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Library and Information Science

2003

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Planning For The Future Of The Book: Some Longer-Term Financial Considerations In The Managemnent Of Book Stock, Patrick G. Scott Nov 2003

Planning For The Future Of The Book: Some Longer-Term Financial Considerations In The Managemnent Of Book Stock, Patrick G. Scott

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Contrasts library costs for short-term access to digital collections for a delimited group of library users with the traditional free access and loan of now-ageing and irreplaceable print collections, suggests that future access to major research collections of printed material may well be fee-based, and argues that libraries need to plan for the future of their book stock with the same imagination and financial realism that has been given to digital resources. Presented in Plenary Session 1: the Future of the Book, at the Charleston Conference on Issues in Book & Serial Acquisition, Nov. 6, 2003, and subsequently published in …

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Portals To The Past, Diane Duesterhoeft, Trish Keogh Nov 2003

Portals To The Past, Diane Duesterhoeft, Trish Keogh

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The article describes the effort to preserve the artifacts of a unique organization: video recordings of the President’s Peace Commission symposia held at St. Mary's University. Since cultural and educational institutions preserve their history with varying degrees of success, libraries can provide an important link to preservation. In addition to describing the reasons and process for coordinating with the St. Mary’s Learning Resources Center for videotaping of panel sessions, the original cataloging of these videotapes and incorporation into the Louis J. Blume Library collection is described. These videotapes can disseminate what transpired to a larger audience, and they provide a …

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Mapping The Intellectual Structure Of Information Science And Information Technology: A Study Of Geographic Information Science, Anita Coleman Oct 2003

Mapping The Intellectual Structure Of Information Science And Information Technology: A Study Of Geographic Information Science, Anita Coleman

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Toward Common Content: An Analysis Of Online College And University Collecting Policies, Jennifer A. Marshall Oct 2003

Toward Common Content: An Analysis Of Online College And University Collecting Policies, Jennifer A. Marshall

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Collecting policies have been advocated as tools to help archivists build stronger collections. The model proposed by Faye Phillips in 1984 is the most detailed framework for collecting policies in the archival literature. This paper presents the results of a pilot study of the collecting policies of college and university archives available online to investigate whether a consensus has been reached about the content of these documents. Future studies of this kind for other types of archives could facilitate the identification, refinement, and dissemination of professional best practice and standards for collecting policies.

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The Case Against Libraries As ‘Safe Places’, Anthony Bernier Aug 2003

The Case Against Libraries As ‘Safe Places’, Anthony Bernier

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Types Of Digital Library Cooperation In German Studies, Richard Hacken Jun 2003

Types Of Digital Library Cooperation In German Studies, Richard Hacken

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A paper delivered at the ACRL/WESS Program in Toronto on June 23, 2003. A small sampling of the types of cooperative work being done in German studies, especially of retrospective digitization (as opposed to ongoing electronic publications).

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Googling - Our Future?, Lawrence W. Onsager Jun 2003

Googling - Our Future?, Lawrence W. Onsager

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Planning Your Way To A More Usable Web Site, Pamela Gore, Sandra Hirsh May 2003

Planning Your Way To A More Usable Web Site, Pamela Gore, Sandra Hirsh

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Planning for long-term periodic usability assessment is therefore as important as adding regularly fresh content and tracking usage. Fortunately, usability assessments need not be time consuming or expensive, unless your site is large and complex and you want to test it thoroughly each time. In a practical sense, usability assessment can reveal problems in the design, navigation, layout, or labeling that prevent users from finding what they need quickly. After analyzing your environment and setting the stage for ongoing usability assessment, it is time to develop the usability assessment plan, which will serve as the blueprint for usability assessment activities …

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Trophies Of War And Empire: The Archival Heritage Of Ukraine, World War Ii, And The International Politics Of Restitution. By Patricia Kennedy Grimsted. Harvard Papers In Ukrainian Studies. Cambridge, Mass.: Harvard Ukrainian Research Institute, 2001. Isbn: 0-916458-76-8., Jennifer A. Marshall Apr 2003

