Information Technology and Libraries articles from June 1994

Information Technology and Libraries archives from June 1994

Changing information access economics: new roles for libraries and librarians.
June 1, 1994... Fundamental changes in the economic structure of library and information services over the last several decades are forcing a reexamination of the values and policies that serve as the basis for our practices and services. Complex questions...

Network literacy: a role for libraries?
June 1, 1994... The skills required to use the switch hook flash on one's telephone pale in comparison to the skills and knowledge needed to use resources and services in the evolving National Information Infrastructure (NII) and the Internet/National Research...

Issues and experiments in electronic publishing and dissemination.
June 1, 1994... In 1983 I made a speech at the ALA Annual Conference. That speech, titled "Electronic Access to Journals," was a publisher's perspective on the future access to journals. I quoted a Library of Congress staff member who had said to me that "the...

Interface design concepts in the development of ELSA, an intelligent electronic library search assistant.
June 1, 1994... Several developments must occur before we are likely to see commercially available intelligent intermediary systems for information retrieval. The first, which has received a great deal of attention and research, is the design of appropriate...

Biblio-Link II for Pro-Cite 2.1. (personal bibliographic software) (Software Review) (Evaluation)
June 1, 1994... Personal Bibliographic Software, P.O. Box 4250, Ann Arbor, MI 48106; (313) 996-1580; Internet sales@pbsinc.com. Price: $195. System requirements: Pro-Cite 2.1 or greater for the Mac, System 6.0.2 or later (System 7-compatible), Macintosh Plus...

ABI/Inform Ondisc. (CD-ROM database) (Software Review) (Evaluation)
June 1, 1994... (Research Edition). University Microfilms, Inc., 300 North Zeeb Rd., Ann Arbor, MI 48106; (800) 521-0600. Price: $5,500/year. Recommended hardware: IBM AT or greater, 640 KB RAM, 7 MB free space on a hard disk, 5 1/4- or 3 1/2-inch diskette...

The Challenge of Technology: Action Strategies for the School Library Media Specialist.
June 1, 1994... In The Challenge of Technology: Action Strategies for the School Library Media Specialist, Kieth C. Wright presents a full discussion of the place of computer-related technologies in the library media center and, to a lesser degree, the role of...

Guide to Technical Services Resources.
June 1, 1994... When I first flipped through the pages of this book I thought, "This looks just like Sheehy." Indeed, the introduction states that this guide was inspired by the Guide to Reference Books by Eugene P. Sheehy and was intentionally organized in...

High-Performance Medical Libraries: Advances in Information Management for the Virtual Era.
June 1, 1994... Advances in information technology have led to an extraordinary transformation in libraries, changing not only the way libraries provide services to users, but also the nature of these services. Medical libraries especially have been in the...

Hypertext and the Technology of Conversation: Orderly Situational Choice.
June 1, 1994... This book is primarily for hypertext designers, information science researchers, and social science researchers. It explores computer-human interaction difficulties with hypertext from the ethnomethodological and social-construction-of-text...

Organizational Decision Making and Information.
June 1, 1994... In a highly readable text, the author reviews the process of high-level decision making, describes research undertaken on decision making in a higher education institution in Australia, presents the results of the research, and develops a model...

Teleworking Explained.
June 1, 1994... While we Yanks would probably use "telecommuting" as our term, the British authors of this very ough treatment define their subject carefully: "Teleworking is a flexible way of working which covers a wide range of work activities, all of which...

RLIN Record Task Force recommendations - RLG actions. (Research Libraries Information Network; Research Libraries Group)
June 1, 1994... The RLIN Record Task Force (RRTF) completed its recommendations on ways to expedite record contributions to RLIN in December 1993. These recommendations were posted on RLIN-L and sent to all RLG member representatives and directors of nonmember...

Pacific Bell to link public schools and libraries to communications network.
June 1, 1994... At a joint press conference with California Governor Pete Wilson, Assembly Speaker Willie Brown, and the California Department of Education, Pacific Bell President Phil Quigley announced that Pacific Bell will offer a $100 million investment in...