For whom is the library an anchor? observations on library portals / James Michalko -- If we build it, will they come? : library users in a digital world / Lizabeth A. Wilson -- Ties that bind : non-technological measures for promoting persistent access to knowledge resources / Bernard F. Reilly, Jr -- Knowledge management in academic libraries : building the knowledge bank at the Ohio State University / Joseph J. Branin -- Portals, access, and research libraries / Mary E. Jackson -- Selectors, subject knowledge, and digital collections / Edward Shreeves -- Are we all global librarians now? / Alice Prochaska -- Portals and the human factor : bringing virtual services to the life of the mind or the scholarly stargate / Barbara I. Dewey -- The recombinant library : portals and people / Lorcan Dempsey
Summary
Connect patrons with the information they seek with these promising electronic tools! Improved Access to Information: Portals, Content Selection, and Digital Information focuses on how you can improve access to information using electronic reference resources. This book features nine of America's leading library administrators who give their perspectives, observations, and stipulations on how to meet the research needs of patrons in a digital age. This timely resource is relevant to senior library administrators in the process of developing electronic tools and services. Impr
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Papers presented at the 2003 University of Oklahoma Libraries Annual Conference
"Co-published simultaneously as Journal of library administration, Volume 39, Number 4, 2003."