Trophies Of War And Empire: The Archival Heritage Of Ukraine, World War Ii, And The International Politics Of Restitution. By Patricia Kennedy Grimsted. Harvard Papers In Ukrainian Studies. Cambridge, Mass.: Harvard Ukrainian Research Institute, 2001. Isbn: 0-916458-76-8., Jennifer A. Marshall

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Dlist: Building An International Scholarly Communication Consortium For Library And Information Science, Anita Coleman, Paul Bracke Feb 2003

Dlist: Building An International Scholarly Communication Consortium For Library And Information Science, Anita Coleman, Paul Bracke

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DLIST is the Digital Library of Information Science and Technology, a repository of electronic resources in the domains of Library and Information Science (LIS) and Information Technology (IT). Initial collection development scope is in Information Literacy and Informetrics. Academics, researchers, and practitioners create a wealth of content that includes published papers, instructional materials, tutorials for software and databases, bibliographies, pathfinders, bibliometric datasets, dissertations and reports. DLIST aims to capture this wealth of information in a library that is openly available for re-use and global dissemination. Open deposit processes where authors retain copyright and facilities for full-text storage in a variety …

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Understanding Information Behaviors Embedded In Learning Objects: A Case Study Of Dlist, Anita Coleman, Subramaniam Karthik Jan 2003

Understanding Information Behaviors Embedded In Learning Objects: A Case Study Of Dlist, Anita Coleman, Subramaniam Karthik

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Comparison Of Three Primary Aggregator Databases, Kelly D. Blessinger, Maureen Olle Jan 2003

Comparison Of Three Primary Aggregator Databases, Kelly D. Blessinger, Maureen Olle

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This article explores the results of a study conducted by Louisiana State University Libraries to determine the strengths and weaknesses of three aggregator databases: EBSCO Academic Search Premier, Gale Expanded Academic ASAP, and ProQuest Research Library Core. Main ideas discussed are title coverage, full-text availability, and search features. It is hoped that this article will aid institutions in determining the acquisition of an aggregator database that best meets their institutional needs.

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Literacy, Learning And Libraries: Common Issues And Common Concerns, Ken Haycock Jan 2003

Literacy, Learning And Libraries: Common Issues And Common Concerns, Ken Haycock

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Discusses common issues in literacy, learning and libraries in Canada. Role of libraries and librarians in literacy; Need to have collaboration between public libraries and school districts on professional family literacy programs; Measures to succeed in making library programs effective for students.

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Professional Competencies For Reference And User Services Librarians, Jo Bell Whitlatch Jan 2003

Professional Competencies For Reference And User Services Librarians, Jo Bell Whitlatch

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Searching Large Collections Of Recorded Speech: A Preliminary Study, Jinmook Kim, Douglas W. Oard, Dagobert Soergel Jan 2003

Searching Large Collections Of Recorded Speech: A Preliminary Study, Jinmook Kim, Douglas W. Oard, Dagobert Soergel

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This paper reports on an exploratory study of the criteria searchers use when judging the relevance of recorded speech from radio programs and the attributes of a recording on which those judgments are based. Five volunteers each performed three searches using two systems (NPR Online and SpeechBot) for three questions and judged the relevance of the results. Data were collected through observation and screen capture, think aloud, and interviews; coded; and analyzed by looking for patterns. Criteria used as a basis for selection were found to be similar to those observed in relevance studies with printed materials, but the attributes …

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Sharing Indigenous Knowledge: To Share Or Not To Share? That Is The Question, Christine Hagar Jan 2003

Sharing Indigenous Knowledge: To Share Or Not To Share? That Is The Question, Christine Hagar

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The Internet and digital technology create new possibilities for the development of cultures,communities and knowledge. Over the last twenty years there has been a great increase in interest inindigenous knowledge from a variety of groups, including academia, development agencies and thecorporate world. Within this diverse range of interests, there have been initiatives to facilitate a globalnetwork to exchange indigenous knowledge by development agencies such as the World Bank's'Indigneous Knowledge for Development Program' and UNESCO's 'Best Practices of IndigenousKnowledge' database. The development agencies appear to be mainly concerned with systematizingindigenous knowledge and looking at the notion of indigenous knowledge as forming …

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