Every field of history has a basic need for a detailed chronology of what happened: who did what when. In the absence of such a resource, fanciful accounts flourish. This book provides a rich ...narrative of the early development of online information retrieval systems and services, from 1963 to 1976--a period important to anyone who uses a search engine, online catalog, or large database. Drawing on personal experience, extensive research, and interviews with many of the key participants, the book describes the individuals, projects, and institutions of the period. It also corrects many common errors and misconceptions and provides milestones for many of the significant developments in online systems and technology.
An empirical study was conducted using methods borrowed from the psychology of religion (instead of corporate assessment techniques) to assess whether the academic library as place supports students' ...desire to feel connected to higher education's mission. The findings from an in-person survey of fifty-four students at three universities showed a preference for exterior and interior images of traditional libraries over those classed as modern, and those images evoked feelings of scholarship, engagement, spirituality, and other positive emotions, as well as subjects' desire to use those spaces more than they currently use their existing library.
Every field of history has a basic need for a detailed chronology of what
happened: who did what when. In the absence of such a resource, fanciful accounts
flourish. This book provides a rich ...narrative of the early development of online
information retrieval systems and services, from 1963 to 1976--a period important to
anyone who uses a search engine, online catalog, or large database. Drawing on
personal experience, extensive research, and interviews with many of the key
participants, the book describes the individuals, projects, and institutions of the
period. It also corrects many common errors and misconceptions and provides
milestones for many of the significant developments in online systems and
technology.
An anonymous online survey was conducted for the purposes of (a) determining the professional development needs of faculty in schools of library and information studies in the U.S. and Canada that ...are institutional members of ALISE, (b) determining whether support mechanisms and activities to meet these needs are available in the schools or universities that employ these faculty, and (c) identifying other sources of professional development on which faculty rely. Among the findings were that professional development needs and preferences are significantly different for faculty in traditional library schools compared to those whose schools are iSchool Caucus members. Opportunities for development and training are much more prevalent at the university level than at the school level. The major inhibitors for developing faculty are, not surprisingly, time and money. Study results will inform enhancement of professional development activities by the schools, host universities, and professional associations.
Despite the proliferation of job advertisement analysis studies in the past 30 years, new studies are needed all the time to reflect the current state of the job market for LIS professionals. Using ...traditional content analysis methods, a study in spring 2009 at the University of Maryland of over 1000 job ads for new graduates revealed that most jobs are in academic libraries and archives, average salaries rose last year, the highest salaries are in government, personal attributes such communication, service orientation, collaboration and cooperation, and team capabilities are highly desired, and many entry-level ads request some experience. Very few call for a second master's degree. This study will be useful for faculty advising and conducting curriculum studies, as well as new graduates in the job market.
The US Federal government is a potential source of support for advancing Library and Information Science (LIS) through funding experimentation, innovation, and demonstration. Most agencies are not as ...much interested in advancing the research front in LIS as they are in LIS contributions that advance other fields. The full potential of federal funding to impact LIS is far from realized. LIS researchers should be aware of each agency's mission as well as the types of research that each one supports. Many people contribute to research agendas but the most influential are researchers themselves. Becoming more successful in winning grants will require researchers to become better grant writers and to collaborate with people outside LIS.
Libraries and archives have a critical role in preserving the scholarly record; many players in the publication cycle depend on them for this. Preservation of scholarly books that are being digitized ...has lagged far behind preservation initiatives for electronic journals. The issue has become more critical, as large commercial companies such as Google, Yahoo, and Microsoft have begun mass digitization of millions of books in research libraries. Since December 2004, the pace of developments has been rapid, involving great risks on Google's part over the copyright issue. Google and certain participating libraries have not addressed the issue of whether or not all this effort to digitize huge numbers of books indiscriminately will serve students' and scholars' needs in the long run. Quality, secrecy, and long-term stability are all issues that suggest it may be foolish to expect that commercial companies will share librarians' values and commitment to digitized material preservation. The information profession must exert strong leadership in setting policies, standards, and best practices for long-term preservation of the scholarly record. PUBLICATION ABSTRACT
Pioneers of the online age Hahn, Trudi Bellardo
Information processing & management,
1996, 1996-00-00, 1996-1-00, 19960101, Letnik:
32, Številka:
1
Journal Article
Recenzirano
The historical development of online systems and services is not just a story of tapes and disks, terminals and telephones, search engines and algorithms, demonstrations and downtime; it is also a ...story of people. Examination of the published and unpublished documentation and transcripts of oral histories reveals a sense of a significant era and a vital, exciting time in the individual professional lives of the online pioneers. The leaders of the online age can be divided into three groups: the developers, the managers and trainers, and the users. The developers were diverse in their geographic and disciplinary backgrounds and their underlying goals, but they all were aggressive, competitive, and imaginative in creating opportunities to exploit the latest hardware and software of the period. The second group, managers and trainers, energetically demonstrated the unreliable online systems. With zeal, perseverance, charm, and even chicanery, they recruited and trained the first users. The users were the third group, playing a critical role in evaluating new systems, testing documentation, and assessing training programs.
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