Special Libraries articles from January 1993

Special Libraries archives from January 1993

Subject Specialization in the Scientific Special Library
January 1, 1993... Introduction While frequently academic or public libraries may seek to attract professional librarians with a general base of knowledge, organizations with special libraries often believe the best possible service is provided when the librarian...

Developing an Inhouse Database from Online Sources
January 1, 1993... Introduction In September 1989, the U.S. Army Corps of Engineers Cold Regions Research and Engineering Laboratory (CRREL) accepted a contract to conduct appropriate searches and produce a bibliography of arctic wetlands research in database form...

The Carnegie Mellon University Library Information System (LIS): Applications within the Software Engineering Institute (SEI) Online Environment
January 1, 1993... THE SOFTWARE ENGINEERING INSTITUTE (SEI) is a federally funded research and development center sponsored by the Department of Defense under contract to Carnegie Mellon University (CMU). The institute employs technical staff of approximately 200...

Information Access in a Developing Country: Special Libraries in Egypt
January 1, 1993... IT IS NOT SURPRISING THAT INFORMATION ACCESS problems exist in developing countries. What is surprising is that the North American library community hasn't done more to assist these countries in improving library services. In Egypt, for example,...

Atmospheric Sciences Information Resources in the United States - an Overview for Librarians
January 1, 1993... Introduction Everyday newspapers, television news, and other information sources present stories about the Earth's troubled atmosphere--the ozone has a hole in it, the planet is warming up under the "greenhouse effect," air pollution is reaching...

IFLA 1992: Library and Information Policy Perspectives
January 1, 1993... THE INTERNATIONAL FEDERATION OF LIBRARY Associations and Institutions (IFLA) convened its 58th General Conference in New Delhi, India from August 30-September 5, 1992. The IFLA conference coincided with the Birth Centenary Celebration of Dr. S.R....

Looking to the Year 2000: Information Professionals Chart the Course
January 1, 1993... CHART YOUR COURSE TO THE SLA's 84TH Annual Conference, June 5-10, 1993, in Cincinnati! If you are looking ahead to the year 2000 or to June 1993, this year's Conference will highlight the world of new and expanding technology, as well as greater...

The Whole Internet Users Guide & Catalog.(Brief Article)
January 1, 1993... The Whole Internet Users Guide & Catalog is the best book so far to introduce what the Internet is all about and to illustrate how to use it. If you want a place to start, this is it. A useful compendium of background facts, resources, and...