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Reorganizations: An Interview With Staff From The University Of Arizona Libraries, Joan Giesecke Sep 1994

Reorganizations: An Interview With Staff From The University Of Arizona Libraries, Joan Giesecke

University of Nebraska-Lincoln Libraries: Faculty Publications

The University of Arizona is in the midst of a major reorganization as the library changes from a traditional organizational structure to a team- centered, user-focused organization. At the ALA Midwinter Meeting in Los Angeles, I had an opportunity to meet with a group of librarians from the University of Arizona who are actively involved in the change process. This was not a traditional interview, but more of a conversation with ten members of the library staff who spoke jointly about their experiences with the reorganization of their library. Answers reflect the comments of the group members; individuals are not …

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Myers-Briggs Type Indicator Profile And The Organization, Kent Hendrickson, Joan Giesecke Sep 1994

Myers-Briggs Type Indicator Profile And The Organization, Kent Hendrickson, Joan Giesecke

University of Nebraska-Lincoln Libraries: Faculty Publications

In this article, we describe how we have used MBTI effectively in our organization as a way to understand the overall "personality" of the organization. We also discuss the implications of this profile for managing the organization to achieve organizational goals.

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Effects Of Offshore Oil And Gas Development: A Quarterly Current Awareness Bibliography, July 1994, Sue Ann Gardner Jul 1994

Effects Of Offshore Oil And Gas Development: A Quarterly Current Awareness Bibliography, July 1994, Sue Ann Gardner

University of Nebraska-Lincoln Libraries: Faculty Publications

The July 1994 issue of Effects of Offshore Oil and Gas Development: A Quarterly Current Awareness Bibliography.

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Recognizing And Managing Multiple Organizational Approaches, Joan Giesecke Jun 1994

Recognizing And Managing Multiple Organizational Approaches, Joan Giesecke

University of Nebraska-Lincoln Libraries: Faculty Publications

Organizational theory today includes a number of analytical models which provide descriptions of how organizations function as well as prescriptions as to how organizations should function. Five organizational models seem particularly appropriate to academic libraries. The rational model describes organizations as value- maximizing units which are task oriented. The political bargaining model views organizations as arenas for conflict and bargaining where participants form coalitions and interest groups to achieve their own ends. The garbage can model views the organization as a chaotic mess where independent actors pursue individual, yet changing goals and decisions are mostly a function of timing. The …

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"Introduction" To The Dynamic Library Organizations In A Changing Environment: A Special Issue Of Journal Of Library Administration, Volume 20, Number 2 (1994), Joan Giesecke Jun 1994

"Introduction" To The Dynamic Library Organizations In A Changing Environment: A Special Issue Of Journal Of Library Administration, Volume 20, Number 2 (1994), Joan Giesecke

University of Nebraska-Lincoln Libraries: Faculty Publications

The articles in this collection are based on the discussions and work of the 1993 Senior Fellows as they participated in the UCLA Graduate School of Library and Information Science executive development program. The program included a combination of seminars on topics of interest to participants and unstructured time for research and discussion with colleagues on issues of common concern. The 1993 Fellows focused on the enormous challenges that librarians face today as libraries reengineer to meet the needs of patrons while struggling to stay afloat in today's changing environment. The group debated organizational processes, strategies, and structures, exploring how …

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Business & Economic Information On The Internet, Tracy Bicknell-Holmes Jun 1994

Business & Economic Information On The Internet, Tracy Bicknell-Holmes

University of Nebraska-Lincoln Libraries: Faculty Publications

No abstract provided.

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Focusing On Quality Reference Service, Tracy Bicknell-Holmes May 1994

Focusing On Quality Reference Service, Tracy Bicknell-Holmes

University of Nebraska-Lincoln Libraries: Faculty Publications

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Effects Of Offshore Oil And Gas Development: A Quarterly Current Awareness Bibliography, April 1994, Sue Ann Gardner Apr 1994

Effects Of Offshore Oil And Gas Development: A Quarterly Current Awareness Bibliography, April 1994, Sue Ann Gardner

University of Nebraska-Lincoln Libraries: Faculty Publications

The April 1994 issue of Effects of Offshore Oil and Gas Development: A Quarterly Current Awareness Bibliography.

