...Sara E. Morris; Lea H. Currie Purpose The University of Kansas (KU) libraries has faced increased requests for streaming video in the past five years. While we have provided access to many databases of films, feature films remained a problem. To write a collection development policy, the library...

... engines Databases Information literacy This book examines web resources which lie beyond the reach of general search engines, for example, information stored within databases, restricted access webpages and non‐conventional formats. The aim of Going Beyond Google, is to demonstrate how...

..., and discontinued resources. Originality/value While a large number of studies have measured the use of electronic journals and databases and have surveyed users, few studies have involved librarians in order to triangulate these results. Candela Ollé can be contacted at: olle.candela@ub.edu © Emerald Group...

...Margaret Ostrander; Sarah Kleppe Purpose Transportation librarians name the Transportation Information Research Services (TRIS) database as a critical resource to meet research needs of the US transportation community. This paper seeks to question the claim with evidence from a small‐scale pilot...

...Christina Bieber; Werner Schweibenz Purpose To provide an overview of the construction and features of an art image database for high‐resolution images. Design/methodology/approach A description of technical information, standards and tools used for creating an art image database using open...

... internationally. In Denmark there have been some interesting projects the objective of which has been to make it possible to search for material in several institutions at the same time. NOKS is one of these projects, it is an abbreviation for Nordjyllands Kulturhistoriske Søgebase, which is a database...

...Marta Seljak; Tadeja Brešar; Lidija Curk; Matjaž Zalokar; Andreja Tominac; Gordana Popović; Anka Rogina; Alojz Urbajs Describes a process of gradual implementation of authority control in the COBISS library information system in Slovenia (COBISS.SI). The CONOR.SI initial authority database...

... research databases. From these two trends emerges the concept of disintermediation, where library users seek and retrieve information without the assistance of the librarian, and the realization that librarians are no longer present when users need help in developing successful search strategies...

...Ka Wai Fan This paper examines electronic resources, including journals and databases for Chinese studies, collected in North American East Asian academic libraries. A small survey of 26 East Asian academic libraries in North America was conducted in May 2003 in order to learn more about collection...

... to be adapted to the MARC standard, but also a lack of uniformity among libraries. © MCB UP Limited 2003 Cataloguing Academic libraries Databases Israel The first cataloging rules were created during the Middle Ages, but they were brief and differed from library to library. Each...

... developed since the Second World War. For veterinary practitioners, as for physicians, it is therefore crucial to follow the latest developments in drug information. Libraries Academic libraries Databases Slovenia Pharmaceuticals Medical products There have been many studies undertaken...

...P.J.M. Marks; David Grinyer The image database of British Library bindings, created with the help of iBase, is a stand alone system installed in the Rare Books and Music Reading Room in April 2001. It was designed as a finding aid to bookbindings in the BL printed book collections. The requirement...

... comparison of the experience of this module by the two faculties will be discussed elsewhere. © MCB UP Limited 2001 Libraries Information technology Internet Skills development Law Databases To be information literate, a person must be able to recognise when information...

...Hildegund M. Calvert Reports the results of a series of studies conducted at Ball State University Libraries to examine the impact electronic journals and aggregate databases have on interlibrary loan activities. Borrowing and lending were monitored intermittently over a two‐year period...

... of advanced library services from a distributed virtual library. The conceptual basis for UNIverse is the “virtual union catalogue”. This term refers to the bringing together of physically distributed catalogues and databases so that they look like one union catalogue but in fact remain physically...

... to define their position in this Webbed world. They have to enter the marketplace at least partially, which transforms them into hybrid organizations, both vanguard and debatable. Once there were databases. Only very few people in libraries knew how to operate them. As alchemists they worked in a niche...

... of the task force: the design of the Web interface into the library catalog, including a description of the final outcome and the design criteria used. Third, a description of the Master List of Databases project, an effort to centralize the list of all CWRU‐available indexes and full‐text resources...

...Elisa Campos Machado; Waldomiro Vergueiro Discusses quality improvement, focusing on the development of the database DEDALUS, in the University of São Paulo, Brazil. Compares all the activities used in that institution with the management theories of quality. Submits that there is a correlation...

...S. Subba Rao Outlines information access through the right mixture of technologies namely, online and CD‐ROM. While mentioning the electronic databases, electronic information path and generations of online services, presents the salient features of CD‐ROMs, their cost effectiveness, database...

.... Information specialists of the 1990s, in contrast, have a choice of several CD‐ROM products in this field. To help facilitate the selection process, presents an overview and appraisal of a range of these CD‐ROMs, featuring EC Infodisk and the Justis series of databases. Each product contains...