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This publication follows the tradition of publishing selected papers from the Pacific Islands Association of Libraries, Archives and Museums (PIALA) annual conferences. This 26th annual conference was held in Colonia, Yap State, Federated States of Micronesia, November 21-26, 2016 and celebrated the Association's Twenty-Fifth anniversary. This volume includes a listing PIALA Officers and Executive Board, Conference schedule, Abstracts of Presentation. Presentations include: (1) Yap Catholic High School Literacy Program by Michael Wiencek; (2) Blue Shield Pasifika by Atarino Helieisar; (3) The UOG RFK and MARC Digital Repository by Jefrey L. Libao; (4) Looking Back, Moving Forward: the Father Duenas Memorial School Library, Archives and Museum by Dante O. Perez; (5) Impact of Information Technology Inventions of Library Development by Lola Schutz; (6) Issues and Challenges in Establishing a Digital Repository for Solomon Islands National University by Lucas Dosung; (7) PIALA: Strategic Plan by Roland A. San Nicolas and Jennifer Helieisar; (8) Professional Paddling Collaborations: the Asian/Pacific American Librarians Association by Paul B. Drake; (9) State of Reference & Information Literacy: RFK Library, University of Guam by Roland A. San Nicolas; (10) Resource Sharing in Micronesia by Roland A. San Nicolas; (11) Entity report from the Republic of Palau by Omar Faustino; (12) Entity Report: Kosrae State by Aaron Sigrah; (13) Entity Report: Pohnpei State by Jenny Helieisar; (14) Entity Report: Territory of Guam by Dante O. Perez; (15) Karen Peacock Scholarship and the 2016 Hawai`i Library Association Annual Conference by Roland A. San Nicolas; Appended are (1) Appendix 1: Chronology of PIALA Conferences (2) Appendix 2: Letter to Conference Attendees from Daniel Peacock; (3) Appendix 3: Message to Conference Attendees from Arlene Cohen; (4) Appendix 4: Letter from APALA President Lessa Kananl'opua Pelayo-Lozada; (5) Appendix 5: T-shirt Fundraiser from Friends of Joeten-Kiyo Public Library (CNMI); (6) Appendix 6: Conference Invitation Letter; (7) Appendix 7: Call for Presenters; (8) Appendix 8: Conference Registration Form; (9) Appendix 9: Getting There; (10) Appendix 10: Lodging; and (11) Photographs from Farewell Banquet. [Individual papers contain references.]

This publication follows the tradition of publishing selected papers from Pacific Islands Association of Libraries, Archives and Museums (PIALA) annual conferences. This 19th annual conference was held in Pohnpei, Federated States of Micronesia, November 16-21, 2009. The volume begins with a listing of the members of the PIALA 2009 Planning Committee and PIALA Officers and Executive Board, Acknowledgements, and the Conference program schedule. Fr. Francis X. Hezel of the Micronesian Seminar presented the keynote address "Pacific Visions: Finding, Selecting, and Using Films for Your Libraries, Archives, & Museums." The presentations include: Library Marketing that Works (Megan Beard); Hospital Medical Libraries Populating the Micronesian Islands (Arlene Cohen); SPC Library's Most Useful and Interesting Resources (Eleanor Kleiber); Go Local: Sharing Knowledge on Local Foods, by the Island Food Community of Pohnpei group (Lois Englberger, Rainer Jimmy, and Adelino Lorens); Switching Library Management Software for the Better: The Experience of The University Of Goroka Library (Leah Kalamoroh); Finding Excellence With a Personal Touch: A Look at Service Benchmarking (Paul B. Drake); Entity Reports from Republic of Palau, Territory of American Samoa, Chuuk State FSM, Territory of Guam, and Commonwealth of the Northern Mariana Islands; Introducing PARBICA (Naomi Ngirakamerang); Boost Literacy @ Your Library: Working Together to Promote Literacy, (Imengel Mad and Cerilla Michael); A Tribute to Lifetime Achievement Award (recipient Iris Falcam); and attendee group photograph. The volume ends with an appended chronology of PIALA conferences and link to fulltext availability. (Individual papers contain references.)

This publication follows the tradition of publishing selected papers from Pacific Islands Association of Libraries, Archives and Museums (PIALA) annual conferences. The volume begins with a listing of the members of the PIALA 2007 Planning Committee, the Officers and Executive Board, and Acknowledgements, followed by the Pre-Conference Workshop outline, the agenda of the PIALA Executive Board Meeting, and the Conference Program schedule. The presentations include: In the Spirit of Friendship: PIALA and HLA, by Keiko Okuhara; Web-accessible Resources: Expanding Library Collection Horizons, by Suzanne T. Bell and Maria B. Ovalles; An Introduction to Cataloging, by Pam Bidwell; Internet Resources for Cataloging, by Ruth Horie; Introduction to Map Cataloging, by Ruth Horie; Using Ulukau, the Hawaiian Electronic Library, by Robert H. "Bob" Stauffer; Tribute to Arlene Cohen, Distinguished Librarian, by Lynn Sipenuk; Message from Arlene Cohen. The volume ends with a list of conference participants.

