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Information Outlook, December 2009, Special Libraries Association

Information Outlook, 2009

Volume 13, Issue 8

Information Outlook, October/November 2009, Special Libraries Association

Information Outlook, 2009

Volume 13, Issue 7

Lending And Borrowing Across Borders: Issues And Challenges With International Resource Sharing, Tina Baich, Tim Jiping Zou, Heather Weltin, Zheng Ye Yang

University Libraries Faculty Publications and Presentations

The charge of the RUSA Sharing and Transforming Access to Resources Section (STARS) International Interlibrary Loan Committee is to evaluate trends in international interlibrary loan (ILL) and resource sharing, to develop materials and resources for international ILL practitioners, and to promote international ILL resource sharing efforts. In 2006, the committee decided to survey U.S. libraries regarding their international ILL activities as a way to gather information on the current environment and identify strategies for improving international ILL. The survey was deployed in the spring of 2007. In the fall of 2008, the committee members drafted an executive summary, which was …

Information Outlook, September 2009, Special Libraries Association

Information Outlook, 2009

Volume 13, Issue 6

Information Outlook, July/August 2009, Special Libraries Association

Information Outlook, 2009

Volume 13, Issue 5

Collecting For Digital Repositories: New Ways To Disseminate And Share Information, Susanne Clement, Adrian K. Ho, Feng Shan

Adrian K. Ho

No abstract.

Information Outlook, June 2009, Special Libraries Association

Information Outlook, 2009

Volume 13, Issue 4

Libraries Without Walls 7: Exploring “Anywhere, Anytime”, By P. Brophy, J. Craven, M. Markland. Delivery Of Library Services, Facet Publishing, London, 2008. Isbn 978-1-85604-623-7, Elizabeth Parang

Elizabeth Parang

No abstract provided.

Digital Repository Adoption In New York City Research Institutions, David J. Williams

Student Theses

As more scholarly and research materials are created in digital formats, institutions charged with managing, preserving, and disseminating these materials are increasingly adopting specialized software tools and environments created to fulfill these functions. Concurrently, subscriptions to serials databases provided by academic publishers are increasingly prohibitive and problematic. This paper surveys the adoption of digital institutional repositories by research institutions in the New York City region as of the Spring of 2009, and concludes that in spite of their potential advantages these systems are still not widely applied toward addressing the issues of preservation and access to their fullest potential.

The Delivery Of Library Materials To End Users: Taiwanese Libraries Address Special Information Needs, Chao-Chen Chen, I-Hsiu Wu

E-JASL 1999-2009 (Volumes 1-10)

Abstract

To help enhance the delivery of materials to end users, Taiwanese libraries launched four major programs to disseminate information and promote the widespread public usage of library materials. These programs, BookStart, Book Express Service, Cross Campus Delivery, and Delivery for the Visually Impaired, have proven to be quite successful in reaching their diverse population targets by addressing the specific needs for information services of those populations. This paper will focus on the various operational aspects of those outreach projects, their accomplishment, and future prospects.

The BookStart program brings books to parents and their children so …

Information Outlook, April/May 2009, Special Libraries Association

Information Outlook, 2009

Volume 13, Issue 3

Information Outlook, March 2009, Special Libraries Association

Information Outlook, 2009

Volume 13, Issue 2

Information Outlook, January/February 2009, Special Libraries Association

Information Outlook, 2009

Volume 13, Issue 1