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Download full textKnowles, Malcolm S. – Southeastern Librarian, 1976
Non-traditional study has brought equivalency programs for adults, in-service education programs, institutes and special courses, continuing education centers, and external degrees. The key features of the non-traditional approach to education are redefinition of the roles of student and teacher, the use of learning contracts, and the multiplicity…
Descriptors: Adult Education, Adult Learning, External Degree Programs, Information Centers
Trubkin, Loene – 1982
Use of online information services is currently widespread in public, academic, government, and corporate libraries and information centers. The trend is for smaller libraries of all varieties to install terminals and obtain passwords, while larger libraries add systems of all types. Even in the face of a severe recession, online growth rates have…
Descriptors: Databases, Economic Factors, Futures (of Society), Information Centers
Jacob, M. E. L. – Library Hi Tech News, 1996
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…
Descriptors: Access to Information, Chaos Theory, Conferences, Distance Education
Clifton, Joe Ann, Ed.; Helgeson, Duane, Ed. – 1973
This collection of ten conference reports begins with "Historical Impact of Computers on the Operation of Libraries and Information Systems: A Personal Perspective" and is followed by "Tips on Computer Software: Advantages and Methods of Program Dissemination" and "BLOCS--A Unique Multi-Dimensional Approach to On-Line Circulation". Next, libraries…
Descriptors: Computer Programs, Computers, Data Collection, Databases
Peer reviewedSmith, Karen Patricia; And Others – Journal of Education for Library and Information Science, 1990
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…
Descriptors: Computer Centers, Conferences, Cultural Centers, Higher Education
Wilde, Glenn R. – 1982
A rural library project of the Intermountain Group, a network of four land-grant universities, eight local communities, and the state libraries in Wyoming, Utah, Colorado, and Montana, developed a Community Interest Inventory and solicited information on professional information needs from identified community groups who were users or potential…
Descriptors: Community Education, Community Organizations, Extension Education, Futures (of Society)