This publication follows the tradition of publishing selected papers from PIALA annual conferences, however, for the first time, two PIALA conferences (PIALA 2004 and PIALA 2005) are published in one volume, containing papers from both events. Both conferences featured papers by local Micronesian and Pacific Islands experts, as well as presenters from throughout the world. The volume begins with the preface, a chronology of PIALA conferences, and acknowledgments. The proceedings of the PIALA 2004 Conference follow, beginning with the Welcoming Remarks of Wilfred I. Kendall, Republic of the Marshall Islands Minister of Education, and then Dealing with Disaster, the Keynote Speech by Karen Peacock. Waan Aelon in Majel (WAM) Building the Marshallese Canoe by Alson Kelen is the next paper and the volume continues with The Information Literacy Program at the University of the South Pacific Library by Ane Teilauea; An Overview of the National Library of Medicine AIDS Community Information Outreach Project by Franda Liu; Marshall Islands Health Information Partnership (HIP) Institute by Sonja Evensen, Franda Liu and Marie Maddison; Republic of the Marshall Islands Historic Preservation Activities by Josepha Maddison-Hill, Frederick Langmoir, Clary Makroro and Frank R. Thomas; Birth of the Pohnpei Public Library by Carmina Lihpai and Lester Ezekias; Empowering Library Staff through Library/Information Studies at the University of the South Pacific by Liviana Tabalala; South Pacific Periodicals Index by Sin Joan Yee; Localizing Digital Electronic Resources at the University of the South Pacific by Sin Joan Yee; Preserving and Managing Traditional Knowledge of the Pacific: What We Know and What We Can Do? by Vilimaina Vakaciwa; Need to Do Research? Accessing EBSCO via PREL by Franda Liu; and Finding Consumer Health Information on the WWW by Arlene Cohen. The volume then continues with the PIALA 2005 Conference Proceedings beginning with Three A's for PIALA, the Keynote Speech by Jean Thoulag. The Overview of U.S. Government, United Nations and FAO Documents on the WWW by Atarino Heileisar is the next paper and the volume continues with Pohnpei Public Library Bookmobile Program by Carmina Lihpai and Lester Ezekias; Library of Congress Subject Heading for the Pacific Islands by Nancy Sack; Exploring HIV/AIDS Prevention Resources via PREL by Harvey Lee; Implementing a Win-Win Model in Library Technical Services: A Case Study by Rosalind Meno Ram; Doing the Best with What You Have--The Harold B. Lee Library: A Case Study by Valerie Buck and ends with a list of contributors.

This proceedings of the IATUL 1999 conference of the contains the following papers: "From Industry to Higher Education and Libraries: Building the Fast Response Library" (A. S. Apostolou & C. H. Skiadas); "Managing the Learning Agenda in a Converged Service Environment" (Richard Biddiscombe); "Management of Electronic Information" (Michael Breaks); "Challenging Technolust: The Educational Responsibility of Librarians" (Alan Bundy); "Sharing Metadata: Enabling Online Information Provision" (Jenny Darzentas); "Breaking through with Thin-Client Technologies: A Cost Effective Approach for Academic Libraries" (Sohair W. Elbaz & Christofer Stewart); "The Future of the Academic Library and the Academic Librarian--A Delphi Study" (Blazej Feret & Marzena Marcinek); "Information Literacy Courses in Engineering and Science--The Design and Implementation of the DEDICATE Courses" (Nancy Fjallbrant & Philippa Levy); "New Reference: Diversifying Service Delivery" (Imogen Garner); "A Key to the New Library" (Egbert Gerryts & Heila Pienaar); "The Innovation in Everyday Life of Libraries" (Anthi Katsirikou); "The Library of the University of South Africa's Marketing: Voyage of Discovery through Conventional Marketing Channels and the Internet" (Kathy Kunneke); "Beyond Re-Engineering: Developing Sustainable Success" (Annette McNicol); "Library Digitisation Project Management" (Michael Middleton); "Adaptable Network Cooperate Catalog for Complex Information Objects. From Single Library to a Consortium: Sharing the Management and Distribution of Information Resources" (Azriel Morag); "Is the Customer Always Right? End-User Services in a Networked Age" (Terry Morrow); "Information Literacy Courses at Graduate and Postgraduate Level: Some Experiments and Some Experience" (Paul Nieuwenhuysen); "Improving Opportunities for Research" (Irma Pasanen-Tuomainen); "Ahead of the Game: Developing Academic Library Staff for the 21st Century" (Alasdair Paterson); "User Studies, Library Response: Providing Improved Instructional Services" (Lynne M. Rudasill); "The Changing Role of the Library: Missions and Ethics" (David Russon); "Leading Life-Long Learning: The Library's Role" (Janine Schmidt & Gulcin Cribb); "The Role of Libraries in a Changing Academic Environment" (C. H. Skiadas); "Facing Future Users--The Challenge of Transforming a Traditional Online Database into a Web Service" (Eva Tolonen); "Greek Engineers and Libraries in the Coming Years: A (Human) Communication Model" (Katerina Toraki); "User-Focused Strategic Services for Technological University Libraries" (Charles T. Townley); "The Future of Academic Libraries and Changing User Needs: General Concepts and Concrete Developments" (Maarten Van Bentum & Johanneke Braaksma); "Educational Needs of Finnish Polytechnic Librarians" (Marjariitta Viiri); "Innovation and Change in Professional Practice: Meaning To Change and Changing the Meaning" (Vicki Williamson); "Marketing Strategies: Lessons for Libraries from Commercial Brand Management" (Ann J. Wolpert); "Opening Address" (Nancy Fjallbrant); "Re-Engineering Academic Library & Information Services: The Case of the Technical Knowledge Centre & Library of Denmark" (Lars Bjoernshauge); "Intelligent Access to Document Archives" (Luciana Bordoni); "Information Technology Infrastructures and Services for Creating a Library's Unified Information System" (Attilio Collagrossi); "The Changing Trends in National Data Purchasing" (Mike Johnson); "IEEE and Libraries: Joining Forces To Serve a Growing Community" (Barbara Lange); "User Education in Higher Education: Helping Academics Join the Learning Environment" (Gwyneth Price); and "International Library, Information and Analytical Center (ILIAC) as a New Form and Prospect for International Cooperation for Libraries and Universities" (Yakov Shraiberg). (MES)

