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Heins, Ethel L. – Horn Book Magazine, 1980
Reports remarks made by Daniel J. Boorstin, Librarian of Congress, on distinctions between the concepts of knowledge and information and on the widening gap between the growth of "information institutions" and the financial plight of many "knowledge institutions" (schools and libraries). Shows how Boorstin's ideas bear on the…
Descriptors: Educational Objectives, Elementary Secondary Education, Higher Education, Information Centers
Peer reviewedSpornick, Charles D. – Library Hi Tech, 1998
Discusses the Beck Center for Electronic Collections and Services at Emory University (Georgia), including the role of text centers both within and outside of the academic research library. Describes projects with various departments, and innovative partnerships with technologists from the library and the campus computing center, as well as with…
Descriptors: Academic Libraries, Computer Uses in Education, Cooperation, Electronic Libraries
Peer reviewedGaunt, Marianne – Library Hi Tech, 1998
Describes the Center for the Electronic Texts in the Humanities (CETH), a joint project of Princeton University and Rutgers University (New Jersey) to provide a national focus for humanities computing. Examines the evolution of CETH as its role has changed with the growth of the humanities computing community and the impact of the digital…
Descriptors: Academic Libraries, Change, Computer Uses in Education, Cooperative Programs
Download full textHeim, Kathleen M. – 1975
The use, history, and role of machine-readable data base technology is discussed. First the development of data base technology is traced from its beginnings as a special resource for science and technology to its broader use in universities, with descriptions of some specific services. Next the current status of mechanized information services in…
Descriptors: College Libraries, Databases, Higher Education, Information Centers
McClure, Charles R.; And Others – 1987
This report describes a project which assessed the feasibility for the design and implementation of a Center for Scientific and Technical Information (STI) Transfer in the Central New York region, and to lay the groundwork for cooperative projects among Syracuse University (SU), Central New York libraries, regional businesses, and area governments…
Descriptors: Access to Information, Cooperative Programs, Economic Development, Feasibility Studies
Peer reviewedHughes, Carol Ann; Morris, Dee – Library Hi Tech, 1998
Describes the development of the Teaching With Innovative Style and Technology (TWIST) library technology center at the University of Iowa and discusses the need for individualized interaction to build trust and social cohesion between faculty and library staff as a necessary part of promoting the dissemination of technology in a university…
Descriptors: Academic Libraries, College Faculty, Computer Uses in Education, Faculty Development
Totemeyer, A.-J., Ed.; And Others – 1993
This document contains the following papers presented at a seminar in which information workers from Namibia and neighboring countries elaborated on future information services in Namibia: "Welcome" (A. de Klerk); "Right to Information and Citizenship" (N. Angula); "Namibia: Information Policy Issues and the State of…
Descriptors: Academic Libraries, Archives, Coordination, Elementary Secondary Education
