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| Report outlining principles to guide libraries in negotiating license agreements for access to electronic resources, and to provide licensors with a sense of the issues of importance to libraries and their users. | |
| Library Link aims to provide information for those employed or researching in the field of librarianship or information management. Links are provided specifically for those providing library service, and for those managing libraries or continuing education. | ||
| An investigation of approaches to the management and creation of institutional and departmental electronic resources in Scottish universities. Based at Strathclyde and Napier Universities, it is a two year project funded by the Electronic Libraries Programme (eLib). | ||
| Proceedings of the Ninth Australasian Information Online and On Disc Conference and Exhibition, held in Sydney Australia, January 1999. Many of the papers reflect the challenges of managing information. Issues include access and rights, sustaining sites, improving access via gateways, verification and authentication, search engines and directories, integration with existing library information systems, and using the technology of the Internet in tasks such as serving remote library users. | ||
| Provides an international communication link between researchers, educators and library professionals in academic, company and special libraries. Articles address difficulties in developing human resources, meeting community library demands, maximising the contribution of new technology, and raising standards of service and quality. | ||
| Analytical report delivered to the RSLP (Research Support Libraries Programme) in 2002 investigating the factors impeding resource sharing and deeper collaboration among UK higher education libraries, with recommendations and strategies for facilitating cooperation. Available in Microsoft Word format. | ||
| Provides the widely used collection description schema as proposed by the UK Office of Library and Information Networking and derived from Michael Heaney's related report, 'An Analytical Model of Collections and their Catalogues'. Provides a definitive set of metadata attributes to ensure the effective description of library, archive and museum collections. | ||
| Managing access to online information is a broad problem, which occurs in a wide range of different applications. Managers of online information wish to implement policies about who can access the information, under what terms and conditions. This paper describes a general approach to this problem and experience in applying it in digital libraries. | ||
| Discussion of techniques which will help to get key Information Resource Centre projects scheduled, funded, and started. Includes examining what competitors are doing, framing the project in the context of corporate objectives and relating the project to an external condition that requires a response. | ||
| Article aiming to identify what type of academic library and information services have quality management systems, establish whether the initiatives are part of a university wide initiative and seek to identify any future trends. Concentrates on three systems: TQM, ISO 9000 and Investors in People. | ||
| Examines the possible impact of international trade treaties on libraries around the world. Features contributions from the Canadian and American Library Associations, and the International Federation of Library Associations and Institutions. | ||
| Report of research undertaken by Michael Heaney at the University Library Services Directorate, Oxford University. The report refines conceptualisations of collections through an 'entity relationship' model of collections and their catalogues in an attempt to inform current approaches to collection description. Available in PDF only. | ||
| Peer reviewed electronic journal which covers aspects of the 'new' library, such as digital collections, OPACs, bibliographic instruction, information literacy, and the task of integrating these with traditional library services. | ||
| Features SIRSI product information, including details about Academe, Oasis and Stilas, library management systems for academic, public and government libraries. Also provides resources about Z39.50, details of seminars, conferences and employment opportunities. | ||
| A representative selection of electronic resources created by staff at the University of Strathclyde and Napier University. Designed as the library element of the Clyde Virtual University project. | ||
| Report of a study on behalf of the Andrew W Mellon Foundation investigating the underlying assumptions being made in the move from analog photographic services into the realm of digital capture and delivery. In particular, the report looks at how marketable, cost efficient and income stable the new digital services and resources are in comparison with previous methods. Report is available in PDF and HTML formats. | ||
| US library organisation that promotes research, organises conferences, issues publications, and manages collaborative projects in areas such as professional education, development of leadership, economics of information, and transition from traditional to electronic libraries. | ||
| Discussion about coping with change in academic libraries due to the increased use of electronic information and pressures to provide services with fewer human and financial resources. Part of a series of guides written by the IMPEL2 Project based on findings from case studies conducted in the library and information services of 24 UK universities and colleges during 1996 97. | ||
| Technical report discussing environmental parameters that influence the preservation of paper based records in libraries and archives. Storage issues addressed include temperature, relative humidity, exposure to light, gaseous contaminants, and particulates, and associated recommendations are given. An appendix provides information germane to the development of environmental guidelines for storage with a technical summary of information in the literature. A glossary is provided. | ||
| Provides the widely used collection description schema as proposed by the UK Office of Library and Information Networking and derived from Michael Heaney's related report, 'An Analytical Model of Collections and their Catalogues'. Provides a definitive set of metadata attributes to ensure the effective description of library, archive and museum collections. | ||
| Searchable full text of a 1992 book about changing library services, and the uses of technology in the redesigning process. Chapter titles include The Paper Library, the Automated Library, and The Electronic Library. | ||
| Guidelines and advice on the preservation of electronic and paper media in libraries. Describes the steps involved in preservation, answers FAQs, presents a self assessment quiz, and gives instructions on how to create your own book snake. | ||
| Details of new developments in shelving, tracking systems to assist resource location, a manual of shelving procedures, and tips on finding elusive titles. Includes online call number training. | ||
| Journal dealing with management issues in libraries. Features articles on marketing, resource sharing, performance indicators, training, strategic planning, impact of information, library security, organisational culture, and different types of libraries such as children's and mobile libraries. | ||
| Discussion of the issues attached to the implementation of the ATHENS access management system. Points out that the lessons from ATHENS could suggest that success will only be achieved if at least equal attention is paid to the needs of those who will have to manage the final system as to the technical detail. | ||
| Presents guidelines on the employment of people with disabilities in libraries. Covers facts and figures on disabled people in employment in the UK, the 1995 Disability Discrimination Act, government employment services, building adaptations and facilities, and references to useful organisations. | ||
| Discussion of issues of structure and strategy required to incorporate communications and information technology into library services as they become more central to the workings of higher education. Part of a series of guides written by the IMPEL2 Project based on findings from case studies conducted in the library and information services of 24 UK universities and colleges during 1996 97. | ||
| Report delivered to the Scottish Library and Information Council regarding a national strategy for maintaining the acquisition of Scottish materials for Scottish libraries. Available in PDF only. | ||
| Article outlining a proposed model for the development of digital library research. Covers a number of themes such as accessibility, user support, requirements and behaviour, structural issues, navigation and search tools, metadata, information retrieval, interface design, functionality, security, and sustainability. | ||
| Full text publication outlining a rationale for digitisation and preservation. Considers issues involved in project management, the selection process of materials for scanning, copyright issues, technical concerns, the development of best practices, vendor relations, and digital longevity. Available in PDF format. | ||
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