Education for a Law Librarianship:

The current era of planning for library service in the University of California began in the mid-1970s with the development of the Universitywide plan. Although the organization and academic programs of each of the nine campuses are independently administered by campus chancellors, the libraries are centrally budgeted. Library planning at UCLA to match campus-specific needs has required, therefore, the creation of a sophisticated complex of committees, task groups and external organizational relationships for various staff members. Planning is a primary continuing function of the administration of the Library.     

Advances in digital library initiatives: a developing country perspective

The paper focuses on the digital library initiatives in India with examples, the initiatives of the government of India and state governments towards digital library activities, and the policy of the Government of India towards digital library development. The current initiatives, such as the INDEST Consortia, are described in detail. The challenges facing digital libraries, the problems being encountered while developing digital libraries, the problems of the digital divide facing the country are mentioned.     

千禧年初复合图书馆的服务及发展策略

在迎接新千禧的前后数年之间,大多数图书馆必须同时承担数位(即数字)图书馆和传统图书馆的社会功能与角色;图书馆员也必须同时熟悉传统典藏与数位典藏,并要提供具有传统服务与数位服务两种性质的服务。     

Advocating for Sustainability: Scaling-Down Library Digital Infrastructure

ABSTRACT

Academic institutions have a long tradition of using content management systems (CMSs) for the production of networked scholarship in the digital environment. However, CMSs are complex and rapidly changing infrastructures that do not always meet the needs of smaller ad hoc collaborative projects. CMSs are also difficult to preserve in the library environment given their obsolescence over time. This article uses the History of the Book and Literacy Technologies project at UCLA to illustrate why library administrators should advocate for the systematic production of scaled-down platforms that can withstand the constantly evolving technical environment within libraries and foster more sustainable platform practices.     

Testing the new technology: MEDLINE on CD-ROM in an academic health sciences library.

The UCLA Biomedical Library tested a six-month portion of the MEDLINE database on compact disc to determine its potential application in a large, university health sciences library environment. Patron response to the system, previous search experience, and actual search strategies were recorded. Although the overwhelming user response was positive in spite of little previous experience with online searching, results show underutilization of the system because of both software and hardware problems. The implications of this test underline the important role libraries must take in guaranteeing that new reference tools like CD-ROM be made genuinely user-friendly.     

Boundary Objects/Boundary Staff: Supporting Digital Scholarship in Academic Libraries

In response to the increased construction of digital scholarship infrastructure in academic libraries this article articulates a new staffing model for the management of digital platforms in the academic library environment. Based on two cases, this article discusses the increased use of digital infrastructure in pedagogy by Library Special Collections at UCLA, and the workflow pressures these infrastructures created that challenge traditional staff roles. Digital infrastructures are then framed as types of boundary object, catering to multiple communities of practice. In order to tend to these boundary infrastructures, a new staffing model has been introduced—that of the boundary staff—whose primary purpose would be to support these hybrid infrastructures and more effectively integrate them into the general library environment. This approach to digital project collaboration can set the stage for more flexible and innovative digital instruction, building on the current skillsets of library staff to facilitate new modes of faculty and librarian partnerships.     

Dutch library services to disadvantaged persons

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School Library Participation in Regional Multitype Networks:

The results of the first two years of a pilot project in the Rochester, New York area provide new data on school library participation as full partners in multitype cooperative activities. Research findings demonstrate that school libraries hold unique materials, are able to fill many of the interlibrary loan requests of other libraries and utilize their computer terminals to enhance cornmunication between libraries. Additional sources of current information in the area of multitype library cooperation are also described.     

Creation of a topical electronic scientific library: Problems and solutions

Access to information and the filling of RuNet with electronic collections and libraries, including those created within the institutions of the RAN (Russian Academy of Sciences) are considered. The stages in the creation of an electronic library on the basis of a traditional library are described; several projects for the organization of electronic libraries and the independent development of a program package for editing, archiving, presentation and searching for fragments in an electronic text are cited.     

Health sciences library building projects, 1998 survey.

Twenty-eight health sciences library building projects are briefly described, including twelve new buildings and sixteen additions, remodelings, and renovations. The libraries range in size from 2,144 square feet to 190,000 gross square feet. Twelve libraries are described in detail. These include three hospital libraries, one information center sponsored by ten institutions, and eight academic health sciences libraries.     