Eight contributed papers given at a general session of the International Federation of Library Associations and Institutions 1992 annual meeting are presented. These papers deal with a variety of library issues, and are generally, but not exclusively, focused on developing countries. The following papers are included: (1) "Community Information Centres in the Developing Countries with Special Reference to India" (V. Venkatappaiah and T. V. Prafulla Chandra); (2) "Managing University Libraries in Southern Africa in the 1990s: Perception of Challenges and Solutions" (L. Pakkiri); (3) "Thailand's Experiences in Strengthening Information Infrastructure: An Example of an Attempt To Develop the Asia and Oceania Information Infrastructure" (K. Choochuay); (4) "Information Policies and Government Guidance in Nigeria: What Hope for Rural Communities?" (L. I. Diso); (5) "Library and Information Services for Disabled Individuals" (S. Mishra); (6) "CD-ROM Implementation in Developing Countries: Impacts for Improving Services" (M. Keylard); (7) "National Information Policy and the Third World Countries" (K. Navalani); and (8) "Manpower Preparation for Development and Implementation of Information Policies" (S. ur Rehman). (SLD)

Seven papers delivered at the 1992 International Federation of Library Associations and Institutions annual meeting relating to regional activities are presented. These papers deal with library issues in Africa, Asia and Oceania, Latin America, and the Caribbean. The papers are: (1) "Designing National Information Policies in African: Process and Outputs" (K. J. Mchombu and K. Miti); (2) "Coordinating Documentation and Information: The Experience of Morocco. The Documentation and Information Sector: Its Nature and Particularities" (L. Battiwa); (3)"The Role of University Libraries in Establishing National Policies for Library and Information Services" (A. S. Chaudhry); (4) "The Role of the USP (University of the South Pacific) Library in Meeting the Information Needs of the South Pacific Region" (A. Rizio and J. Mamtora); (5) "The Information Needs of the Librarians of Developing Countries and the Palisades They Encounter in Obtaining These Information" (P. Perera); (6) "Public Libraries in the Framework of the Latin American and Caribbean Libraries Association" (M. E. Zapata); and (7) "Networks of Specialized Information Services in Latin America" (E. M. R. de Carvalho, I. Talamo). (SLD)

Fifteen papers delivered for the Division of General Research Libraries at the 1992 International Federation of Library Associations and Institutions annual meeting are presented. These papers deal with national libraries, parliamentary (legislative) libraries, and university libraries. The papers are: (1) "Seeking Alternatives to National Libraries" (E. W. B. Williams); (2) "The Role of National Library as a Bibliographic Centre in a Multi-Lingual Situation: The Indian Context" (K. Dasgupta); (3) "Developmental Strategies of Computerized Legislative Information Services" (K. M. Ku); (4) "The Russian Parliamentary Library: Its History, Functions and Proposed Automation" (J. Shraiberg); (5) "Rethinking a Library: Knowledge for Legislators and the Library of Congress of Chile" (X. Feliu, M. Delano); (6) "Parliament of India and Information Management" (C. K. Jain); (7) "Information Services in a University Library--Will the 21st Century Bring Us Anything Different or Will It Be More of the Same" (A. J. Evans); (8) "The Changing Role of the University Library--Crafting a More Effective Role for the Library" (F. K. Groen); (9) "University Libraries in India" (K. A. Isaac); (10) "Library and Reference, Research, Documentation and Information Services to Members of Parliament in India" (G. C. Malhotra); (11) "Tripura Legislative Assembly Library: A Study" (S. Debnath); (12) "Library and Information Services in Andhra Pradesh Legislative Assembly" (S. S. Rajamani); (13) "Library Reference and Research Services in Rajasthan Legislative Assembly" (C. P. Gupta); (14) "The Needs of University Libraries in Developing Countries" (G. G. Allen); and (15) "The Finnish Universities' Research Database Project" (P. Kytomaki). (SLD)

