Using The Public Library In The Computer Age

Author : Alan F. Westin
Publisher : Chicago : American Library Association
ISBN 13 :
Total Pages : 84 pages
Book Rating : 4.82/5 ( download)

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Download or read book Using the Public Library in the Computer Age written by Alan F. Westin and published by Chicago : American Library Association. This book was released on 1991 with total page 84 pages. Available in PDF, EPUB and Kindle. Book excerpt: Drawing on a national survey on "Consumers in the Information Age," this report provides information on who is using the public library, how they are using it, and how technology is impacting the public library. Westin and Finger examine public expectations of a public library connection with home computers, how minority groups are represented as public library patrons, and the larger role of the public library in the near future. ISBN 0-8389-0565-X (pbk.) : $19.00.

Author : Mark Y. Herring
Publisher : McFarland
ISBN 13 : 0786453931
Total Pages : 201 pages
Book Rating : 4.31/5 ( download)

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Download or read book Fool's Gold written by Mark Y. Herring and published by McFarland. This book was released on 2015-01-09 with total page 201 pages. Available in PDF, EPUB and Kindle. Book excerpt: This work skeptically explores the notion that the internet will soon obviate any need for traditional print-based academic libraries. It makes a case for the library's staying power in the face of technological advancements (television, microfilm, and CD-ROM's were all once predicted as the contemporary library's heir-apparent), and devotes individual chapters to the pitfalls and prevarications of popular search engines, e-books, and the mass digitization of traditional print material.

Author : Annabel Stephens
Publisher : CRC Press
ISBN 13 : 9780789005281
Total Pages : 234 pages
Book Rating : 4.8X/5 ( download)

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Download or read book Public Library Collection Development in the Information Age written by Annabel Stephens and published by CRC Press. This book was released on 1998-08-21 with total page 234 pages. Available in PDF, EPUB and Kindle. Book excerpt: Public Library Collection Development in the Information Age discusses the increasing amounts of information that are used in collection development. Case studies, interviews, and research are the basis for this book's suggestions to improve your collection methods without straining your library's budget. It will help you acquire the most useful materials while sharing information with collaborating libraries to offer patrons the latest and largest variety of resources. Discussing a topic that is scarcely addressed in collection literature, this book explores ways in which one informational medium—the Internet—impacts materials budgets, selection tools, and alternative sources of information during the selection process. Offering methods that apply to libraries of different sizes and financial capability, Public Library Collection Development in the Information Age provides you with ideas and suggestions for the improvement of collection development methods, including: examining how libraries use information to plan and budget for collection development developing a budget method that takes several factors into consideration, such as population impact, property tax revenues, circulation, reference needs, and client needs centralizing selections in order to allocate additional staff time and to choose resources patrons want without sacrificing the utility of local collections building public library collections with the assistance of vendors and the five levels of vendor participation using the conspectus method to assess and organize the collections of small libraries for easier access researching three public libraries in the United Kingdom to determine how varying levels of automation affect patron resources and services To help you integrate the appropriate electronic resources into collection development policies and procedures, Public Library Collection Development in the Information Age discusses which formats, access methods, pricing schemes, and differences in scope will best meet your selection needs. Containing proven strategies that will target your collection priorities and criteria to evaluate the use and effectiveness of electronic resources, this book will help revise your collection development methods to satisfy the informational needs of patrons.

Author : United States. Congress. House. Committee on Government Operations. Government Information, Justice, and Agriculture Subcommittee
Publisher :
ISBN 13 :
Total Pages : 460 pages
Book Rating : 4.41/5 ( download)

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Download or read book Creative Ways of Using and Disseminating Federal Information written by United States. Congress. House. Committee on Government Operations. Government Information, Justice, and Agriculture Subcommittee and published by . This book was released on 1992 with total page 460 pages. Available in PDF, EPUB and Kindle. Book excerpt: The purpose of the hearings presented in this Congressional document was to highlight the enterprising, inventive, and imaginative ways that people use public information and ways that agencies disseminate it. Witnesses were called who could provide information about: (1) how federal data is used by people who make genuine contributions to the nation's economy and democratic processes; (2) the importance of making information available in electronic formats; (3) innovative and inexpensive ways of making information available; (4) the needs of users of federal information; (5) the techniques and technologies of information access; and (6) the impact of the high cost of public information. This report includes statements from 17 witnesses representing a variety of agencies, such as federal agencies, including the General Accounting Office; the Association of Research Libraries; the information industry, including USA Today and DIALOG; nonprofit organizations, such as the Regional Contracting and Assistance Center, which disseminates public information to assist in economic development; and public interest organizations, including OMB Watch, a research, educational, and advocacy organization that monitors Executive Branch activities. Also included are prepared statements submitted for the record by the witnesses and four appendices, which include three additional statements, an article from the Wall Street Journal, working notes, and a letter. (KRN)

