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Thornton, Elaine – Journal of Web Librarianship, 2009
iTunes University is a free service offered by Apple iTunes to educational institutions. It serves as a platform for the management and distribution of educational, instructional, and informational resources through both audio and video podcasts. Participation in the service among colleges and universities continues to grow since its official…
Descriptors: Academic Libraries, Foreign Countries, Database Management Systems, Information Management
Utilization of a Microcomputer in an Elementary School Learning Resource Centre.
Edmonton Public Schools (Alberta). – 1983
A microcomputer and hard disk were used to set up an automated card catalog in an Edmonton (Alberta) elementary school learning resource center to determine if a computerized card catalog would help elementary students to access learning resource materials, thereby enhancing their learning. Instead of using a traditional card catalog, students…
Descriptors: Elementary Education, Feasibility Studies, Foreign Countries, Interviews
Collection Development and the Computer: A Case Study in the Analysis of Machine Readable Loan Records and Their Application to Book Selection.
Simmons, Peter – 1971
At the Library of the University of British Columbia, computers are used for a variety of tasks, including the control of book and serial acquisitions. The computer-produced circulation records have been employed to study the use of library materials at U.B.C. in three distinct areas. There have been studies of use in relation to loan policy,…
Descriptors: Books, College Libraries, Computer Programs, Foreign Countries
Official Publication Section. Collections and Services Division. Papers.
International Federation of Library Associations, The Hague (Netherlands). – 1982
Papers on the collection and processing of official or government documents which were presented at the 1982 International Federation of Library Associations (IFLA) conference include: (1) "The Definition of Official Publications" by E. Johansson (United Kingdom), which provides a proposed definition and a 1979 IFLA discussion paper on…
Descriptors: Cataloging, Classification, Definitions, Foreign Countries
University Library Experience with Remote Access to Online Catalogs.
Jamieson, Alexis J.; Dolan, M. Elizabeth – 1985
To investigate the experience of American and Canadian university libraries with remote access catalogs, self-administered questionnaires were sent to the 137 directors of all Association of Research Libraries (ARL) libraries and all libraries of Canadian degree-granting institutions. The study was designed to: (1) survey Canadian and U.S.…
Descriptors: Academic Libraries, Foreign Countries, Higher Education, Library Automation
Communications and Information Technologies in Canadian Universities. New Technologies in Canadian Education Series. Paper 4.
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Rosen, Thelma – 1984
This paper reports information received from responses to a survey questionnaire from the presidents of 46 universities and their affiliated colleges across Canada. The questionnaire (circulated to all member institutions of the Association of Universities and Colleges of Canada) included queries about the experiences of the universities with…
Descriptors: Academic Libraries, Communications Satellites, Computer Assisted Instruction, Computer Networks