This proceedings of the 1998 conference of the International Association of Technological University Libraries (IATUL) contains the full text of the following papers: "A Library Ready for 21st Century Services: The Case of the University of Science and Technology (UST) Library, Kumasi, Ghana" (Helena Rebecca Asamoah-Hassan); "Libraries in Partnership: Defining Our Core Roles for the 21st Century" (Gaynor Austen); "Library Purchasing Consortia: Achieving Value for Money and Shaping the Emerging Electronic Marketplace" (David Ball and Jo Pye); "The UK Electronic Libraries Programme" (Michael Breaks); "Information Literacy: The Key Competency for the 21st Century" (Alan Bundy); "Consortia Licensing, Information as Infrastructure" (Andy Crowther); "Measure for Measure: A Post-Modern Critique of Performance Measurement in Libraries and Information Services" (Rowena Cullen); "The KMAT: Benchmarking Knowledge Management" (Martha de Jager); "GAELIC: Consortial Strategies for Survival" (Heather Edwards); "Avoiding the Reefs and Rips While Riding a Relevant Technology Wave into Rural Regions" (John Frylinck and Vicki Williamson); "Factors Related to Faculty Publishing Productivity" (Carol Ann Hughes); "Doing More for Less" (Mike Johnson); "Smarter Higher Education: Information Literacy Adds Value" (Cathy-Mae Karelse); "The Implementation of the Greek Union Catalog" (Anthi Katsirikou); "User Access to the Hybrid Library" (Peter Leggate and David Price); "Riding the Technology Wave" (Pierre Malan); "Library Resource-Sharing in the Network-Centric World" (Rob McGee); "People in a Technology Driven Future: On the Social Relations of New Information Technologies [Keynote Address]" (Ojelanki K. Ngwenyama); "Using the Internet To Support Lifelong Learning: The Role of the Librarian" (Robert Newton, Rita Marcella, Alan MacLennan, and Iain Middleton); "Launching Transformations at the Academic Information Service, University of Pretoria" (Heila Pienaar, Mary-Rose Russell, Yzelle Roets, and Hilda Kriel); "Collaboration between a Technological University Library and Tenant Firms in a Technology Park in Thailand: New Challenges for Librarianship in a Developing Country" (Nongyao Premkamolnetr); "Every Time I Figure out Where It's At, Somebody Moves It!" (Eugenie Prime); "Malaysia's Multimedia Super Corridor and Roles of Information Professionals" (Edna Reid);"Library Leadership and Re-Engineering: An Israeli Experience" (Nurit Roitberg); "Global Literacy Initiatives: The United States and Developing Nations" (Lynne Rudasill); "The Truth Is in the Details, Lessons in Inter-University Library Collaboration" (Murray C. Shepherd); "Millennial Megatrends: Forces Shaping the 21st Century" (Philip H. Spies); "Relevance from Reality" (Talikka Marja); "Remote Electronic Resources and the OPAC: Illustrated by the UNISA Library Experience" (Ina Van der Merwe, Welna Van Eden, and Sandra Hartzer); "User-Education in a Flexible Learning Environment: An Opportunity To Stay Relevant in the 21st Century" (A.J. Van Vuren and J.C. Henning); and "The New Library, A Hybrid Organization" (Leo Waaijers). (MES)

This document contains three papers presented at the 1995 Arizona Library Association conference. Papers include: (1) "ERLs and URLs: ASU Libraries Database Delivery Through Web Technology" (Dennis Brunning & Philip Konomos), which illustrates how and why the libraries at Arizona State University developed a world wide web server and a home page to expedite navigating and searching the library's electronic databases; (2) "A Process Improvement Approach to Interlibrary Loan" (Linda Dols and others), which explains how data workflow analysis, cost-benefit analysis, benchmarking, and statistics gathering aided an improvement team in doing needs assessment on interlibrary loan services at the University of Arizona; and (3) "Using Total Quality Management Tools to Improve Library Processes" (Barbara Allen & Deborah Smith), which chronicles the implementation of a process improvement team charged with improving physical access to library collections and with adapting total quality management techniques to work processes. (BEW)

This proceedings contains the following papers presented at the 1993 conference of the Arizona State Library Association and Arizona Educational Media Association College and University Libraries Division: (1) "Building a Collection Development Team in an Academic Library" (Bee Gallegos and John Spencer); (2) "Danger, Death and Desire in the Stacks: Or the Application and Results of the WLN Assessment to the Collection at Central Arizona College" (Joddy McEuen and Bonny Bruce); (3) "Designing a Training Program for a Dynamic Online Library System" (Beth L. Brin, Louise Greenfield, and Jennalyn Tellman); (4) "A First Review of 'FirstSearch': Implementation and Evaluation at the University of Arizona Library" (Bonny Bruce and Michele Hanson); (5) "Hot Wiring the Classroom: Library Instruction in an Electronic Environment" (Ruth Dickstein); (6) "Outreach in Arizona: How Grateful Med Paved the Way for the Arizona Health Information Network" (Patricia A Auflick and Mary L. Riordan); and (7) "Through the Curriculum Looking Glass: A Different View of Electronic Resources" (Christopher McConnell). Most of the papers contain references. (MES)

