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Rethlefsen, Melissa L. – Library Journal, 2010
Over the past several years, Internet users have become accustomed to Web 2.0 and cloud computing-style applications. It's commonplace and even intuitive to drag and drop gadgets on personalized start pages, to comment on a Facebook post without reloading the page, and to compose and save documents through a web browser. The web paradigm has…
Descriptors: Cooperation, Internet, Web Sites, Computer Mediated Communication
Kuzyk, Raya – Library Journal, 2007
Disaster planning focuses on future function and recovery, on helping libraries expeditiously return to their original states of operation. It all but ignores the concept of continuous function throughout a disaster. This is not true in the private and government sectors, however, which have managed to cover a wider load of disaster response…
Descriptors: Emergency Programs, Library Administration, Library Services, Institutional Cooperation
Albanese, Andrew Richard – Library Journal, 2007
In this article, the author presents an interview with Brewster Kahle, leader of the Open Content Alliance (OCA). OCA book scan program is an alternative to Google's library project that aims to make books accessible online. In this interview, Kahle discusses his views on the challenges of getting books on the Web, on Google's library…
Descriptors: Institutional Cooperation, Internet, Interviews, Library Services
Johnson, Brenda L.; Alexander, Laurie A. – Library Journal, 2007
Annette Haines, one of three field librarians at the University of Michigan (UM), traveled to Angouleme, France, with a faculty member to attend an international comic book festival. As the field librarian in the School of Art and Design, Haines was able to learn firsthand what materials professor Phoebe Gloeckner, a well-known graphic novelist,…
Descriptors: Foreign Countries, Educational Environment, Library Services, Librarians
Berry, John – Library Journal, 1996
Florida's Broward County Library is acknowledged for skill and innovation in the development of symbiotic partnerships with businesses, government agencies, and educational institutions. Director Samuel F. Morrison comments on the library's mission; growth; operational style; and projects such as the Southeast Florida Library Information Network,…
Descriptors: Awards, Black Studies, County Libraries, Information Networks
Bohem, Hilda – Library Journal, 1979
Proposes, in the spirit of good library keeping, a regional cooperative approach to the preservation of library materials which would embody conservation services of a lower order than a conservation laboratory: e.g., stack cleaning, facilities inspection and repair, and book dusting. (JD)
Descriptors: Library Materials, Preservation, Program Proposals, Regional Cooperation
De Gennaro, Richard – Library Journal, 1979
Our task in the next decade is to keep the bibliographic utilities and regional networks or service centers lean and flexible and responsive to the needs and desires of the libraries that created and support them. It will not be easy, but healthy competition may help. (Author)
Descriptors: Competition, Cooperation, Library Networks, Opinions
Bohle, Shannon – Library Journal, 2008
With all the new advances in library technology--including metadata, social networking, and Web 2.0, along with the advent of nonlibrary and for-profit digital information companies like Wikisource and Google Print--librarians have barely had time to reflect on the nontechnical implications of these innovations. They need to take a step back and…
Descriptors: Information Management, Archives, Metadata, Librarians
Blumenstein, Lynn – Library Journal, 2007
According to conference co-chair Ty Webb, this year's Special Libraries Association (SLA) conference theme, "Climb to New Heights," challenges the info pro to "accept challenges by creating innovative solutions." To meet that need, conference programming, which runs June 3-6 in Denver, includes SYNERGY sessions, which are based on the…
Descriptors: Distance Education, Online Courses, Continuing Education, Continuing Education Units
Mason, Marilyn Gell; Chesemore, Sarah; Van Noord, Rachel – Library Journal, 2006
E-learning describes electronically delivered learning, using tools like web conferencing, web-based tutorials, message boards, online assessments, and more. The term e-learning includes self-paced learning; asynchronous facilitator-led learning, where the students and instructors interact at different times; and synchronous facilitator-led…
Descriptors: Online Courses, Distance Education, Instructional Development, Internet
Library Journal, 2004
They are an unbeatable combination: Grog Sennema, digital resources librarian at Calvin College's Hekman Library, and Jed Koops, library systems programmer. This brief article discusses these two library employees and and how they worked together to solve many issues within their library system.
Descriptors: Cooperation, Library Services, Library Personnel, Librarians
Diener, Ronald E. – Library Journal, 1981
Recommends that library administrators turn to public administration models in preference to business administration models for network management; this choice is predicated on the not-for-profit aspects of public service organizations. (RAA)
Descriptors: Business Administration, Library Administration, Library Cooperation, Library Networks
Everett, Karen – Library Journal, 1980
Suggests that the divisions and animosities of the library community could be resolved through proper emphasis on access to information and resource sharing. Urban versus rural library, school versus public library, trustee versus librarian, and issues of professionalism are examined. (RAA)
Descriptors: Conflict Resolution, Group Unity, Librarians, Library Cooperation
Ridgeway, Michel – Library Journal, 1990
Provides background on automation of library catalogs. Arguments are presented in favor of standards for online catalogs, and the possibility that inconsistent record access may result in confusion for library patrons is discussed. (MES)
Descriptors: Library Automation, Library Cooperation, Library Services, Online Catalogs
DeCandido, GraceAnne A. – Library Journal, 1989
Reviews major library issues and events of 1988, including: (1) the Federal Bureau of Investigation's Library Awareness Program; (2) cooperation with USSR libraries; (3) library finance; (4) preservation; and (5) special programing. News about a number of prominent library professionals is included in a sidebar. (MES)
Descriptors: Annual Reports, Foreign Countries, Intellectual Freedom, Librarians
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