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Publication Date: 1994
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From Smart Guesser to Smart Navigator: Changes in Collection Development for Research Libraries in a Network Environment.
Zhou, Yuan
Library Trends, v42 n4 p648-60 Spr 1994
Discusses the impact that network technology, electronic publishing, and Internet communication are having on collection development policies in research libraries. Highlights include changes in the research library environment, including financial difficulties; scholarly communication; workstations for material selection; and materials in electronic format, including software, CD-ROM, databases, and electronic journals and texts. (Contains 17 references.) (LRW)
Descriptors: Academic Libraries, Change, Computer Networks, Computer Software, Databases, Electronic Journals, Electronic Publishing, Electronic Text, Financial Problems, Higher Education, Information Networks, Information Technology, Library Collection Development, Library Material Selection, Library Materials, Library Policy, Optical Data Disks, Research Libraries, Scholarly Communication, Workstations
Publication Type: Opinion Papers; Reports - Descriptive; Journal Articles
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Language: English
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