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Information Outlook, December 2000, Special Libraries Association

Information Outlook, 2000

Volume 4, Issue 12

Information Outlook, November 2000, Special Libraries Association

Information Outlook, 2000

Volume 4, Issue 11

Information Outlook, October 2000, Special Libraries Association

Information Outlook, 2000

Volume 4, Issue 10

Information Outlook, September 2000, Special Libraries Association

Information Outlook, 2000

Volume 4, Issue 9

Information Outlook, August 2000, Special Libraries Association

Information Outlook, 2000

Volume 4, Issue 8

Information Outlook, July 2000, Special Libraries Association

Information Outlook, 2000

Volume 4, Issue 7

New Learners, New Models: Information Literacy At The University Of Rhode Island, Mary C. Macdonald, Joanna M. Burkhardt, Andrée J. Rathemacher

Technical Services Faculty Presentations

Powerpoint slides for a presentation, "New Learners, New Models: Information Literacy at the University of Rhode Island," at the ACRL New England Bibliographic Instruction Committee (NEBIC) Annual Program 2000, Information Literacy Into the Curriculum: Methods and Models for Librarians. The program took place on June 9, 2000 in Boston, MA.

Information Outlook, June 2000, Special Libraries Association

Information Outlook, 2000

Volume 4, Issue 6

Information Outlook, May 2000, Special Libraries Association

Information Outlook, 2000

Volume 4, Issue 5

Information Outlook, April 2000, Special Libraries Association

Information Outlook, 2000

Volume 4, Issue 4

Financial Information Resources For Special Librarians, Di Su

Publications and Research

Speed has always been a competitive factor and corporate asset in business world. The growth of the Internet has created an equal opportunity for information service professionals in both big and small companies to improve their efficiency. The prominent advantages of Web source are currency, accessibility, and thus, the speed. You are provided with instant updates on issues like rules, official statements, interpretations, statistics, etc., and these documents can be accessed twenty-four hours a day, seven days a week. There are so many valuable Web sites on the Internet that it is impossible to include them all in this article, …

Information Outlook, March 2000, Special Libraries Association

Information Outlook, 2000

Volume 4, Issue 3

Subject Librarians Relations With Faculty At The University Of Botswana: A Review Of Liaison Activities, Edwin Qobose

E-JASL: Electronic Journal of Academic and Special Librarianship (1999-2009, Volumes 1-10)

Conclusion

Liaising at the University of Botswana Library (UBL) is at the heart of all subject librarian activities. It is therefore absolutely essential that we make an effort to maintain a liaison program which will ensure effective communication with all the academic departments for all of the library's services. As liaison librarians, we are academic partners, and should actively participate in the promotion of excellent teaching and research activities. By monitoring curricular and research developments in assigned subject fields, subject librarians develop and maintain library collections for their respective faculties. It is vital that we should always be proactive, and …

Are Transaction Logs Useful? A Ten-Year Study, Julie Banks

E-JASL: Electronic Journal of Academic and Special Librarianship (1999-2009, Volumes 1-10)

Introduction

Transaction log analysis has long been a staple in academic libraries. Recently, for example, authors have reported on transaction logs and their use in identifying access point use, re-engineering the online public access catalog (OPAC), improving search retrieval, utilizing flip charts at terminals, and employing log data for general personnel management. There are still questions left unanswered, however, about the usefulness of transaction log analysis in marshalling personnel resources. One is whether the logs have predictive value over a span of time, and another is whether any useful trends can be discerned from the logs' data. To answer these …

Information Outlook, February 2000, Special Libraries Association

Information Outlook, 2000

Volume 4, Issue 2

New Learners, New Models: Cultivating An Information Literacy Program. A Presentation For The University Of Rhode Island Council Of Deans., Mary C. Macdonald, Joanna M. Burkhardt, Andrée J. Rathemacher

Technical Services Faculty Presentations

Powerpoint slides for a presentation on information literacy to the University of Rhode Island Deans' Council on January 19, 2000.

Children's Book Festival, Karen Rowell, Onva K. Boshears Jr., University Of Southern Mississippi

Fay B. Kaigler Children's Book Festival Programs

The program for the thirty-third annual Children's Book Festival held on the campus of The University of Southern Mississippi in Hattiesburg, Mississippi in 2000.