This document contains the following papers presented at a seminar in which information workers from Namibia and neighboring countries elaborated on future information services in Namibia: "Welcome" (A. de Klerk); "Right to Information and Citizenship" (N. Angula); "Namibia: Information Policy Issues and the State of Information Services" (A. Totemeyer); "University of Namibia: A Key Player in Generating Scientific Information and Training of Information Specialists" (P. Katjavivi); "Role of the Ministry of Information and Broadcasting in Serving the Information Needs of the Broader Community" (H. Hamutenya); "Coordination of Information Systems and Services in Botswana" (A. Thapisa); "Coordination of Information Systems and Services in Zambia" (H. Mwacalimba); "Archives' Contribution to the Coordination of Information Systems and Services in Kenya" (M. Musembi); "Arrangements for the Coordination of Information Systems and Services in Malawi" (R. Mabomba); "Zimbabwe: An Overview on the Coordination of Information Services" (D. Pakkiri); "Library Services of the Ministry of Education and Culture" (A. Marais); "Role of the Namibian National Archives and Coordination with Private Archives in Namibia" (B. Lau, W. Hillebrecht); "University Library: Problems, Prospects and Coordination with Other Training Institution Libraries" (K. Avafia); "Bibliographic Control in Namibia" (J. Loubser); "History and Establishment of the Namibian Information Workers Association" (M. Viljoen); "Role of the Namibian Information Workers Association and Cooperation with Other Local and International Organizations" (V. Jacobs); "From a Public Library Service to a Community Library Service and Coordination with NGO Community Projects" (E. de Kock); "Special Libraries of Government and Prospects for Cooperation with Libraries from Para-Statal and Private Information Centres" (R. Morgenstern); "School Library Services in Namibia" (T. Klynsmith); "Development of a Teachers' Resource Centre Network in Namibia and Coordination with School Libraries" (R. Douglas); "Training of Library and Information Personnel at the University of Namibia" (V. Jacobs); "Training of Resource Teachers/School Librarians at Teacher Training Colleges in Namibia" (G. Reimers); "Findings and Recommendations of the University of Namibia, Department of Information Studies" (A. Totemeyer);"Role of the Office of the Prime Minister via its Directorate of Data Systems and Services" (N. Hamutenya); "Policy Statement and Recommendations by Participants"; and "Closing Speech" (V. Ankama). (SLD)

Five of the seven papers in this collection focus on the use of technology for information retrieval and resource sharing: (1) "Teaching Students How To Search Bibliographic Retrieval Systems: The Unit Record Approach" (George Bell); (2) "The Online Catalog and Bibliographic Databases as Shared Resources: The Impact and Issues of Networking a Library's Online System" (Dennis Brunning and George Machovec); (3) "The Development and Use of Online Indexes" (Arlys MacDonald); (4) "Collection Development and Compact Discs: Establishing Criteria" (Jeanne Pfander); and (5) "Union Lists of Serials--An Old Idea with a New Application in Modern Resource Sharing" (Terese Varga). The two remaining papers are "'Information Power' and the School Librarian: An Educational Resource" (Joanna Jones) and "Librarianship in El Salvador" (Sheila Milam). A copy of the questionnaire for the school librarian survey is included. (BBM)