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Effects Of Offshore Oil And Gas Development: A Quarterly Current Awareness Bibliography, January 1994, Sue Ann Gardner Jan 1994

Effects Of Offshore Oil And Gas Development: A Quarterly Current Awareness Bibliography, January 1994, Sue Ann Gardner

University of Nebraska-Lincoln Libraries: Faculty Publications

The January 1994 issue of Effects of Offshore Oil and Gas Development: A Quarterly Current Awareness Bibliography.

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Letters: Elimination Of Scholarships, Sue Ann Gardner Dec 1993

Letters: Elimination Of Scholarships, Sue Ann Gardner

University of Nebraska-Lincoln Libraries: Faculty Publications

Jay Hegde (Letters, 29 Oct., p. 637) asserts that “science students enter graduate school for the wrong reasons” when they seek “wholesale tuition waivers and stipends.” The implication is that students, with their sights set only on the big bucks they’ll rake in as graduate students, disregard that they may be unemployed after receiving their doctorate because of the lack of professional-level positions. Anyone who has gone through graduate school on a tuition waiver and stipend knows that big bucks it ain’t, so that is unlikely to be the major reason someone chooses to continue his or her education...

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Usain National Conference Report, Dana W. R. Boden Oct 1993

Usain National Conference Report, Dana W. R. Boden

University of Nebraska-Lincoln Libraries: Faculty Publications

General overview of the Third National Conference of the United States Agricultural Information Network (USAIN) held October 28-30, 1993, Auburn, Alabama. The conference theme was "Rural Information at the Crossroads: Issues and Opportunities", with sub-themes each day of the conference.

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Effects Of Offshore Oil And Gas Development: A Quarterly Current Awareness Bibliography, October 1993, Sue Ann Gardner Oct 1993

Effects Of Offshore Oil And Gas Development: A Quarterly Current Awareness Bibliography, October 1993, Sue Ann Gardner

University of Nebraska-Lincoln Libraries: Faculty Publications

October 1993 issue of Effects of Offshore Oil and Gas Development: A Quarterly Current Awareness Bibliography.

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The Internet And Libraries, Tracy Bicknell-Holmes Oct 1993

The Internet And Libraries, Tracy Bicknell-Holmes

University of Nebraska-Lincoln Libraries: Faculty Publications

No abstract provided.

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The Nebraska Newspaper Project, Katherine L. Walter Sep 1993

The Nebraska Newspaper Project, Katherine L. Walter

University of Nebraska-Lincoln Libraries: Faculty Publications

The Nebraska Newspaper Project completed a planning grant in 1992/93 with funding from the National Endowment for the Humanities. The grant provided support for a major survey to identify significant collections of newspapers around Nebraska. Surveys were sent to newspaper publishing companies, county and municipal clerks' offices, historical societies, libraries, and genealogical societies. While there were many responses to the written surveys, telephone calls had to be made to about one third of the institutions. In some cases, staff visited collections around the state to verify holdings.

The survey proved that the most significant collection in the state is at …

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Effects Of Offshore Oil And Gas Development: A Quarterly Current Awareness Bibliography, July 1993, Sue Ann Gardner Jul 1993

Effects Of Offshore Oil And Gas Development: A Quarterly Current Awareness Bibliography, July 1993, Sue Ann Gardner

University of Nebraska-Lincoln Libraries: Faculty Publications

The July 1993 issue of Effects of Offshore Oil and Gas Development: A Quarterly Current Awareness Bibliography.

