This book, first published in 1995, helps librarians develop skills and strategies to cope effectively with the myriad changes affecting their profession due to the rapid evolution of technology. Informative chapters address the impact of technology on libraries, scholarly communication, vendors, and the publishing industry. They analyses managing change, managing the virtual library, roles of vendors and publishers in providing access to electronic information, and innovations for the bibliographic control of electronic publications.
1. Introduction Beth Holley and Mary Ann Sheble
2. Issues in Information
Policy and Access Birdie MacLennan
3. The Internet, Client-Server Computing,
and the Revolution in Electronic Publishing Birdie MacLennan
4. Tunneling
Through Cyberspace in Search of Adventure: An Introduction to Gopher Betty
Landesman
5. Digging Your Own Den in Cyberspace: A Gopher Construction Kit
Birdie MacLennan
6. Come Into My Parlor, Said the Spider: World Wide Web and
the Mosaic Interface Birdie MacLennan
7. Communicating With Lists: A
Beginner's Guide to Listservs and ListProcs Leslie Knapp
8. (Almost)
Everything Else You Ever Wanted to Know About Listservs and ListProcs Betty
Landesman
9. Technological Change and Its Influence on the Practice and Role
of Information Management Czeslaw Jan Grycz
10. The Future of Publishing
Robert Weber
11. Reshaping the Serials Vendor Industry Dan Tonkery
12.
Changing Focus: Tomorrow's Virtual Library Naomi C. Broering
13. Getting Past
the Rapids: Individuals and Change Linda Moore
14. Electronic Chemistry
Journals: Elemental Concerns Richard Entlich
15. Adventures in Information
Space: Biomedical Discoveries in a Molecular Sequence Milieu Mark S. Boguski
16. Grabbing the Bull by the Tail: Holding on During Change Marjorie E. Bloss
17. Managing Organizational Change: The Harvard College Library Experience
Mary Elizabeth Clack
18. Wanted: Information Manager: New Roles for
Librarians and Vendors Sharon Cline McKay
19. From Earth to Ether: One
Publisher's Reincarnation Susan Lewis
20. Library Cultures in Conflict:
Exploring New Roles for Librarians Johann A. van Reenen
21. Understanding
Transition: The People Side of Managing Change Judy Clarke
22. At Ease in
Liberspace Susan A. Cady
23. The Human Side of the Virtual Library Marion T.
Reid
24. Tools for a New Age: An Overview Regina R. Reynolds
25. Getting the
Expert Into the System: Expert Systems and Cataloging Paul J. Weiss
26.
Standard Generalized Markup Language and the Transformation of Cataloging
Daniel V. Pitti
27. Rethinking the Workforce and Workplace: Alternative Ways
of Getting the Job Done Fred Hamilton
28. The New World Order: Serials
Management of Electronic Resources and Document Delivery Marla Edelman
29.
Negotiating Contracts for Electronic Resources Nancy Gibbs
30. Keep Them
Doggies Rollin', Or, Using Series Authority Records to Improve Cataloging
and Processing Workflow Kristine A.J. Smets
31. To Be Continued? Or, The
Birth of a Series Steve Oberg
32. Integrating Documents Processing Into
Traditional Technical Services Judy Chandler Irvin
33. Ethics in Action: The
Vendor's Perspective Heather Miller
34. Cost Accounting for the Serials
Librarian: Making Financial Decisions in Tight Times Barbara Shaffer
35.
Serialists on the Front Line: New Opportunities for Serials Professionals in
Reference and User Education Katy Ginanni
36. Who Needs to Know What?:
Essential Communication for Automation Implementation and Effective
Reorganization Rita Broadway
37. Document Delivery: Staffing, Technology, and
Budgeting Implications Lucy Duhon
38. Methods for Collecting, Processing, and
Providing Access to Electronic Serials Paula Sullenger
39. Is It Tweaking or
Cataloging Enrichment?: Choices in Reshaping Serial Cataloging Copy Phoebe
Timberlake
40. The Journal Pricing Season: The Publisher, Subscription Agent,
and Librarians' Viewpoint Debbie Madsen
41. . . . And Then It Happened:
Effect of Changes in the Serials Information Environment on the
Small-to-Medium Size Academic Library Elaine Jurries
42. Workstation
Ergonomics and Computer Calisthenics Amira Unver
43. Problem Solving Workshop
Based on Total Quality Management (TQM) Princip Lawrence R. Keating II
44.
Job Hunters Workshop: How to Find and Land the Right Job, and Survive the
Transition Carol MacAdam
Beth Holley, Mary Ann Sheble
