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Carter, Sunshine; Traill, Stacie – Journal of Electronic Resources Librarianship, 2017
Electronic resource access troubleshooting is familiar work in most libraries. The added complexity introduced when a library implements a web-scale discovery service, however, creates a strong need for well-organized, rigorous training to enable troubleshooting staff to provide the best service possible. This article outlines strategies, tools,…
Descriptors: Basic Skills, Troubleshooting, Electronic Libraries, Electronic Publishing
Mixter, Jeffrey; Childress, Eric R. – OCLC Online Computer Library Center, Inc., 2013
Over the past ten years, various organizations, both public and private, have expressed interest in implementing the Faceted Application of Subject Terminology (FAST) in their cataloging workflows. As interest in FAST has grown, so too has interest in knowing how FAST is being used and by whom. Since 2002 eighteen institutions in six countries…
Descriptors: Technology Integration, Libraries, Electronic Publishing, Cataloging
Mohler, Joyce S. – 1992
The purpose of this study was to determine the current levels of automation and plans for future automation in state-supported, two-year community college libraries. A second purpose was to examine the impact of independent variables, such as enrollment and professional staff, on library automation. Eighty community college library directors and…
Descriptors: Community Colleges, Librarians, Library Administration, Library Automation
Keable, Doreen M.; And Others – 1992
A survey of school media centers in Minnesota elementary and secondary schools was undertaken to determine the extent of the progress they have made towards meeting the Information Power guidelines for automation. Two hundred schools were selected to receive an eight-page questionnaire, and 57% responded. The results show that Minnesota library…
Descriptors: Elementary Secondary Education, Learning Resources Centers, Library Automation, Library Circulation
Grosch, Audrey N. – 1975
Alternative approaches to the building of monographic bibliography files for an on-line data management system using minicomputers at the University of Minnesota Libraries' Twin Cities Campus center are described. Secondary and primary sources of the Machine-Readable Cataloging (MARC) II records are considered--including Blackwell-North America,…
Descriptors: Cataloging, Citations (References), College Libraries, Computers
Keable, Doreen M.; And Others – School Library Media Quarterly, 1993
Reports results of a 1990 survey of the progress Minnesota school library media centers made toward meeting Information Power guidelines for automating circulation, reference services, and the catalog. Order of automation, relationship between school size and automation, media specialists' satisfaction with new systems, and reasons for not…
Descriptors: Elementary Secondary Education, Guidelines, Learning Resources Centers, Library Automation