media Quarterly, 1996
Outlines the cognitive theories influencing the Science Library Catalog's (SLC) design; describes the catalog itself; explains research based on the SLC; and discusses research results, emphasizing findings that are most relevant to school library media specialists developing children's information skills. An annotated bibliography of 14 related…
Descriptors: Access to Information, Behavior Theories, Children, Cognitive Processes
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Gessesse, Kebede – International Information and Library Review, 1994
Discusses scientific communication; the information needs and information-seeking behavior of scientists; the role of the science librarian, including collection development, resource sharing, and information literacy and bibliographic instruction; and document delivery, including interlibrary loan and technological awareness. (LRW)
Descriptors: Communication (Thought Transfer), Engineers, Information Literacy, Information Needs
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Stoecker, Nora K.; Alford, Dixie L. – Internet Reference Services Quarterly, 1998
Describes the processes developed in the Sandia National Laboratories (a Department of Energy multiprogram national laboratory) Technical Library to provide and improve desktop access to Sandia-generated documents. Discusses procedures for cataloging these electronic reports, including identification of the bibliographic information and MARC tags…
Descriptors: Access to Information, Cataloging, Computer Mediated Communication, Computer Networks
South Carolina State Library, Columbia. – 1995
The South Carolina State Library's plan for use of Library Services and Construction Act (LSCA) Title I, II, and III funds is presented. Highlights include: a profile of the public, including special needs populations; profiles of the state's libraries and their needs; criteria, priorities and procedures for library improvement under Title I…
Descriptors: Academic Libraries, Federal Aid, Higher Education, Individual Needs
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Chaudhry, Abdus Sattar; Ashoor, Saleh – Journal of Academic Librarianship, 1994
A study at the King Fahd University of Petroleum & Minerals (Saudi Arabia) revealed that the overall materials availability performance rose from 63.8% to 76% when library staff provided assistance. The major reasons for nonavailability of items were related to circulation policy, ownership, and user skills. (Author/AEF)
Descriptors: Academic Libraries, Access to Information, Comparative Analysis, Foreign Countries
Nelson, Michael L.; Maly, Kurt; Shen, Stewart N. T. – 1998
This paper reports on an Old Dominion University (Virginia) and NASA (National Aeronautics and Space Administration) Langley Research Center project, NCSTRL+, a unified, canonical digital library (DL) for educational, scientific, and technical information (STI). NCSTRL+ is based on the Networked Computer Science Technical Report Library (NCSTRL),…
Descriptors: Access to Information, Classification, Computer Interfaces, Computer Software Development
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