Special Libraries articles from March 1994

Special Libraries archives from March 1994

Partnerships in Information Services: The Contract Library
March 22, 1994... Contracting for services is nothing new to American industry. Beginning with maintenance agreements, food services, and consulting, the trend toward purchasing services that are not part of the core industry has boomed in the last decade. In...

Videotex: A New Tool for Libraries
March 22, 1994... What Is It? Videotex is a generic term for an easy-to-use, consistent approach to locating and selectively viewing information on a terminal screen.[1] The strength of videotex is its ability to make available vast quantities of...

Government Publications and Maps: Account of a Merger
March 22, 1994... Introduction San Diego State University (SDSU), with an enrollment of over 28,000, is one of 20 California State University campuses. There is one library on campus. During the late summer and early fall of 1992, options for managing SDSU...

Resume Items for Special and Academic Librarians
March 22, 1994... One of the most important parts of the job search process for applicants is the preparation of materials required by the institution in response to its vacancy notice. A quick review of job advertisements reveals some variation in what...

The National and University Library in Zangreb: The Goal Is Known - How Can It Be Attained?
March 22, 1994... Introduction In March 1992 I traveled to Zagreb, Croatia, on a grant from Washington State University. My plan was to meet with colleagues at the National and University Library (NUL), to survey their resources and their state of...

Information Vision: Special Libraries Association 85th Annual Conference Atlanta, GA June 11-16, 1994
March 22, 1994... Y'all Come! It's true what they say about Dixie--the smiles are wide, the handshakes and hugs are heartfelt, the "Y'all Come" is a sincere invitation. This is your invitation to join your colleagues for the 1994 Annual Conference of the Special...

Secrets of the Super Searchers.
March 22, 1994... Basch, Reva. Wilton, CT: Eight Bit Books. 1993.235p. ISBN: 0-910965-12-9 With the proliferation of CD-ROMS and end-users, one might assume that mediated online searching has become a forgotten skill. Reva Basch disproves this assumption...

Journal of Information Ethics.(Periodical Review)
March 22, 1994... Robert Hauptman, ed. Jefferson, NC: McFarland & Company, Inc. Spring 1993. 96p. ISSN: 1061-9321. Since 1991, almost a dozen journals on ethics have begun publication, including those on biomedical, business, professional, and information...

High Performance Medical Libraries: Advances in Information Management for the Virtual Era.
March 22, 1994... Naomi C. Broering, ed. Westport, CT: Meckler Publishing. 1993. 229p. ISBN:0-88736-878-6. This is a collection of 18 case studies representing some of the most innovative projects and trends in medical libraries. Edited by Naomi Broering,...

On Account of Sex: An Annotated Bibilography on the Status of Women in Librarianship, 1987-1992.
March 22, 1994... Lori A. Goetsch and Sarah B. Watstein, eds. Metuchen, NJ: The Scarecrow Press, Inc. 1993. 244p. ISBN 0-81808-2701-8. Despite its titillating title, this bibliography continues a serious body of research that had its inception almost 20...

Integrating Total Quality Management in a Library Setting.
March 22, 1994... Susan Jurow and Susan B. Barnard, eds. Binghamton, NY: The Haworth Press, Inc. 1993. 201p. ISBN: 1-56024-464-X. If you are currently implementing TQM in your library, or contemplating doing so, Integrating Total Quality Management in a...

New Technologies and New Directions.(Brief Article)
March 22, 1994... G.R. Boynton and Sheila D. Creth, eds. Westport, CT: Meckler Publishing. 1993. 118p. ISBN 0-88736-879-4. This publication of nine articles emerged from a symposium of University "scholarly" publishing, learning, creation, and management...

Financial Management for Small and Medium-Sized Libraries.(Brief Article)
March 22, 1994... Chicago: IL: American Library Association, 1993. 185p. ISBN 0-8389-0618-4. Madeline Daubert's Financial Management covers a range of financial topics as they relate to libraries, with sections on accounting fundamentals, preparing an...