Cool Collaborations: Designing a Better Library Experience

Academic libraries routinely partner with other campus units in such areas as information literacy or writing support. However, the Georgia Tech library collaborations described in this article step outside the norm in that librarians are involved throughout the process of designing the collaborative projects; the projects are integrated into the undergraduate curriculum and embrace the science, technology, and design campus focus; the library incurs little or no financial commitment; and projects are ongoing or have long-term effects. The projects continue to change campus perceptions of libraries and librarians, and they have made the library a sought after “cool” collaborator on campus.     

NERMLS and the community hospital: service, education, and advice

Figures relating to the document delivery service of NERMLS are given. NERMLS has collaborated with the Postgraduate. Medical Institute in Boston to improve standards in community hospital libraries by creating a core library of books and journals and training library supervisors to work in these libraries. Institutes have taken place in the Countway Library, and guidelines for library development in community hospitals have been drawn up. Activities of Regional Medical Programs in New England are discussed, and further plans of NERMLS described.     

Public Libraries' Adaptation to the Environment

The interaction of the public library with the environment is analyzed based on an empirical study of six California public libraries. Two adaptive responses are defined: changes in the organization and attempts to change the environment. Both kinds of techniques are described, followed by an analysis of the factors influencing library behavior.     

The ‘market’ for medical and health information in transition: the case of the Hong Kong Hospital Authority libraries

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磁盘阵列存储系统在数字图书馆中的应用

在介绍数字图书馆定义的基础上，引入磁盘阵列存储系统。综述了磁盘阵列存储系统的功能，分析了磁盘阵列在我国数字图书馆建设中的应用，最后着重介绍了应用磁盘阵列时应注意的几个问题。     

Status of Library Automation in Iranian Academic Libraries

This article is an attempt to illustrate the present state of automation in Iranian academic libraries. The findings of a survey conducted in 1991 form the basis of the discussions. The backdrop of library automation in Iran is described, and the survey conducted is explained in terms of methodology and findings. Computerisation of library services in Iranian academic libraries started in the late 1970s and after an apparent gap resumed in the late 1980s. Although still at its preliminary stages, the trend is rapid. At the present time the Unesco software, CDS/ISIS, is playing a major role in computerised library services in Iran. However, a number of local commercial software companies have emerged in the last few years who have developed library software based on other available commercial software, as well as locally developed ones. Some libraries have also been involved in development of library software. However, library automation in Iran is encountering some serious problems. Lack of networked bibliographic databases, unadjusted status of library education programs in regard to dealing with modern technologies and lack of structured strategic plans for library automation are the main problems that the Iranian academic libraries have to cope with.     

The Management of Library Collections and Services in Scientific and Technical Libraries in India

The distinguishing characteristics of scientific and technical libraries as information transfer agencies are described. The mere acquisition of documents is not sufficient. Proper management of collections and provision of adequate library services is essential for the library to function as an effective information transfer institution. This study includes a survey of 146 scientific and technical libraries in India regarding the collection management methods followed and the types of library services organized. It also indicates the number of libraries using computers for processing of information and of those making use of online facilities.     

The present status of library services to children and young adults in Japanese public libraries and their future

ABSTRACT

Both Children’s services and Young Adult (YA) services have been recognized as essential in Japanese public libraries. This article reports on the present status of Children’s services and YA services in Japanese public libraries, based on the results of several investigations. These studies show that children’s services in Japanese public libraries already are generally popular. On the other hand, this article indicates that YA services in Japanese public libraries are gradually improving, due to the national recognition of the importance of YA library services. Examples of good practices in Children’s and YA services in Japanese public libraries are described and analyzed to identify the common themes that flow through these innovations. This article concludes with observations about the future involving library services for children and YAs, from the viewpoints of face-to-face traditional services and indirect services through their official websites.     

图书馆信息系统间的互联

本文简要地讨论了网络环境下图书馆信息系统间的互联及目的, 进而描述了多馆联合作业系统的环境需求、作业重点及其功能特色, 并且考察了系统互联对中国图书馆的影响和有关的进展。     

Allocating Academic Library Budgets: Adapting Historical Data Models at One University Library

Many academic libraries have traditionally used complicated budget allocation models to inform funding for materials purchased in support of curriculum. When these formulas are applied, librarians usually temper the results with historical spending patterns. A small university library found that historical spending patterns can be used for budget allocation, yielding allocations similar to those derived from a complex formula. As part of the collection evaluation procedure described, the effectiveness of historical data allocations should be assessed annually by checking use of ordered materials. The effectiveness of allocations also can be supported by the use of proportional use statistics for departmental subject areas. The procedures and practices described in this article would be useful for university/college libraries of similar size to the Stetson University library, the library described in the article.