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Business Web Page Design, Andrée Rathemacher, Kelli Belmonti Nov 1998

Business Web Page Design, Andrée Rathemacher, Kelli Belmonti

Technical Services Faculty Presentations

Flier for ACRL New England Chapter Business Librarians' Interest Group (BLIG) Fall Program, "Business Web Page Design." The program was held on November 12, 1998 at Northeastern University in Boston, Massachusetts.


Pricing Options, Carol Tenopir Sep 1998

Pricing Options, Carol Tenopir

School of Information Sciences -- Faculty Publications and Other Works

Tenopir discusses database pricing issues in libraries. Pricing for digital products has been found to be much more complex than print pricing. The options that most libraries use fall into the categories of pay-as-you-go pricing, fixed-pricing, and user-based licensing.


Furor Over Prices, Carol Tenopir Jul 1998

Furor Over Prices, Carol Tenopir

School of Information Sciences -- Faculty Publications and Other Works

Tenopir discusses online databases and the major shift in pricing policies that just occurred at the DIALOG corporation. Right now is really not the best time for vendors to start increasing prices.


Ua51/1/4 Collections & Connections, Wku Libraries Apr 1998

Ua51/1/4 Collections & Connections, Wku Libraries

WKU Archives Records

Collections & Connections is WKU Libraries' newsletter periodically featuring major events of the Libraries and the Kentucky Museum and connecting them with their users and potential donors. This Spring '98 issue highlighted: quilt exhibit, national library week, Hascal Haile guitars, College High records, model train exhibit, Kentucky death records and Rowland Tharaldson.


Effects Of Library Instruction On University Students’ Satisfaction With The Library: A Longitudinal Study, Anthony Stamatoplos, Robert Mackoy Jan 1998

Effects Of Library Instruction On University Students’ Satisfaction With The Library: A Longitudinal Study, Anthony Stamatoplos, Robert Mackoy

Scholarship and Professional Work - Business

Consideration of satisfaction should be an important part of the evaluation of library services. Satisfaction depends, to some extent, on patron expectations of services. This study evaluated changes in student expectations following library instruction and how they were related to overall, long-term satisfaction with the library. Satisfaction appeared to be related to student perceptions of information accessibility, staff competence and helpfulness, computer usefulness and ease of use, and skill level for using libraries. The study suggests that libraries may be well served by measuring patron satisfaction and learning what variables drive satisfaction at particular libraries.


Libraries Turn New Leaf With Gis, Pat Newcombe Jan 1998

Libraries Turn New Leaf With Gis, Pat Newcombe

Media Presence

No abstract provided.


Dilemmas Of Building A Sustainable Equitable Information Resource. Workshop In Political Theory And Policy Analysis, Indiana University, Charlotte Hess Jan 1998

Dilemmas Of Building A Sustainable Equitable Information Resource. Workshop In Political Theory And Policy Analysis, Indiana University, Charlotte Hess

Libraries' and Librarians' Publications

From Page 1: "Because information plays a central role in environmental and CPR research, the quality, flow, and timeliness of of intellectual resources are crucial. The development agency community repeatedly stresses the intricate relationship between information access and economic development (UNDP, 1997; Mchombu, 1996; McConnell, 1996; Baranshamaje, 1995; Valantin, 1996). International information specialists write about the urgent need for local, appropriate information in locally-designed libraries which better serve local, indigenous communities (Alemna, 1996; Matare, 1997; Kuntze, 1996; Ifidon, 1990). Better accountability and communication of scientific information by researchers is also being voiced more frequently . In his keynote address at …


An Exploration Of The Use Of Push Technology In A Consortium For Electronic Publishing, Anna H. Perrault, Vicki L. Gregory Jan 1998

An Exploration Of The Use Of Push Technology In A Consortium For Electronic Publishing, Anna H. Perrault, Vicki L. Gregory

School of Information Faculty Publications

No abstract provided.


The First Amendment, Children, The Internet, And America's Public Libraries, Fred H. Cate Jan 1998

The First Amendment, Children, The Internet, And America's Public Libraries, Fred H. Cate

Articles by Maurer Faculty

No abstract provided.