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Direct linkAmey, Marilyn J. – New Directions for Higher Education, 1992
College catalogs present a snapshot of the institution's curriculum perspectives at a given point in time and can help document changes over time. For curriculum evaluation, college catalog analysis is best used in conjunction with other methods of curriculum data collection. (MSE)
Descriptors: College Curriculum, College Instruction, Curriculum Development, Curriculum Evaluation
Benson, Mary Ellen – Currents, 1999
For college admissions and publications officers, a focus group of college-bound high school students can offer quick, anecdotal information about the general effectiveness of recruitment materials as well as about specific messages, themes, or design approaches. The insights gained by one publications specialist through the use of focus groups…
Descriptors: College Administration, College Admission, College Bound Students, Focus Groups
Peer reviewedJiang, Diana – Journal of Educational Media & Library Sciences, 1998
Focuses on the practical aspects of outsourcing cataloging in academic libraries. Factors examined include reasons for outsourcing, materials that are outsourced, and advantages and disadvantages of outsourcing. Concludes that although outsourcing is not a prevailing trend in the academic libraries, it is a viable option if carefully planned and…
Descriptors: Academic Libraries, Cataloging, Higher Education, Library Catalogs
Peer reviewedHauenschild, Helga – Zeitschrift fur Padagogik, 1997
Inquires into how the social science influence within educational studies manifests itself in academic curricula. Assumes that the language of education has shifted from pedagogical to social scientific vocabulary, and that this shift appears in university course descriptions from 1945 to 1990. Finds less manifestation of social science vocabulary…
Descriptors: Curriculum Research, Educational Research, Foreign Countries, Higher Education
Paepcke, Andreas; Brandriff, Robert; Janee, Greg; Larson, Ray; Ludaescher, Bertram; Melnik, Sergey; Raghavan, Sriram; [and] Owen, Catherine; Pearson, Tony; Arnold, Stephen; [and] Moore, Reagan; Baru, Chaitan; Rajasekar, Arcot; Ludaescher, Bertram; Marciano, Richard; Wan, Michael; Schroeder, Wayne; Gupta, Amarnath; [and] Coyle, Karen – D-Lib Magazine, 2000
Includes four articles that discuss: (1) search middleware, or software packages that allow access to information sources for digital libraries; (2) film archives and building online collections of data for use in film research and teaching; (3) digital archives; and (4) a virtual union catalog for the University of California. (LRW)
Descriptors: Archives, Comparative Analysis, Computer Software, Electronic Libraries
Peer reviewedAbel-Kops, Chad P. – Catholic Library World, 2000
Focuses the issue of outsourcing cataloging in academic and special libraries. Examines the goal of outsourcing to increase production at reduced costs; a case of outsourcing at Wright State University of Ohio; confidentiality issues of outsourcing by law firms and other corporations; contracts; debates on "whether" and "what"…
Descriptors: Academic Libraries, Budgets, Cataloging, Change
Lynch, Clifford – Bulletin of the American Society for Information Science, 1998
Discussion of assigning identifiers to books and bibliographic citations focuses on identifiers in the networked information environment, including URLs (Uniform Resource Locators); URNs (Uniform Resource Names); the OCLC Persistent URL (PURL); the SICI (Serial Item and Contribution Identifier) code; and the Digital Object Identifier (DOI). (LRW)
Descriptors: Access to Information, Bibliographic Records, Citations (References), Classification
Peer reviewedTully, Bill – Australian Academic & Research Libraries, 1998
John Metcalfe was a leader of the Free Library Movement in Australia in the 1930s, becoming a well-known educator, writer, and state librarian. His involvement in national and international library cooperation from the 1940s to the 1960s widened his earlier New South Wales focus. There is a strong democratic focus in Metcalfe's writings on…
Descriptors: Access to Information, Authors, Biographies, Cataloging
Peer reviewedChalfen, Daniel Hilton; Farb, Sharon E. – Library Hi Tech, 1996
In light of the compliance requirements of the Americans with Disabilities Act, this article explains adaptive computing technology and its use in the design of a new implementation of ORION, the online information system at the University of California Los Angeles. Addresses, both postal and electronic when possible, are provided for several…
Descriptors: Access to Computers, Accessibility (for Disabled), Compliance (Legal), Computer System Design
Peer reviewedDunn, John A., Jr.; Martin, Murray S. – Library Trends, 1994
Reviews costs involved in running libraries that are usually not considered. Topics discussed include building and maintenance costs, including insurance; growth costs, including print and/or electronic materials; physical expansion and staff; electronics; cost recovery, i.e., user fees; cost centers and overhead; user-related costs, including…
Descriptors: Budgeting, Building Operation, Costs, Insurance
Peer reviewedCombs, Joseph, Jr. – Library Computing, 1999
Presents a general review of features of version 2.1 of Total Library Computerization (TLC) for Windows from On Point, Inc. Includes information about pricing, hardware and operating systems, modules/functions available, user interface, security, on-line catalog functions, circulation, cataloging, and documentation and online help. A table…
Descriptors: Bibliographic Records, Computer Interfaces, Computer Software, Computer System Design
Veloutsou, Cleopatra; Paton, Robert A.; Lewis, John – International Journal of Educational Management, 2005
Purpose: This paper aims to explore the information sources used by school leavers when selecting a university at which they wish to study and the perceived reliability of these sources of information. Design/methodology/approach: Using data from 306 pupils studying at various schools in England, Scotland and Northern Ireland it was revealed that…
Descriptors: Higher Education, College Applicants, Information Sources, Foreign Countries
Quann, C. James; And Others – 1979
The first comprehensive guide to the functions and responsibilities of registrars, admissions officers, and academic records personnel is presented. A chapter by C. James Quann examines the origins and growth of the profession as well as modern organizational patterns and provides job and functional descriptions for the director of admissions and…
Descriptors: Academic Records, Administrative Policy, Administrators, Admissions Counseling
Educational Testing Service, Princeton, NJ. Test Collection. – 1992
This volume, sixth in the Educational Testing Service (ETS) collection catalog series, describes 1,560 personality and affective measures. The instruments described are used to assess the psychological, social, and affective reactions of individuals to their environment. Tests include: (1) 13 self-reports; (2) 59 interviews; (3) 101 projective…
Descriptors: Affective Measures, Catalogs, Diagnostic Tests, Emotional Adjustment
Download full textLowry, Charles B. – 1992
This 2-year project at the University of Texas at Arlington (UTA) was conducted to determine the feasibility of providing online periodical indexing to the journal holdings of the UTA libraries by demonstrating an extended use of the libraries' NOTIS Online Public Access Catalog (OPAC) to provide better access to local resources. Three approaches…
Descriptors: College Students, Comparative Analysis, Databases, Indexes
