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Rude And Crude?: When Teens In Your Library Respond Negatively To You, Think Back To How You Approached Them, Anthony Bernier, D. T. Herald

Anthony Bernier

Skaters, taggers, gang members, and other groups of young people are being identified all over America as problems for libraries. However, these teens respond negatively to librarians because of the way that they are approached and because they experience so much discrimination. If teen behavior needs to be changed, there needs to be a change in the way they are approached and an appeal toward their code of ethics.

Changes In Central Technical Services: Backlog Elimination, Karen S. Calhoun, Jim Leblanc

Karen S Calhoun

This report describes a cataloging backlog of about 97,000 items and outlines an innovative project to eliminate it without adding staff or slowing the processing of new receipts. Includes assessments of backlog content, growth rate, and underlying organizational issues that cause the backlog to be there and to grow.

Report On Stack Collocation Loss, Karen S. Calhoun

Karen S Calhoun

This internal report for Cornell University Library evaluates the probable impact of simply accepting call numbers in cataloging copy, rather than reviewing and adjusting them to assure stack order is maintained over time.

From Acting Locally To Thinking Globally: A Brief History Of Library Automation, Christine L. Borgman

Christine L. Borgman

No abstract provided.

Future Of Legal Publishing, Troy Johnson

Troy Johnson

An article looking at the future of publishing for the West Publishing.

Periodical Price Survey 1997: Unsettled Times, Unsettled Prices; The State Of The Periodicals Marketplace Mid-Revolution, Lee C. Van Orsdel, Kathleen Born

Lee C. Van Orsdel

No abstract provided.

Periodical Price Survey 1997: Unsettled Times, Unsettled Prices; The State Of The Periodicals Marketplace Mid-Revolution, Lee C. Van Orsdel, Kathleen Born

Lee C. Van Orsdel

No abstract provided.

Collection Development In The Context Of Electronic Publications And Networking: Problems And Prospects, Maheswarappa S, Tadasad G

Prof B S Maheswarappa

Critically examines the issues in development of collection for libraries in the context of electronic publication and networking with special reference to formulation of policies, users, formats, storage, mode of access, selection, acquisition, bibliographical control, finance, evaluation,-and manpower. It concludes that developing a need-based, relevant and cost-effective collection, consisting of electronic and other publications in document form, requires systematic planning, and effective implementation.

Tampa Mayor Herman Glogowski: Jewish Leadership In Gilded Age Florida, Mark I. Greenberg

Mark I. Greenberg

No abstract provided.

Urban Public Library Directors: Who Are They? Where Did They Come From?, Ken Haycock, L. Mccallum

Ken Haycock

No abstract provided.

Great Expectations: Competency-Based Training For Student Media Center Assistants, Penny Beile

Penny Beile

Discovering Information Behavior In Sense Making. I. Time And Timing, Paul Solomon

Paul Solomon

This study used the methods of ethnography of communication to explore the information behavior in sense making of participants in the annual work planning of a unit of a public agency. To capture the dynamic time aspects of the work-planning task, the study continued over three annual iterations of this work-planning pro-cess. The term sense making is used to convey the parti-cipants’ characterization of their information behavior. This article explores the sense making that took place from the point of view of time and timing. The analysis revealed broad patterns of repetitive action that struc-tured the work-planning process and limited …

Discovering Sense Making In Information Behavior: An Ethnography Of Communication In Work Planning Or "Smelly, Like A Day Old Fish", Paul Solomon

Paul Solomon

Studies of information behavior typically focus on information seeking and source selection. This study explore the application of a broader perspective of viewing information behavior in relation to the sense making of individual, group, and organization during three annual iterations of work planning. The study is naturalistic in that it attempts to discover patterns of behavior in light of people performing their own work, in their own manner, and in their own time. Methods are primarily those of an ethnography of communication, where observation of communicative events; interviews; transcripts of meetings, conversations, and documentary traces; and logs were the data …

The University Library And Campus Web Development: A Case Study, Jeffrey A. Franks

Jeffrey A Franks

Forming A Reference Service Philosophy, Jeffrey A. Franks

Jeffrey A Franks

Cataloging Internet Resources: Policy, Procedure And Practice, Rick Block, Karl Fattig

Rick Block

No abstract provided.