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The Cost Of Interlibrary Loan Services In A Medium-Sized Academic Library, Ted Naylor
The Cost Of Interlibrary Loan Services In A Medium-Sized Academic Library, Ted Naylor
UNL Libraries: Faculty Publications
Interlibrary loan has traditionally been the main access to information beyond the individual library collection. The increase in access to document delivery services and full-text databases, however, has created the need to evaluate interlibrary loan services within the overall access environment. One of the most important factors in this evaluation concerns the cost to provide interlibrary loan. The purpose of this article is to provide the results of a study of one year's interlibrary loan expense at the Library at Wichita State University in Wichita, Kansas. The study was conducted to identify areas of greater and lesser interlibrary loan expense, …
Waiting For The Electrician Or Someone Like Him: Client-Centered Technical Services, Mary K. Bolin
Waiting For The Electrician Or Someone Like Him: Client-Centered Technical Services, Mary K. Bolin
UNL Libraries: Faculty Publications
Academics are being admonished to be "client-centered"--generally used to mean consumer or customer-oriented. This paper looks at the origins of "client-centeredness" in mental health care, and explores the idea of "client-centered" academic institutions, specifically the technical services functions of academic libraries. Philosophical and practical recommendations for a client-centered technical services operation conclude the paper.
Initiating An Effective Personnel Development Program, Virginia A. Baldwin, William J. Gibbs, Marlene M. Slough
Initiating An Effective Personnel Development Program, Virginia A. Baldwin, William J. Gibbs, Marlene M. Slough
UNL Libraries: Faculty Publications
This study identified the educational interests of library personnel and investigated whether level of interest was a valid indicator of program participation. In the fall semester of 1993, Eastern Illinois University’s Booth Library surveyed all administrators, faculty, and staff. The objectives of the survey were to identify: (1) indicators of educational interests of library personnel at a medium-sized university; (2) departmental differences in educational interests; and (3) the relationship between employee interest in educational programs and employee participation in programs developed.
Selective Guide To Literature On Aerospace Engineering, Thomas G. De Petro, Ted Naylor
Selective Guide To Literature On Aerospace Engineering, Thomas G. De Petro, Ted Naylor
UNL Libraries: Faculty Publications
The term "aerospace" incorporates all aspects of flight including aviation, aeronautics, and astronautics. This ASEE Selective Guide to Literature on Aerospace Engineering identifies essential sources of information according to their function and format. The Guide will be useful for practicing engineers, engineering faculty, and engineering students and all who need to know where to look for information on a variety of topics in aerospace engineering. Librarians, library and information science students, and other information professionals will find it useful for planning access services and for collection development. From the launching of balloons in the 19th century to the airplane and …
Judith Sharn Young, Sue Ann Gardner
Judith Sharn Young, Sue Ann Gardner
UNL Libraries: Faculty Publications
From Notable Women in the Physical Sciences: A Biographical Dictionary:
Astronomer Judith Sharn Young has been prolific throughout her 15-year professional career, publishing over 100 papers and giving nearly as many talks and seminars. Her interests lie in galaxy formation and evolution, star formation, and interstellar matter (the matter that lies between the stars in galaxies). She has received several professional awards and honors, including, in 1986, the Maria Goeppert-Mayer Award of the American Physical Society. Young was the first recipient of this award, which is given to a woman in the early stages of her career who has …