Information Technology and Libraries articles from December 2004

Information Technology and Libraries archives from December 2004

The Impact of Information Technology on Library Anxiety: The Role of Computer Attitudes
December 1, 2004... Over the past two decades, computer-based technologies have become dominant forces to shape and reshape the products and services the academic library has to offer. The application of library technologies has had a profound impact on the way...

Beyond Information Architecture: A Systems Integration Approach to Web-Site Design
December 1, 2004... Users' needs and expectations regarding access to information have fundamentally changed, creating a disconnect between how users expect to use a library Web site and how the site was designed. At the same time, library technical infrastructures...

Policies Governing Use of Computing Technology in Academic Libraries
December 1, 2004... The networked computing environment is a vital resource for academic libraries. Ever-increasing use dictates the prudence of having a comprehensive computer-use policy in force. Universities often have an overarching policy or policies governing...

The Impact of Web Search Engines on Subject Searching in OPAC
December 1, 2004... This paper analyzes the results of transaction logs at California State University, Los Angeles (CSULA) and studies the effects of implementing a Web-based OPAC along with interface changes. The authors find that user success in subject...

Using a Native XML Database for Encoded Archival Description Search and Retrieval
December 1, 2004... The Northwest Digital Archives (NWDA) is a National Endowment for the Humanities-funded effort by fifteen institutions in the Pacific Northwest to create a finding-aids repository. Approximately 2,300 finding aids that follow the Encoded...

Using GIS to Measure In-Library Book-Use Behavior
December 1, 2004... This article is an attempt to develop Geographic Information Systems (GIS) technology into an analytical tool for examining tire relationships between the height of the bookshelves and the behavior of library readers in utilizing books within a...

Using Server-Side Include Commands for Subject Webpage Management: An Alternative to Database-Driven Technologies for the Smaller Academic Library
December 1, 2004... Frustrated by the time-consuming process of updating subject Web pages, librarians at Samford University Library (SUL) developed a process for streamlining updates using Server-Side Include (SSI) commands. They created text files on the library...

How Big Media Uses Technology and the Law to Lock Down Culture and Control Creativity.(Book Review)
December 1, 2004... How Big Media Uses Technology and the Law to Lock Down Culture and Control Creativity By Lawrence Lessig. New York: Penguin, 2004. 240p. $24.95 (ISBN 1-594-20006-8). This is the third book by Stanford law professor Larry Lessig, and...