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The World's Best Books: Taste, Culture, And The Modern Library, Gordon B. Neavill Dec 2004

The World's Best Books: Taste, Culture, And The Modern Library, Gordon B. Neavill

School of Information Sciences Faculty Research Publications

No abstract provided.


Developing Academic Library Staff For Future Success [Book Review], Robert P. Holley Oct 2004

Developing Academic Library Staff For Future Success [Book Review], Robert P. Holley

School of Information Sciences Faculty Research Publications

No abstract provided.


Emergence Of Digital Libraries, Gordon B. Neavill Sep 2004

Emergence Of Digital Libraries, Gordon B. Neavill

School of Information Sciences Faculty Research Publications

The author considers historical development of digital libraries and focuses on the broader context within digital libraries exist. He also emphasizes the importance of cooperation among libraries in putting together digital collections.


Student Satisfaction With Electronic Library Resources At Wayne State University, Robert P. Holley, Ronald R. Powell Jun 2004

Student Satisfaction With Electronic Library Resources At Wayne State University, Robert P. Holley, Ronald R. Powell

School of Information Sciences Faculty Research Publications

This paper reports the results of a survey of student satisfaction with electronic library resources beyond the online catalog at Wayne State University. Undertaken in Fall Term 2000 as a class project for a marketing course, a student team designed, administered, and analyzed a survey sent to a 10% random sample (2,965) of all students with a return rate of 9.41% (271). Almost 40% of the responding students said that they were unaware of electronic resource though 53.8% of these same students answered subsequent questions about use of these resources. Students aware of electronic resources learned about them much more …


Digital Infrastructure Development Within A Nonprofit Polymer Science Library: An Analysis Of The Transition To Digital Serials At The Michigan Molecular Institute, Natalie A. Tucker, Robert P. Holley May 2004

Digital Infrastructure Development Within A Nonprofit Polymer Science Library: An Analysis Of The Transition To Digital Serials At The Michigan Molecular Institute, Natalie A. Tucker, Robert P. Holley

School of Information Sciences Faculty Research Publications

The authors analyze the issues that the Michigan Molecular Institute Library (MMI) will face in making the transition to digital serials. Supporting a specialized research institute, the library has a limited number of serial subscriptions (68) from a large number of publishers (42). Furthermore, its specialized nature limits the number of potential consortia partners. Strengths include a user community of skilled researchers in a well-defined research area. In making the transition, MMI will encounter both similar and different issues than those found in larger academic and research libraries. Topics covered include current access, planning, licensing, archival concerns, interlibrary loan, interoperability, …


Strategies For Planning And Promoting Library Services To New Users, Deborah H. Charbonneau, Carrie F. Croatt-Moore, Laventra E. Danquah Apr 2004

Strategies For Planning And Promoting Library Services To New Users, Deborah H. Charbonneau, Carrie F. Croatt-Moore, Laventra E. Danquah

Library Scholarly Publications

A team of academic librarians is using a set of common strategies – assessment, advocacy and advertisement - to develop and enhance health information services and programs to an urban campus community and beyond. As a means of meeting the challenge of disseminating and promoting a large number of new information resources and skills to current library patrons and to new user populations, these strategies inform a refocused program for on-site library instruction, a current health information outreach initiative and planning for a new health outreach initiative. By sharing the methods and results of these strategies in consort with a …


Wsuls 2004 Annual Report, Wayne State University Library System Jan 2004

Wsuls 2004 Annual Report, Wayne State University Library System

Library Publications

2004 annual report includes: A message from Dean Sandra Yee; Library System's new catalog and WILD ILL system; Impact of the US Patriot Act on WSU; In Circulation: Arts and Communication; Jeff Trzeciak appointed Associate Dean; Launch of Mathematics Emporium; Launch of Technology Resource Center; Digital Library Initiatives, Law Library Microform and Herman Miller Consortium Collection; Adaptive Technology Workstations and Wireless Access; IMLS Leadership Grants; Urban Health Partners; Statistics; Donor Spotlight: Norman McRae, Irwin T. and Shirley Holtzman, William J. and Joyce Cunningham; In Memory of Hildegard Joseph; 2004 Donors.