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British Parliamentary Papers: A Simplified Guide For The Harried Librarian, Jeanetta Drueke, Gretchen Holten, Tom Mcfarland Jul 1993

British Parliamentary Papers: A Simplified Guide For The Harried Librarian, Jeanetta Drueke, Gretchen Holten, Tom Mcfarland

University of Nebraska-Lincoln Libraries: Faculty Publications

While several guides to the Parliamentary Papers exist, they are too lengthy for quick reference, are outdated, use unfamiliar terminology, and assume a previous knowledge of British government. Two other factors can make the guides confusing. First, the use of the term Parliamentary Papers is not always clear. It is sometimes applied, as it is in this article, to the entire range of papers produced by and for Parliament. Sometimes, however, it is applied more narrowly and refers only to a portion of the Papers also known as the Sessional Papers. Secondly, the available guides do not always indicate whether …

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Effects Of Offshore Oil And Gas Development: A Quarterly Current Awareness Bibliography, April 1993, Sue Ann Gardner Apr 1993

Effects Of Offshore Oil And Gas Development: A Quarterly Current Awareness Bibliography, April 1993, Sue Ann Gardner

University of Nebraska-Lincoln Libraries: Faculty Publications

The April 1993 issue of Effects of Offshore Oil and Gas Development: A Quarterly Current Awareness Bibliography.

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Recognizing Multiple Decision-Making Models: A Guide For Managers, Joan Giesecke Mar 1993

Recognizing Multiple Decision-Making Models: A Guide For Managers, Joan Giesecke

University of Nebraska-Lincoln Libraries: Faculty Publications

Empirical studies of decision making find that the process is more disorderly than described in rational models. New models have appeared that suggest that managers need to accommodate the randomness found in complex organizations. This article examines two approaches for dealing with this disorder: the political-bargaining model and the garbage can model. The essay clarifies the differences between these two approaches and assesses their usefulness to managers for understanding the decision-making process.

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Saving The Past To Enrich The Future: A Plan For Preserving Information Resources In Kansas, Katherine L. Walter Mar 1993

Saving The Past To Enrich The Future: A Plan For Preserving Information Resources In Kansas, Katherine L. Walter

University of Nebraska-Lincoln Libraries: Faculty Publications

Report of the Kansas Library Network Board's Preservation Committee to the citizens of Kansas

As the twenty-first century approaches, Kansas librarians, archivists, genealogists, records managers, and historians are seeking solutions to a crisis.

The crisis is the disintegration of the state's information resources. Documents recording births, deaths, inheritances and laws are all susceptible to the degradation of the materials on which they are recorded.

Neither paper nor optical disk will survive forever—acidic paper becomes embrittled in 50–80 years; optical disks and the equipment to access the information upon them may not last fifteen years.

Despite the inevitability of some loss, …

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Comparison Of A Dna Hybridization Probe And Elisa For The Detection Of Clavibacter Michiganensis Subsp. Sepedonicus In Field-Grown Potatoes, J. L. Drennan, A. A. G. Westra, S. A. Slack, Leslie M. Delserone, A. Collmer, N. C. Gudmestad, A. E. Oleson Jan 1993

Comparison Of A Dna Hybridization Probe And Elisa For The Detection Of Clavibacter Michiganensis Subsp. Sepedonicus In Field-Grown Potatoes, J. L. Drennan, A. A. G. Westra, S. A. Slack, Leslie M. Delserone, A. Collmer, N. C. Gudmestad, A. E. Oleson

University of Nebraska-Lincoln Libraries: Faculty Publications

Clavibacter michiganensis subsp. sepedonicus, the causal agent of bacterial ring rot, was detected in field-grown potatoes using a 1.078-kb repeated C. m. sepedonicus sequence as a probe in DNA hybridizations. Stem and petiole samples from susceptible and tolerant cultivars (Russet Burbank and Belrus, respectively), inoculated with 10 mM phosphate buffer (pH 7.2) or 102 or 109 cfu of either an aggressive or a less aggressive C. m. sepedonicus strain, were processed by directly blotting cut tissue sections on nylon membranes, macerating frozen tissues, and applying xylem fluid collected by centrifugation to nylon membranes (stems only). The efficiency of detection …