Eighteen scholarly papers and fifteen abstracts comprise the content of the seventeenth annual Brick and Click Libraries Conference, held annually at Northwest Missouri State University in Maryville, Missouri. The proceedings, authored by academic librarians and presented at the symposium, portray the contemporary and future face of librarianship. The 2017 paper and abstract titles include: (1) Making Room: Digitizing Your Scholarly Output (Jocelyn Wehr); (2) State-It: Connecting Students to the Archives (Kayla Siddell and Katie Sutrina-Haney); (3) Using LibWizard to Create Active Virtual Learning (Andrew J. Cano); (4) Meeting Your Students Where They Are: Making the Most of Your School's LMS (Bernadette Mirro and Hongqiang Mason Yang); (5) Does a NextGen Catalog Imply a NextGen Library? (James Shaw); (6) "There's a Module for That": Developing Information Literacy Modules at MU Libraries (Kimberly Moeller, Navadeep Khanal and Timothy Perry); (7) Maximizing Classroom Dynamics Through Teaching Methods (Stephen Woody, Andrea Thimesch and Gwen Wilson); (8) Collaborative Approaches to Digital Projects: Enhancing Collections Through Effective Access and Promotion (Yumi Ohira and Amy C. Schindler); (9) Purposeful Instruction Through Scaffolding (Carolyn Johnson and Lori Mardis); (10) More Than Fake News: Fostering Critical Information and Media Literacy Across Campus (Karna Younger and Callie Wiygul Branstiter); (11) Moving from Collection to User Centric Operations: The University Library in the Knowledge Economy (Dr. Alan Bearman, Sean C. Bird and Sean Stacey); (12) Academic Library Safety and Security--Administrators and Staff Need to Be on the Lookout (Susan Breakenridge Fink); (13) Strategies for Building Diverse Library Collections (Steve Alleman and Tom Burns); (14) Making the Complex Simple: Managing the Analysis of Large-Scale Evaluation of Library Instruction (Carol A. Leibiger and Alan W. Aldrich); (15) Ghosted by Faculty: When You Build It and They Don't Come (Meghan Salsbury, Heidi Blackburn and Tammi Owens); (16) Putting Constructivist Learning Theory into Practice: Using Educational Technology to Engage Students and Assess Their Learning (Amanda B. Albert and Jamie L. Emery); (17) Information Literacy: A Cure for Infomania (Karna Younger and Carmen Orth-Alfie); (18) Launching a Web Archives Program at a Public University (Blake Graham, Jennifer L. Thoegersen and Mary Ellen Ducey); (19) Stop Lecturing, Start Teaching: An Activities-Based Approach to Library Instruction (Kendra Spahr); (20) Committing to Customer Service: Valuing and Measuring Reference Customer Satisfaction (Mardi Mahaffy and Julie Hartwell); (21) From Trapped and Bored to Interested and Informed: Library Instruction That Engages Students in Active Learning (Nancy M. Crabtree); (22) Best Practices for Creating a Welcoming Environment for Transgender and Gender Non-Conforming Individuals in Libraries (Holling Smith-Borne); (23) Making Dibner Library a Happy Place: What Disney Taught Us about Improving Library Services (Gavin Paul and Ana Torres); (24) More Than Just a Job: Student and Supervisor Perspectives on Mentoring (Anna Hulseberg, Jeff Jenson and Michelle Twait); (25) What Do We Need? Information Criticality! When Do We Need It? Now! (Jamie L. Emery and Sarah E. Fancher); (26) What Do Your Library Chats Say?: How to Analyze Webchat Transcripts for Sentiment and Topic Extraction (Ellie Kohler); (27) From the Inside Out: Creating an Emotionally Intelligent and Inclusive Culture (Lisa Martin and Mea Warren); (28) Beyond "If You Build It…": Iterative Design for an Academic Library MakerSpace (Ashley Creek); (29) Collections Decoded: Reflections and Strategies for Anti-Racist Collection Development (Aisha Conner-Gaten, Kristyn Caragher, and Tracy Drake); (30) Where the Old Meets the New: What Does the Next Generation Really Expect from Librarians? (Cheryl L. Blevens and Valentine K. Muyumba); (31) Bite Sized is the Right Size: Strategies for the Brief Information Session (Tracey Boswell); (32) On Point: Collaborating with Students from Various Academic Disciplines and Organizations to Revitalize Library Spaces and Services (Blair Stapleton); and (33) Using 360-Degree Cameras for Self-Assessment in Skills-Based Courses (Ayyoub Ajmi). An author/title index is also included. (Individual papers contain references.) [For the 2016 proceedings, see ED573156.]

The May 1985 program session of the Library of Congress Network Advisory Committee focused on the identification of key issues in the networking field. Presentations included discussions of major network developments in the last two decades, the changing network players, the impact of technology on networks, and library networks and the law. The introduction to this document includes a brief summary of major topics raised: network participants, the end user, legal issues, and the future of networking. The following papers are included in their entirety: (1) "Issues in National Library Network Development: An Overview" (Barbara E. Markuson); (2) "Networks: Changing Roles" (Susan K. Martin); (3) "The Impact of Technology on Library Networks and Related Organizations" (Ronald F. Miller); and (4) "Library Networks and the Law" (Noel E. Hanf). A list of conference attendees, a glossary of acronyms and abbreviations used in the submitted papers, summaries of the working group sessions and business sessions, and a conference agenda are included. (THC)

