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Catch up with the many innovations now affecting sci/tech libraries! The twenty-four chapters in Innovations in Science and Technology Libraries discuss the creation of digital collections, e-repositories, personalized Web environments, and discipline-specific Web sites for students and researchers. The book also explores the use of new technologies to improve document delivery and service provision as well as demonstrations of leadership by science librarians who are willing to take risks, adapt to change, control costs, and collaborate with colleagues. Here is just a fraction of the fascinating cases and important concepts highlighted in Innovations in Science and Technology Libraries: the Drexel University Library’s transition from print to an electronic-only journal collection the benefits of adopting a just-in-time (purchase on demand) rather than a just-in-case acquisitions policy IntelliDochow it has raised the standard for document delivery worldwide and increased international recognition of CISTI how California State University, Sacramento, merged its science library into its central reference departmentan examination of the two-year merging process the creation of branch libraries focused on electronic informationan engineering library at Kansas State University and an agriculture library at the University of Manitoba the impact of electronic information upon undergraduate science education literacy competencies in the sciencesand their implications for library instruction how the MIT libraries created and developed the Reference Vision system that now guides all of their new reference services the impact of learning communities upon library services recent additions that enhance the usefulness of the IEEE Xplore online delivery system Innovations in Science and Technology Libraries will bring you up-to-date on the latest developments, sharpen your awareness of new concepts and techniques in sci/tech librarianship, and help your library stay abreast of important changes in this ever-evolving field. Make it a part of your professional reference collection today!

Table of Contents:
Chapter 1 Introduction; Chapter 2 Collaborative Development of Agricultural Information Services at the National Agricultural Library of the United States, Eleanor G. Frierson, Melanie Gardner, Susan McCarthy, Peggy J. Blake; Chapter 3 Integrating Customized Information into Science and Health Science Curricula: The Essential Role of Library/Faculty Collaboration, Joan L. Leishman; Chapter 4 Implementing an Institutional Repository: The DSpace Experience at MIT, Patsy Baudoin, Margret Branschofsky; Chapter 5 Scholars and Citizens: Making Research Level Collections Accessible to the Public at SIBL, John Ganly, Andrea Harland, Kristin McDonough; Chapter 6 Academic Meets Corporate: Science and Technology Library Services in the Corporate World, Roger Durbin, Jo Ann Calzonetti; Chapter 7 IntelliDoc: Integrating CISTI' s Information Services, Mary VanBuskirk; Chapter 8 Alaska Resources Library and Information Services: Pioneering Part nerships on the Last Frontier, Daria O. Carle, Juli Braund-Allen; Chapter 9 Personalized and Collaborative Digital Library Capabilities: Responding to the Changing Nature of Scientific Research, Rick Luce, Mariella Di Giacomo; Chapter 10 Subject Access Through Community Part nerships: A Case Study, Patricia A. Kreitz, Travis C. Brooks; Chapter 11 The Evolving Electronic Joumal Collection at Drexel University, Carol Hansen Montgomery; Chapter 12 Evolution of a Revolution: The Movement to 24/7 Web-Based Libraries, Richard P. Widdicombe; Chapter 13 Changing the Publishing Paradigm for Science and Technology, Gloriana St. Clair, Erika C. Linke; Chapter 14 Entrepreneurial Librarians: Embracing Innovation and Motivation, JoAnn DeVries; Chapter 15 Taming the Two Cultures: Integrating the Science Divisional Library into the Main Library, Jian-zhong (Joe) Zhou, Leilani Hall; Chapter 16 Breaking the Mold: Building a New Engineering Branch Library Focused on Electronic Delivery of Information, Alice Trussell; Chapter 17 Developing a New Branch Agriculture Library at the University of Manitoba, Judy Harper; Chapter 18 Information Technology and Its Impact on Undergraduate Science Education, Alison Scott Ricker; Chapter 19 Generic and Discipline-Specific Information Literacy Competencies: The Case of the Sciences, Kate Manuel; Chapter 20 Envisioning Reference at MIT, Steve Gass, Pat Flanagan, Lisa Horowitz; Chapter 21 Learning Communities: An Investigative Study into Their Impact on Library Services, Sohair F. Wastawy, Charles W. Uth, Christopher Stewart; Chapter 22 Science and Technology Library Innovations Without a Science and Technology Library, JoEllen Broome; Chapter 23 Enhancing Access to IEEE Conference Proceedings: A Case Study in the Application of IEEE Xplore Full Text and Table of Contents Enhancements, Cherie Madarash-Hill, J. B. Hill; Chapter 24 Rethinking Interlibrary Loan for the Scientist, Mignon Adams; Chapter 25 Effective Leadership in Postmodern Science/Technology Libraries, Donald G. Frank;


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  • ISBN-13: 9781317955467
  • Publisher: Taylor & Francis Ltd
  • Publisher Imprint: Routledge
  • Language: English
  • ISBN-10: 1317955463
  • Publisher Date: 17 Jun 2014
  • Binding: Digital (delivered electronically)


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