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Automating Idaho's Libraries, Mary K. Bolin Jan 1993

Automating Idaho's Libraries, Mary K. Bolin

University of Nebraska-Lincoln Libraries: Faculty Publications

The history of library automation in Idaho is iilustrative of the course of library automation throughout the United States. Idaho's effort to automate its libraries is the story of cooperative ventures designed to help libraries work together to further their own interests. The role of LSCA, the Idaho State Library, the geogaphy, and other unique characteristics of the state, as well as the role of WLN, are examined.

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Classification Of Chest Radiographs For Pneumoconiosis: A Comparison Of Two Methods Of Reading, D. C. F. Muir, Charles D. Bernholz, W. K. C. Morgan, J. O. Roos, J. Chan, W. Maehle, J. A. Julian, A. Sebestyen Mar 1992

Classification Of Chest Radiographs For Pneumoconiosis: A Comparison Of Two Methods Of Reading, D. C. F. Muir, Charles D. Bernholz, W. K. C. Morgan, J. O. Roos, J. Chan, W. Maehle, J. A. Julian, A. Sebestyen

University of Nebraska-Lincoln Libraries: Faculty Publications

Variability between readers in the evaluation of the radiographic appearances of pneumoconiosis has been investigated by several authors. To reduce inter and intrareader variability, standard reference films were introduced for epidemiological purposes. Improved films and methods of classification were published in subsequent years. The category of profusion of small opacities is determined by considering the profusion as a whole over the affected zones of the lung, and by comparing this with the standard radiographs. This requires a mental process of integrating profusion over the affected zones.

The purpose of the present study was to determine whether there would be any …

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Differential Toxicity Of Enantiomers Of Maackiain And Pisatin To Phytopathogenic Fungi, Leslie M. Delserone, David E. Matthews, Hans D. Vanetten Jan 1992

Differential Toxicity Of Enantiomers Of Maackiain And Pisatin To Phytopathogenic Fungi, Leslie M. Delserone, David E. Matthews, Hans D. Vanetten

University of Nebraska-Lincoln Libraries: Faculty Publications

Enantiomers of the isoflavonoid phytoalexins maackiain and pisatin were tested for toxicity to 36 fungal isolates representing 19 species. Nine of these species were pathogens of red clover, which synthesizes (–)maackiain; seven species were reported to be pathogenic on garden pea, which synthesizes predominantly (+)pisatin and minor amounts of (–)maackiain. In general, non-host phytoalexins were more inhibitory than host phytoalexins to growth of these pathogens. In addition, the opposite enantiomer of the host phytoalexin was often more inhibitory to a pathogenic fungus than the normally-occurring enantiomer. There was little correlation between the tolerance of fungi to (+) versus (–)pisatin and …

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The Flute Duets Of W.F. Bach: Sources And Dating, Anita Breckbill Jan 1992

The Flute Duets Of W.F. Bach: Sources And Dating, Anita Breckbill

University of Nebraska-Lincoln Libraries: Faculty Publications

The six flute duets of Wilhelm Friedemann Bach (1710-1784) are among the finest examples of this genre from the eighteenth century. That they are still not as well known as they deserve to be may stem partly from the problems with the editions that have been available until recently. The question of when these duets were composed has never been completely answered, largely because the sources present a confusing picture. In his classic biography of Wilhelm Friedemann Bach (1913), Martin Falck remarked that Bach is known to have composed pieces for the flute in Berlin (or, in other words, during …

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Make A Quick Decision In (Almost) All Cases: Our Perennial Crisis In Cataloging, Mary K. Bolin Dec 1991

Make A Quick Decision In (Almost) All Cases: Our Perennial Crisis In Cataloging, Mary K. Bolin

University of Nebraska-Lincoln Libraries: Faculty Publications

Growing backlogs and the increasing complexity of cataloging rules have led to activity on the national level to simplify and streamline cataloging. The solution to the perennial crisis in cataloging, however, begins with the attitudes of the individual cataloger. This article discusses those attitudes and proposes solutions for the individual.