Tooling Up For Internet Searching, R Philip Reynolds

Librarian and Staff Presentations

Workshop given to faculty students and staff.

The Gettysburg Experience, Robin Wagner

All Musselman Library Staff Works

In February 1994, Gettysburg College launched an ambitious experiment that joined computing and the library into a new organization known as Information Resources. Gettysburg College, one of the first liberal arts colleges to undertake such a merger, sought, along with only a handful of other institutions, a level of integration so complete that all vestiges of the traditional library disappeared. This is the story of that merger and why it failed despite the best efforts of many. [excerpt]

Information Needs Of Academic Staff At The University Of Malaya In A Digital Environment, Harvinder Kaur Bakhtawar Singh

Student Works (2000-2009)

The aim of this study was to determine the information needs, use and expectations of academic staff at the University of Malaya in a digital environment. A survey research methodology was used, and 328 academic staff members were sent a questionnaire asking for information on their current information seeking patterns, perceptions on role, resources and services provided by the university library, information availability and usage, and their information needs. A total of 113 responses were received, representing a 34.45% rate of return. The findings showed that a majority of the academic staff seeks information for research purposes. 87.6% of the …

Information Needs Of Foreign Women In Malaysia, With Special Reference To The Sudanese Community, Samia Mohamed Malik

Student Works (2000-2009)

The primary aim of this study was to assess the information needs of foreign women in Malaysia, with a particular focus on the Sudanese community. The study identified the main information needs, the sources they used to find the information, their use of the library and the types of materials they utilized in seeking information. A postal questionnaire was used for data collection. Ninety copies of questionnaires were distributed to the Sudanese women living in Kuala Lumpur and Petaling Jaya. The response rate was 73.3%, with 66 out of the 90 questionnaires being returned. The majority of the respondents were …

A Descriptive Study On The Research Trends Of Postgraduate Students In The Sciences, Leelawathy Kanapathy Pillai

Student Works (2000-2009)

The study analyses trends in research activities in the sciences using data from theses submitted to the University of Malaya between 1971 and 1995. A total of 101 theses in nine disciplines in the sciences were studied during the 25- year period (1971-1995). The study is divided into two parts. Part l is based on the information obtained from the 'Acknowledgement' section of all the 101 theses. It looks at the year of theses submission by discipline, distribution of theses submitted by race and gender of the researcher, and distribution of scholarship/grants and tutorship tenure by discipline. Part 2 of …

An Analysis Of Malaysian Computer Science And Information Technology Research Publications In Selected International Databases, Yinian Gu

Student Works (2000-2009)

This study analysed Malaysian computer science and information technology research works published within the period 1990 and 1998. The data was collected from three international CD-ROM databases. i.e.. COMPENDEX (1987- 1999), IEL (IEE/IEEE Electronic Library) (1988- 1999). and INSPEC (1990- 1998). The search contributed a total of 389 bibliographic records. Malaysian research contribution in the fields of computer science and in formation technology between 1990 and 1998 indicated two stages of development, i.e.. the exploration period from 1990 to 1994 and the rapid growth period during 1995 to 1998. The most productive period of research publication was 1997. The continuing …

Evaluation Of Academic Library Web Sites In Malaysia, Kee Hiong Lee

Student Works (2000-2009)

Academic libraries have dynamically created Web sites on the World Wide Web. However, they have to keep the content and design of their Web sites in line with their missions. Currently, there is lack of a mixed-method approach that combines both quantitative and qualitative analyses for academic library Web sites evaluation and integration of results. This study evaluates the content and design of academic library Web sites in Malaysia by using a mixed-method approach. A total of twelve library Web sites of public and private institutions of higher learning in Malaysia are selected for evaluation. For qualitative analysis, a matrix …

In The Trenches: Transferring User Skills From School To College And Beyond, Diane Duesterhoeft

Faculty Publications

For those of us who work with college and university students in our libraries, we sometimes wonder, "Don't these students learn anything about using a library in high school? If they do, they don't seem to retain what they've learned!" And those of us who work with high school students wonder, "Don't these students learn anything about using the library in middle school or elementary school?" and on it goes! We know from our own experiences or from discussions with library colleagues working in elementary schools that librarians devote an extensive amount of time teaching elementary age students information literacy …

Information Outlook, January 2000, Special Libraries Association

Information Outlook, 2000

Volume 4, Issue 1