AAU/ARL Research Libraries Action Agenda

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This paper will focus on the process of creating an interactive World Wide Web application that allows patrons the ability to access and retrieve full-text journal articles from any of nearly 7,500 unique electronic journal titles, which are delivered to their computer desktops, without geographic constraints.     

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Using a Web-Based MOO for Library Instruction in Distance Education

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This institution is in the process of establishing a graphical interface, Web-based MOO [Multi-User Dungeon, Object-Oriented], both to create a forum for synchronous library instruction and to serve as an online meeting place for off-campus students, who are otherwise without a learning community. This paper describes the development of that service and outlines its strengths and weaknesses.     

Web2．0的特性及其对图书馆服务的影响

本文介绍了Web2.0的涵义和特性,图书馆Web2.0的起源和发展及图书馆应用Web2.0技术的必要性.分析了目前图书馆运用Wiki、Blog和RSS来改进用户服务模式的状况.     

Extending Library Boundaries Without Losing the Personal Touch

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Pakistani University Library Web Sites: Features,Contents, and Maintenance Issues

ABSTRACT

This study explores the current status and features of Pakistan's academic library Web sites. A checklist describing features and content was prepared based on a review of the literature related to academic libraries’ Web sites. Then, all 85 library Web sites of Pakistani universities and degree-awarding institutions recognized by the Higher Education Commission (HEC) of Pakistan were surveyed and analyzed using the checklist. Interviews with library professionals were conducted to learn more about the problems and issues with building and maintaining library Web sites. Results indicate that Pakistani academic library Web sites have effective features such as contrasting color schemes, easily readable text, minimal use of horizontal scrolling, and English-language text. Staff information, OPACs, and navigation features are also widely found on the Web sites. Features found less frequently include the use of Web 2.0 technologies, Web site aid tools, information about library buildings, and general library information. By offering information about the status of Pakistani academic library Web sites, the study can serve as a foundation for discussion between libraries and other parts of the university, as well as a benchmark for evaluating the progress of academic library Web sites in Pakistan     

社会化交往站点(SNS)中的图书馆服务

在Web2.0时代,图书馆应把握住社会交往站点中的微内容、自组织及去中心化、应用程序以及双向交流的特征,主动将图书馆的资源和服务延伸到用户所在的网络社区。论文介绍并分析了图书馆在社会交往站点上开展服务的实践,总结了服务的主要内容及形式,指出了实践中的图书馆应采取的措施。     

Louisiana Academic Libraries

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The state of Louisiana has a long history of consortial activities among academic libraries. Having this infrastructure in place contributed to the ease of creation of a distance library services network that includes both public and private universities. This paper traces the history of academic library consortia in Louisiana, and provides methodologies and results of several surveys of distance education students. The results of a survey currently being conducted are forthcoming.     

Graduate Students' Perceptions of Library Support Services for Distance Learners

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A survey was conducted in Spring 1999 to assess the library support services for distance learning within the Texas A&M University System. Graduate students actively enrolled at remote sites in one or more courses taught on the system's interactive video network were surveyed. Results of this survey provide insight for improving library services.

“People want what they want when they want it. They don't want something else, they don't want less than they want, and they certainly don't want it at some other time” (Forsha, 1992).     

Lib 2.0时代如何改进图书馆的服务

图书馆2.0是web 2.0的技术或服务在图书馆信息服务中的应用,图书馆2.0时代的到来兴起了图书馆领域的新的革命.文章介绍了图书馆2.0的基本原则和特点,并对国内外图书馆在服务上进行的创新和改进如Web OPAC服务、RSS资源导航服务、以及利用博客、Wiki等技术方便读者与图书馆的互动,提供个性化的信息服务进行了系统调研,分析了图书馆2.0的兴起对图书馆理念和服务实践上的影响.参考文献6.     