Author : Conny Ang
Publisher : Scarecrow Press
ISBN 13 : 9780810835818
Total Pages : 154 pages
Book Rating : 4.19/5 ( download)

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Download or read book International Network of Public Libraries: The role of public libraries in the media society written by Conny Ang and published by Scarecrow Press. This book was released on 1999 with total page 154 pages. Available in PDF, EPUB and Kindle. Book excerpt: This series is an innovative resource for public library professionals. Conny Äng discusses the great possibilities for libraries with the emergence of the electronic age, believing that new media will expand libraries' roles and make them more crucial to society.

Author : Frederick Wilfrid Lancaster
Publisher : Arlington, Va. : Information Resources Press
ISBN 13 :
Total Pages : 248 pages
Book Rating : 4.85/5 ( download)

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Download or read book Libraries and Librarians in an Age of Electronics written by Frederick Wilfrid Lancaster and published by Arlington, Va. : Information Resources Press. This book was released on 1982 with total page 248 pages. Available in PDF, EPUB and Kindle. Book excerpt: The information age; Technological capabilities and prospects; Some applications of technology; Computers and publishing; A paperless communication system; Libraries and technology; The migration from print on paper; The future of the library: some forecasts; The disembodiment of the library; Does the library have a future?

Author : Linda S Katz
Publisher : Routledge
ISBN 13 : 1136588094
Total Pages : 303 pages
Book Rating : 4.99/5 ( download)

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Download or read book Library Users and Reference Services written by Linda S Katz and published by Routledge. This book was released on 2013-05-13 with total page 303 pages. Available in PDF, EPUB and Kindle. Book excerpt: This useful book helps reference librarians understand the information seeking needs and behaviors of the diverse groups of people in the communities they serve. With the increasing diversity of the American population, librarians striving to plan and deliver excellent reference services must enhance their understanding of how best to assist many types of individuals and groups, from children to the elderly. Library Users and Reference Services provides much-needed help in this area, delivering strategies and methods to aid readers in their quest for increasingly effective service for all members of the communities in which they work. Library Users and Reference Services is divided into four sections of chapters which cover a broad range of topics to assist readers in planning and delivering appropriate services. Section One explores customer service, economics of information, and marketing as key concepts useful in studying information needs of specific groups in the population. Section Two focuses on scholars and students in three broad academic disciplines: science, humanities, and social sciences. Section Three covers groups with special characteristics such as age, economic standing, gender, or profession. Section Four discusses evaluation and provides guidance in the use of the most widely accepted measures for assessing reference effectiveness. The book’s final chapter explores redesigning reference services for the future, providing a glimpse of how such services may change. Library Users and Reference Services is a practical guide to help readers understand the many issues related to serving diverse populations in a community. Reference librarians and graduate library school students and faculty will learn more effective ways to help a heterogeneous public with the help of this new book.

Author : Allen Kent
Publisher : CRC Press
ISBN 13 : 9780824720568
Total Pages : 384 pages
Book Rating : 4.63/5 ( download)

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Download or read book Encyclopedia of Library and Information Science written by Allen Kent and published by CRC Press. This book was released on 1995-05-26 with total page 384 pages. Available in PDF, EPUB and Kindle. Book excerpt: Supplement 19: Accreditation and the Academic Library to The Use of an Animated Tutor in Teaching Chinese

Author : Alice Gertzog
Publisher : Scarecrow Press
ISBN 13 : 0810847566
Total Pages : 602 pages
Book Rating : 4.69/5 ( download)

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Download or read book Administration of the Public Library written by Alice Gertzog and published by Scarecrow Press. This book was released on 2003 with total page 602 pages. Available in PDF, EPUB and Kindle. Book excerpt: Combines theory and practical advice to address public library policies, procedures, resources, and human relations in a clear manner. "Expect future editions of this eminently readable, yet well-documented text." —LIBRARY JOURNAL

Author : United States. Congress. Joint Committee on the Library
Publisher :
ISBN 13 :
Total Pages : 160 pages
Book Rating : 4.82/5 ( download)

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Download or read book State of Our Nation's Libraries written by United States. Congress. Joint Committee on the Library and published by . This book was released on 1993 with total page 160 pages. Available in PDF, EPUB and Kindle. Book excerpt: