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SEATTLE ACADEMY Founded in 1983, Seattle Academy is a private, urban school encompassing grades 6-12 that has steadily grown over the years and now occupies six buildings and one satellite [...]

A study on the accomplishments of Victoria's Community Network, virtual library network of State Library of Victoria, Australia is presented.

This article presents an investigation of the conflicting values of privacy and security in the use of public access computers in academic libraries. A summary of appropriate use policies in universities is included with recommendations and a sample policy statement.

A survey revealed that 65% of sci-tech and 52% of business libraries in the US are members of library information networks. Lack of need for such information sources was cited by some respondents as their main reason for non-membership in the networks., This research is a descriptive study of the resource-sharing (networking) practices of librarians in two different types of special libraries--business and sci-tech--in corporations or other for-profit firms, not for-profit organizations, [...]

The volume of available information doubles every eight years, and leading libraries are rapidly expanding. Students must learn how to access the available information. Information searching at two high schools is examined.

Public libraries have helped close the digital divide by bringing free Internet and computer access to the common person--particularly those who lack access at home or work. Whereas only 28 […]

This paper describes how library operations can be integrated in a cross-platform programming environment. It discusses the organizational and technical issues in planning and designing of macro applications from the […]

It is known that end users of products and services sometimes innovate, and that innovations developed by users sometimes become the basis for important newcommercial products and services. It has also been argued and to some extent shown that such innovations will be found concentrated in a 'lead user' segment of the user community. However, neither the characteristics of innovating users nor the scope of the community that they 'lead' has been explored in depth. In this paper, we explore the characteristics of innovation, innovators, and innovation sharing by library users of OPAC information search systems in Australia. This market has capable users, but it is nonetheless clearly a 'follower' with respect to worldwide technological advance. Wefind that 26% of users in this local market nonetheless do modify their OPACs in both major and minor ways, and that OPAC manufacturers judge many of these user modifications to be of commercial interest. We find that we can distinguish modifying from nonmodifying users on the basis of a number of factors, including their 'leading--edge status' and their in--house technical capabilities. We find that many innovating users freely share their innovations with others, and find that we can distinguish users that share information about their modifications from users that do not. We conclude by considering some implications of our findings for idea generation practices in marketing. (Lead Users; Idea Generation; New Product Development), 1. Introduction and Overview Empirical research in a number of fields has shown that users are frequently the first to develop and use prototype versions of what later became commercially [...]

The academic librarian is a key stakeholder in the development of Internet technologies. The profession is well positioned to promote and exploit the benefits of information networks. In recent years, this has generally meant that academic librarians have assumed the role of campus Internet trainer or instructor. The logic behind this is compelling. The role of Internet trainer will enhance the profile of the profession because it will help academics to become better users of the Internet, and therefore better able to achieve the benefits of improved access to networked information resources and services. Is this the case? This article reports on a pilot study that, amongst other things, examined the relationship between training and satisfaction with information seeking on the Internet. The outcomes suggest that academic librarians might consider shifting their emphasis from Internet training to network-based support for self-learning. The methodology of magnitude estimation, employed in this pilot, is also discussed., In recent years, there has been widespread speculation that emerging global networks may represent the vanguard for a fundamental redefinition of the library.(1) As the earliest beneficiary of Internet technologies, [...]

The advent of the Internet has revolutionized the teaching of archaeology in universities. Whereas a syllabus had formerly been handed out to students in mimeographed paper, it is now accessed through the Internet and may have hard copies only if students choose to download printouts. Also, the bibliographic resources had become very much expanded. The references now include journal articles and books from libraries all over the US. Unfortunately, some archaeology journals do not include page references in their online versions such that students could not use them for term papers.

Managing Information in the Digital Age: The Australian Technology Network Libraries Respond editor Ann Huthwaite. Adelaide University of South Australia Library 2005 178pp The rapid growth of digital information creates [...]