Three articles discuss aspects of corporate information systems: (1) "Packet Switching Networks: Worldwide Access to Corporate Datafiles" (Kurt O. Baumgartner); "Classified Documents in the Corporate Library" (Patricia M. Shores); and "From Library to Information Center: Case Studies in the Evolution of Corporate…

Presents findings from survey of Canadian information centers specializing in business, economics, or finance (corporate library, government department library, fee-based service, commercial database, association information center). Questions focused on three broad categories: human resources organization, relative use of different types of…

Originally part of a symposium on educational media for the deaf, the paper reports on the status of the National Media Center for Severely Handicapped Persons. Listed among the six major objectives of the center is the location and retrieval of instructional media materials. (PHR)

Summarizes presentations on profitability in the information industry from the viewpoints of producers, who have to have a reason to be in business, and users, whose businesses are often driven by the information they can access and the price of that information. (Author/CLB)

Discusses two ways that perceptions concerning effectiveness of special libraries and information centers can be changed--change methods used to account for library financially and change provision of services to better meet users' needs. Seven steps for increasing real and perceived value of library to organization are proposed. (11 sources) (EJS)

Discussion of cultural barriers in information systems focuses on results of a study at a large private research organization in Austria that was conducted to identify major problem areas and to develop a framework for identifying and evaluating possible solutions. User, technical, and cost factors for evaluating options are considered. (30…

Discusses the nature of scholarship as it has been known and the characteristics of the traditional relationship between scholars and their information sources. Also discusses three generations of library computing, organizational issues surrounding the advent of the "wired scholar," and implications for the future. (JN)

Describes three chemical information science courses offered by Indiana University (IU) Department of Chemistry. Also describes goals and operation of IU's Chemical Information Center, created to implement online searching of chemical databases and to assume operation of the IU dissemination of information services based on Chemical Abstracts…

Description of international acquisition and dissemination efforts of the National Technical Information Service (NTIS) focuses on agreements and special programs designed to promote international cooperation. Difficulties that NTIS has experienced relating to copyright differences, variable organizations, and less developed countries are…

Discusses proceedings of the 1996 ASIS (American Society for Information Science) annual meeting in Baltimore (Maryland), including chaos theory; electronic universities; distance education; intellectual property, including information privacy on the Internet; the need for leadership in libraries and information centers; information warfare and…

Describes two special collections focusing on postharvest systems of handling, transportation, storage, and marketing of food and feed grain. Highlights include information needs of developing countries (e.g., Egypt, Honduras, Pakistan), and information center activities (communication and marketing, collection building, interpreting client needs,…

The Latin American Network Information Center is an academic Web site that houses various databases and similar projects and provides director access to sites in and about Latin America. Exploratory research into the site's usability revealed that overall, users were successful in using the site and expressed satisfaction with it, but some…

Examines the objectives and structure of two-part end-user training program (classroom instruction, individualized hands-on training), which introduces scientists to fundamentals of literature searching, including both printed and online sources of scientific information. Brief history and future directions of the program are noted. Sample Amoco…

Presents three conference papers from the Association of Library and Information Science Education 1990 Annual Conference that deal with the role of qualitative research in information settings. Highlights include qualitative methodology in cultural institutions; emphasizing the user; and two studies on information management, one using…

Describes the implementation of the Integrated Information Center at the University of Minnesota that was developed to evaluate a model for integrating information delivery in a networked campus environment. Organizational factors that shaped its development are discussed, including the lack of a campuswide information policy and a lack of…