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University of Tennessee, Knoxville

1999

Library and Information Science

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Where Does Online Go From Here?, Carol Tenopir Dec 1999

Where Does Online Go From Here?, Carol Tenopir

School of Information Sciences -- Faculty Publications and Other Works

Tenopir wonders where online technology will go in future. She explores such technologies as wearable information technologies, smart appliances, electronic paper and e-books.

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Patterns Of Use And Usage Factors For Online Databases In Academic And Public Libraries, Carol Tenopir, Danielle Green Nov 1999

Patterns Of Use And Usage Factors For Online Databases In Academic And Public Libraries, Carol Tenopir, Danielle Green

School of Information Sciences -- Faculty Publications and Other Works

Database usage data from a random sample of academic and public libraries in the U.S. and Canada reveals patterns of use in selected types of libraries. Library users in both public and academic libraries tend to use commercial online databases most frequently early in the week, mid-day, and at times that correspond to the academic calendar (November in this sex-month sample.) The mean number of simultaneous users is correlated with the size of the population served and the number o workstations available, but relatively low numbers of users are simultaneously logged on to research databases at all sizes of libraries. …

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Human Or Automated, Indexing Is Important, Carol Tenopir Nov 1999

Human Or Automated, Indexing Is Important, Carol Tenopir

School of Information Sciences -- Faculty Publications and Other Works

Controlled vocabulary indexing was developed well over a century ago to provide a consistent way for users to search for information, but human-assigned indexing has always been labor-intensive and costly. Because of the importance of indexing, two major information companies are trying automated approaches.

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Back To School Know-How, Carol Tenopir Oct 1999

Back To School Know-How, Carol Tenopir

School of Information Sciences -- Faculty Publications and Other Works

Fee-based online databases such as Lexis-Nexis and Dialog are trying to attract a new crop of librarians by offering free training and enhanced password management.

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Should We Cancel Print?, Carol Tenopir Sep 1999

Should We Cancel Print?, Carol Tenopir

School of Information Sciences -- Faculty Publications and Other Works

Two ongoing print publications may be needed to track the number of journal, magazine and newspaper titles that are now available online. The Association of Research Libraries' Directory of Electronic Journals, Newsletters, and Academic Discussion Lists tracks e-journals and listservs starting from the early 1990s. Fulltext Sources Online is an alphabetic list of magazines, journals and news sources.

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Unlikely Partnerships, Carol Tenopir Jul 1999

Unlikely Partnerships, Carol Tenopir

School of Information Sciences -- Faculty Publications and Other Works

Two new partnerships have created unlikely and controversial relationships in the online information sector. Dow Jones Interactive is merging with Reuters Business Briefing to form Dow Jones Reuters Business Interactive. Northern Light is producing usgovsearch, a federal government information resource, through a partnership with the National Technical Information Service.

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The Database Marketplace 1999: Data Dealers Forging Links, Carol Tenopir, Jeff Barry May 1999

The Database Marketplace 1999: Data Dealers Forging Links, Carol Tenopir, Jeff Barry

School of Information Sciences -- Faculty Publications and Other Works

A year ago, the database marketplace was described as stormy weather, and while this phenomenon won't cease in 1999, it may be getting more predictable. A look at the 1999 database marketplace is presented.

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Database Use In Academic Libraries, Carol Tenopir May 1999

Database Use In Academic Libraries, Carol Tenopir

School of Information Sciences -- Faculty Publications and Other Works

Staff from 58 academic librarians responded to survey questions regarding what influences the recommendations they make for use of electronic databases. Quality and usefulness of content was rated as most important, convenience (number of workstations, availability of remote login, and location of workstations) was also important, and familiarity played a role. Availability of full-text often overrides all other factors.

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Simultaneous Usage Of Online Databases In Academic And Public Libraries, Carol Tenopir, Danielle M. Green May 1999

Simultaneous Usage Of Online Databases In Academic And Public Libraries, Carol Tenopir, Danielle M. Green

School of Information Sciences -- Faculty Publications and Other Works

Pricing based on the number of simultaneous (concurrent) users is an attractive pricing option for many academic and public libraries. Anticipating the needed number of simultaneous usage ports, however, often requires guesswork. If too few simultaneous users are allowed, patrons may be frustrated; too many and the library is paying for unused access. Usage patterns for academic and public libraries help take the guesswork out of the simultaneous user calculation. Six months of usage data (July-December) from a random sample of approximately 200 academic and public libraries that access online databases from a major database aggregator show similarities and differences …

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New Versions Of Old Favorites, Carol Tenopir Apr 1999

New Versions Of Old Favorites, Carol Tenopir

School of Information Sciences -- Faculty Publications and Other Works

Many electronic database systems popular with libraries have migrated to a Web-based interface. Dow Jones Interactive, DialogWeb, LEXIS-NEXIS, and STN have all recently come out with Web databases or new versions of existing Web products. Brief evaluations of each are presented.

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Shaping The Web "As We Want It", Carol Tenopir Mar 1999

Shaping The Web "As We Want It", Carol Tenopir

School of Information Sciences -- Faculty Publications and Other Works

The 1998 Online World Conference, sponsored by Online, Inc., was marked by president of Alexa Internet Brewster Kahle's speech. Kahle feels that libraries should 1) a collection with selection; 2) easy and open access; 3) organized materials; 4) preservation of the valuable and rare; and 5) aid to patrons. Other highlights of the conference are presented.

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Recapturing The Past Online, Carol Tenopir Feb 1999

Recapturing The Past Online, Carol Tenopir

School of Information Sciences -- Faculty Publications and Other Works

Libraries across the US are seeing an increased amount of automated information coming through to their schools. Some of these systems carry historical information which dates back only to the early seventies and maybe a few services offer articles written in the sixties. A move to update these files to include more valuable information to students as well as teachers are being devised by database producers.

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Great Smoky Mountains Regional Collection New To Utk, Ken Wise Jan 1999

Great Smoky Mountains Regional Collection New To Utk, Ken Wise

Other Library Publications and Works

No abstract provided.

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