Twenty scholarly papers and fifteen abstracts comprise the content of the sixteenth annual Brick and Click Libraries Conference, held annually at Northwest Missouri State University in Maryville, Missouri. The proceedings, authored by academic librarians and presented at the symposium, portray the contemporary and future face of librarianship. The 2016 paper and abstract titles include: (1) Making Effective, Usable Research Guides (Joshua S. Welker); (2) The Beulah Williams Library Creation Lab: Creating a Technology Sandbox in an Academic Library (Lynn Klundt); (3) Establishing an Electronic Theses Repository using Digital Commons (Yumi Ohira and Deborah L. White); (4) Becoming the Center: Creating and Implementing a Unified Service Point (Michael Berry); (5) Developing a Research Proposal: Serendipity and Planning (Susan Sykes Berry, Marilyn Degeus, and Sarah Kartsonis); (6) Mentoring on Mars: Peering at the Landscape through a Variety of Lenses (Susan M. Frey and Valentine Muyumba); (7) Taking the ILS for a Walk on the Quad: Cross-Campus Collaborations for Tech Services (Kirsten Davis and Mary Ann Mercante); (8) How to Maintain Reserves through Departmental Cooperation (Hong Li and Kayla Reed); (9) Becoming the DH Team…Digital Humanities, Public History, and the Library (Amanda Langendoerfer and Janet Romine); (10) Celebrating International Students in the Library (Ayyoub Ajmi and Fu Zhuo); (11) Keeping in Step with the College"s Mission (Joyce Meldrem); (12) Catch Online Students by Design (Elise A. Blas, Gwen Wilson, and Jean V. Marshall); (13) 2015 Summer of Changes: Reducing Print Collection, Migrating to New ILS and Redesigning Space at Dibner Library of Science and Technology (Ana Torres and Gavin Paul); (14) Using Data to Drive Public Services Decisions (Cindy Thompson and Jen Salvo-Eaton); (15) A Practical Solution for Managing and Assessing Library Electronic Collections (Xiaocan (Lucy) Wang and Robert Black); (16) Library Space and Usage Studies Can Inform, Influence & Impact Our Buildings and Services (Dr. Susan Breakenridge Fink); (17) Pop-up Usability Testing--More Data, Less Time (and Money) (Kelley Martin); (18) Renovating Foundations: ArchivesSpace and Collections Management (Mary Ellen Ducey, Peterson Brink, and Stacy Rickel); (19) The Big Reveal: LibGuides Analytics and Why They Matter (Sarah E. Fancher and Jamie L. Emery); (20) Snap, Click, Chat: Investigating the International Student Experience (Melissa Burel and Sarah Park); (21) "But We"ve Always Done it This Way!": Managing Expectations of Blended Workforces (Nicholas Wyant and Melissa Mallon); (22) "I Got My Customer Service Badge!" Using Online Modules for Library Student Worker Training (Ashley Creek); (23) Singing a Different Tune: Moving the Traditional Cataloging Skill Set into non-MARC (Amanda Harlan); (24) Employing Students in Digitization: Leveraging Digital Projects as Valuable Learning Experiences (Christopher Jones); (25) Extreme Makeover: Information Literacy Edition (Abigail Broadbent and Rebecca Hamlett); (26) Make it Beautiful, Make it Usable: DIY Design for Librarians (Dani Wellemeyer and Jess Williams); (27) Winning the Steelcase Education Active Learning Center Grant: Strategies for Successful Grant Writing (Danielle Dion and Ashley Creek); (28) Confident Shifting for Complex Moves (Joshua Lambert); (29) Lost in the Stacks: Helping Undergraduate Students Navigate the Library Labyrinth (Andi Back); (30) Picking Favorites: Setting Up a Study Room Reservation System (Alissa V. Fial); (31) Building Instructional Labs for Tomorrow: Do Trees and Tablets Work (Stephen Ambra); (32) Implementing a Smartphone Scavenger Hunt at Mizzou Libraries (Goodie Bhullar, Rachel Brekhus, Rebecca Graves, Navadeep Khanal, Noël Kopriva, Kimberly Moeller, and Paula Roper); (33) Keeping the Baby AND the Bathwater: Supplementing Traditional ILL with an On-Demand Document Delivery Service (Rob Withers, Jennifer Bazeley, Susan Hurst, and Kevin Messner); (34) Innovating and Building New Things with Our Student Workers (Ayyoub Ajmi); and (35) Creating Without Crunching: Library Interactive Map (Adedoyin Adenuga). An author/title index is also included. (Individual papers contain references.) [For the 2015 proceedings, see ED561244.]

The December 1985 program session of the Library of Congress Network Advisory Committee (NAC) focused on determining the effectiveness of networking, identifying a common vision or goal, and developing a strategy to accomplish that goal. The program session included remarks on the role of the regional networks in national networking by Louella V. Wetherbee; a consideration of RLG (Research Libraries Group) in a nationwide network by Richard F. McCoy; a discussion of state libraries in national networking by James A. Nelson; presentations by private sector representatives and local systems representatives; and an overview and comments by Ronald F. Miller. The following papers, included in their entirety, were also presented: (1) "A Common Vision--Networking for Networkers and Librarians" (JoAn S. Segal); (2) "The Nationwide Network and OCLC--A Vision and a Role" (Rowland C. W. Brown); (3) "National Libraries' Vision of the Nationwide Network and Their Role in That Network" (Henriette D. Avram, Lois Ann Colaianni, and Joseph H. Howard); and (4) "A User's View of Networking" (Barbara D. Cooper). Also included are a list of conference attendees and summaries of NAC questionnaire responses, working group discussions, and the business session. A definition of networking, basic premises underlying library networking, questions for the NAC, and the conference agenda are appended; and a 12-item bibliography is provided. (KM)

Eight scholarly papers and seven abstracts comprise the content of the twenty-third annual Brick & Click Libraries Conference, held annually at Northwest Missouri State University in Maryville, Missouri. The 2023 paper and abstract titles include: (1) The Reliability and Usability of ChatGPT for Library Metadata (Jenny Bodenhamer); (2) A Balancing Act in the Archives: Increasing Access to the Great Plains Black History Museum Collections (Wendy Guerra and Lori Schwartz); (3) Developing Info Students Where They Are: Personalizing Instruction to Increase Literacy Skills to Meet Engagement (Jorge A. León); (4) Empowering Undergraduates: Building Confidence in Primary Source Literacy (Jaycie Vos and Jess Cruz); (5) Quest for the Best: An Info Lit Strategy for First Year Seminars (Stephanie Hallam, Mary Bangert, and Michael Bezushko); (6) Are We Putting Our Values into Practice? Chat Reference Assessment (Mardi Mahaffy); (7) A Pilot Workshop on AI Art and Libraries at the University of Mississippi (Alex Watson); (8) New Expansions of Open Access to Benefit Research and Researchers (Barbara Pope); (9) Zettelkasten Note-Taking in Zotero for Grounded Writing (Rachel Brekhus); (10) Building Community: Library Leadership of a Common Book Program (Jill Becker); (11) Digital Media and Innovation Lab: A Must Have for Academic Libraries (Navadeep Khanal and Joseph Sabo); (12) Digital Libraries as Digital Third Place: Virtual Programming in the Age of Loneliness (Craig Finlay and Jenny Haddon); (13) Community Engagement: Academic and School Library Partnerships (Melissa Dennis); (14) Launching a Ticketing System With Asana (Hong Li); and (15) Meeting the Needs of Student Parents (Sarah Hebert). [For the 2022 proceedings, see ED623765.]