Future Directions for Government Information

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Public Library Services for Veterans: Selected Brief Case Studies

Public libraries across the country design and deliver programs for military veterans and their families, often collaborating with other organizations and agencies. The examples were assembled from both general and specialized interviews with librarians, and literature and Internet searches, with summaries of programs assembled and written by multiple researchers. The specific limitations on the listing in this article are clearly outlined in the first section. Overall, however, the article provides a good introductory overview of what’s going on in veteran’s programs and services in America’s public libraries in over seventy libraries in forty states. We hope this list of what public libraries have organized or are doing will supply other public librarians with ideas on how to provide new services or enhance their existing ones.     

Assessing the Impact of Cloud Computing and Web Collaboration on the Work of Distance Library Services

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Cloud computing and Web collaboration are shaping 21st-century libraries. These 2 developments seem to be behind the newest developments in library services and are driving library automation. The 2 are impacting library work by providing the library administrator with opportunities, especially for greater synergies among various individuals over dispersed locations. While the literature indicates ambivalence about these twin developments among library and information professionals, the administrators of distance library services have no choice but to engage in the use of cloud computing technologies and Web collaboration in order to remain relevant to users. Unfortunately, in doing this, distance services librarians will need to trade off ownership and control, trusting outsiders, while teaching users to be critical of the information gathered from collaborative sources.     

高校图书馆网络化信息服务

分析了网络化信息服务的内涵,论述了高校图书馆开展网络化信息服务的必要性和可行性,着力阐述了高校图书馆网络化信息服务的内容及方法。     

图书馆学教育与现代图书馆理念

20世纪80年代初,中国图书馆学理论变革没有触及现代图书馆理念,导致图书馆学教育体系缺乏现代图书馆理念的指导。现代图书馆理念包括智识自由、读者权利、平等服务、对弱势群体人文关怀等。国外LIS课程中体现了这种理念。我国近年部分图书馆学教材中开始体现这种理念。     

基于Library2.0技术的图书馆应用研究

Library2.0是Web2.0在图书馆的应用,是图书馆服务的新理念。通过介绍Web2.0和Library2.0的概念,讨论了Library2.0相关技术。最后,分析了Library2.0在图书馆的应用。     

图书馆拓展服务探析与案例研究

以康奈尔大学图书馆、清华大学图书馆为例,介绍图书馆拓展服务方面的探索与实践,涉及所采用的方法、合作对象、取得的成果等,并对两馆拓展服务之间的异同进行比较。拓展服务形式多样,一些形式与图书馆传统角色相匹配,而另一些则需要图书馆走出去,积极主动展示自己。拓展服务的成功关键在于要与学校的总体目标和发展方向保持一致,以使拓展服务保持新鲜与活力,最终达到真正改进图书馆读者服务的目的,甚至对读者的技能产生长期影响。     

美国的州立图书馆及其作用——美国图书馆的管理和运营概述之一

文章介绍了美国州立图书馆在美国图书馆系统中的作用和在美国图书馆发展中,在执行美国有关图书馆法的过程作所起的作用。通过对州图书馆发展的历史回顾,州图书馆在州政府的行政隶属关系,以及美国法律中对州图书馆职能的规定等方面的讨论,可以看出州图书馆及其作用的形成有其历史、政治和法律的原因。在此基础上,文章进一步讨论州图书馆对公众,州内各级政府以及各类图书馆所提供的服务。最后介绍州图书馆按《美国图书馆服务和技术法案》规定,在执行联邦政府图书馆法和监管政府图书馆基金时必须进行的图书馆服务计划的制定和评估过程。     

真人图书馆在我国图书馆服务中的适用性研究

真人图书馆作为一种新颖的阅读模式和知识交流方式,在国外十分盛行。我国从2009年开始关注真人图书馆,也引发了实践和研究的热潮。而对于真人图书馆在我国图书馆及其服务体系中是否适用缺乏深入的思考。文章对真人图书馆与图书馆的关联关系、真人图书馆与图书馆的差异、真人图书馆与图书馆服务对接的条件等,进行了深入探讨。