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Spreadsheet Models For Cataloging Statistics, Mary K. Bolin Dec 1991

Spreadsheet Models For Cataloging Statistics, Mary K. Bolin

University of Nebraska-Lincoln Libraries: Faculty Publications

Statistics about cataloging activity are collected for several reasons: to monitor productivity and workflow and to satisfy requests from outside agencies and the library administration about the size and nature of the library's collection. Several spreadsheets developed at the University of Idaho Library to collect statistics about cataloging activity and technical services activity and costs are examined here.

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Retrospective Conversion Of A Medium-Sized Academic Library, Mary K. Bolin, Harley B. Wright Oct 1991

Retrospective Conversion Of A Medium-Sized Academic Library, Mary K. Bolin, Harley B. Wright

University of Nebraska-Lincoln Libraries: Faculty Publications

Even a successful retrospective conversion project requires a great deal of time, money, staff .and problem-solving. The University of Idaho Library is a medium-sized academic library and a member of WLN. This article describes the methods the library used to convert its collection, and examines the problems encountered with each method.

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Preservation Literacy: Needs And Solutions In Nebraska, Katherine L. Walter Sep 1991

Preservation Literacy: Needs And Solutions In Nebraska, Katherine L. Walter

University of Nebraska-Lincoln Libraries: Faculty Publications

Preservation literacy is becoming crucial as Nebraska's collections age and as the body of .Nebraska's written heritage grows. Preservation needs in the state have been identified by surveying libraries, historical societies, museums and records offices. Based on these surveys and on a National Endowment for the Humanities (NEH) funded State Preservation Planning Project, solutions to shared preservation problems are being proposed. Goals are to improve housing and care of collections, to preserve key collections in Nebraska, to raise public awareness, and to provide a coordinated preservation program for state repositories.

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What's Involved In The Evolving?: The Process Used In Developing A Proposal For Library Needs Of Distant Learners In A Sparsely Populated State, Kate E. Adams, Rebecca A. Bernthal, Tracy Bicknell-Holmes, Debra Pearson Jul 1991

What's Involved In The Evolving?: The Process Used In Developing A Proposal For Library Needs Of Distant Learners In A Sparsely Populated State, Kate E. Adams, Rebecca A. Bernthal, Tracy Bicknell-Holmes, Debra Pearson

University of Nebraska-Lincoln Libraries: Faculty Publications

Distance education. Distant learners. Extended campus library service. Nontraditional students. Satellite delivery. Access to information. Equal access to information and service. Limited resources. Over the past few years, these topics have appeared frequently in the literatures of higher education and librarianship. As the burgeoning interest in distance education continues to grow, more and more librarians are involved with meeting the needs of distance education students. Although meeting the library needs of any nontraditional student has always been a challenge for academic libraries, developing a program and process to serve distant learners is particularly challenging. In Nebraska, geographic and demographic factors …

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Creativity And Innovation In An Organized Anarchy, Joan Giesecke Jan 1991

Creativity And Innovation In An Organized Anarchy, Joan Giesecke

University of Nebraska-Lincoln Libraries: Faculty Publications

Organizations can respond to change in their environments in a variety of planned and unplanned ways. In complex organizations, when the environment is unstable, managers need to examine their assumptions about how organizations function in order to develop effective strategies for introducing creativity and change. This essay reviews the assumptions behind theories of organizational decision making, explores how those assumptions affect how managers decide strategies for introducing change, and offers some ideas on how to introduce creativity into organizations that face ambiguous internal and external environments.

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