This proceedings of the International Association of Technological University Libraries (IATUL) contains the opening address by IATUL president Nancy Fjallbrant and the full text of the following papers: "Building Info-Skills by Degrees: Embedding Information Literacy in University Study" (Wendy Abbott and Deborah Peach); "UQ Library's First CIS: Towards Customising Information Services at the University of Queensland Library" (Ruth Foxlee and Karen Borchardt); "Education for Information Literacy in Czech Technical Universities" (Vladimir T. Borovansky); "Information Literacy for the Skeptical Library Director" (Patricia S. Breivik); "Forward with Imagination: Innovative Library Client Services for the 21st Century" (Alan Bundy); "After the Fireworks: Opportunities and Directions for University Libraries" (Alex Byrne); "Watch Our Lips! New Skills and Services for the Knowledge Age" (Penny Carnaby); "The Yields of Growing Professional Partnerships" (Sandra Lawrence and Pauline Fountain); "Creating Information Structures that Work for the New Millennium" (Heather Gordon); "Facing the Challenges of Transition: The Next Generation Library" (Nancy V. Green); "Virtual Libraries: Interactive Support Software and an Application in Chaotic Models" (Anthi Katsirikou, Christos Skiadas, Apostolos Apostolou, Giannis Rompogiannakis); "The Academic Library in the 21st Century--What Need for a Physical Place?" (Helen King); "Navigating the Information Society" (Joyce Kirk); "Value Not Virtual--One Library's Response to the Virtual Campus" (Sue McKnight); "Does the Virtual Campus Demand a Virtual Library? Library Leadership Response to Big Hairy Audacious Goals" (James G. Neal); "Virtual Libraries: Service Realities" (Jan Novak); "In Technology We Trust--A Perspective from up North" (Irma Pasanen-Tuomainen); "The Virtual Campus: Impact on Teaching and Learning" (Janice Rickards); "Strategies for Working with Library Staff Members in Embracing Change Caused by Library Automation" (Murray Shepherd); "Information Literacy--Collaboration between the University of Pretoria and the Potchefstroom University for Christian Higher Education" (Jane Elizabeth Thompson); "Information Literacy in Electronic Environments Fantasies, Facts, and Futures" (Ross Todd); and "Developing IT Literacy Levels among Library Staff in a Networked Environment, at the University of the Witwatersrand (WITS), Johannesburg, South Africa" (Julie Wilcocks and Clare Walker). Abstracts of four additional papers are also included. (MES)

The eight papers in this collection were presented at an Association of College and Research Libraries workshop held in September 1988 in Buffalo, New York. The papers are as follows: (1) "Making Real Changes: Course Integrated Instruction and Its Impact, a Case Study" (Joan Ormondroyd); (2) "Dual Function Positions: A View from the Trenches" (Amy L. Paster); (3) "Faculty Status, Longevity, and Salaries among Librarians in LIBRAS" (Jonathan D. Lauer, Edward W. Meachen, and Donald H. Dilmore); (4) "A New Twist on an Old Theme" (Honey Marchetti); (5) "New York State Periodical Index" (Judith Jennejahn and Margaret Rich); (6) "Physical Condition of the Collections at E. H. Butler Library, State University College at Buffalo: Report of a Survey" (Mary Lee C. Xanco and Kathleen Quinlivan); (7) "The Role of Practising Librarians in Library Education" (Gillian M. McCombs); and (8) "What Does Copyright Have To Do with My Teaching Activities? What Is Fair Use? What Is an Anthology?" (Stuart Milligan). Lists of Western New York/Ontario chapter officers for 1987-88 and 1988-89 are included. (MES)

The papers in this proceedings consider ways in which user friendly interface design may be used to make online systems in public and academic libraries easier to use, and thus more attractive to potential users. A short introduction by F. W. Lancaster is followed by nine papers: (1) "Linking the Unlinkable" (Michael Gorman); (2) "Aristotle Meets Plato in the Library Catalog: Part 1" (Ward Shaw); (3) "Aristotle Meets Plato in the Library Catalog: Part 2" (Ken Dowlin); (4) "Toward a Definition of User Friendliness: A Psychological Perspective" (Christine L. Borgman); (4) "Is 'User Friendly' Really Possible in Library Automation?" (Dale K. Carrison); (5) "User Interfaces for Online Library Catalogs" (Emily Gallup Fayen); (6) "Taming the Unfriendly System: Microcomputers as Patron Terminals to Access an Online Catalog" (Gary A. Golden); (7) "Natural Language User Interfaces in Information Retrieval" (Tamas E. Doszkocs); (8) "Design Issues in Automatic Translation for Online Information Retrieval Systems" (David E. Toliver); and (9) "User Friendly Future: Applications of New Information Technology" (Linda C. Smith). Seven of the papers include bibliographic references. (EW)