Information Practice in Science and Technology: Evolving Challenges and New Directions

by Schlembach; Mary

• ISBN13: 9780789021847
• ISBN10: 0789021846
• Edition: 1st
• Format: Nonspecific Binding
• Copyright: 2003-08-19
• Publisher: Routledge

Summary

Examine the vital issues facing sci-tech libraries in today's economic and technological climate! This book addresses current challenges and changes in science and technology libraries--and shows how librarians are handling them in difficult financial times. It examines issues related to closing and merging libraries, online collections maintenance and costs, assistance/outreach geared toward specific groups of library patrons, and the gathering of usage statistics in the electronic environment. You'll also find specific descriptions--and a general overview--of new technologies and case studies of the impact of new technologies on sci-tech library management. Handy tables and figures make the information easy to access and understand. Presenting a wide variety of problems and solutions, Information Practice in Science and Technology will help you understand the needs of users regarding current information technologies and how to meet them. From the editor: Among the critical challenges facing sci-tech libraries (and actually all libraries) are the need to perform detailed collection assessment and evaluation, particularly in regard to e-resource collections; the need to examine and provide appropriate public services; and the need to develop strategies for the adoption of new information technologies. This book addresses these key issues and attempts to provide both perspective and insight into these problems.” Information Practice in Science and Technology examines: how merging academic departmental libraries can both improve services and smooth the transition to increased use of digital information the process of developing, managing, and providing access to an electronic collection--a case study from the University of Notre Dame, with special attention paid to licensing and publisher agreements how a limited Web interface can be enhanced and become a digital portal to a library's print collection--a case study from the Grainger Engineering Library at the University of Illinois how libraries can support academic faculty research in cross-disciplinary subject areas how to address the specialized subject area information needs of meteorologists and geologists outreach methods that the University of California uses to better connect with library patrons and demonstrate the services that the library offers Digital Object Identifiers (DOIs)--the new technology for archiving and linking electronic information how to gather and benefit from usage statistics, with attention to electronic databases, statistics gathered from public library terminals, and transaction log usage statistics for electronic reserves the proposals to provide all government documents through an electronic distribution system--and what that will mean to sci-tech libraries

Table of Contents

Introduction	1	(2)
Mary C. Schlembach
Merging Science/Technology Libraries: A Valuable Planning Option	3	(14)
Barton Lessin
Electronic Collections-Evolution and Strategies: Past, Present, and Future	17	(12)
Carol A. Brach
Providing a Digital Portal to a Print Collection: A Case Study for an Engineering Documents Collection	29	(14)
Winnie S. Chan
Deborah Rhue
Challenges for Engineering Libraries: Supporting Research and Teaching in a Cross-Disciplinary Environment	43	(10)
Linda G. Ackerson
Information-Seeking Behavior of Academic Meteorologists and the Role of Information Specialists	53	(12)
Julie Hallmark
Geology Librarianship: Current Trends and Challenges	65	(22)
Lura E. Joseph
Bridge Beyond the Walls: Two Outreach Models at the University of California, Santa Cruz	87	(10)
Catherine Soehner
Wei Wei
Current Implementation of the DOI in STM Publishing	97	(22)
Cynthia L. Mader
When Vendor Statistics Are Not Enough: Determining Use of Electronic Databases	119	(8)
Amy S. Van Epps
Capturing Patron Selections from an Engineering Library Public Terminal Menu: An Analysis of Results	127	(12)
William H. Mischo
Mary C. Schlembach
Looking for Numbers with Meaning: Using Server Logs to Generate Web Site Usage Statistics at the University of Illinois Chemistry Library	139	(14)
Beth L. Tarr
Challenges and Changes: A Review of Issues Surrounding the Digital Migration of Government Information	153	(10)
Robert Slater
Index	163