Virtually Yours: Models for Managing Electronic Resources and Services : Proceedings of the Joint Reference and User Services Association and Association for Library c

by JOHNSON PEGGY (ED)

• ISBN13: 9780838907535
• ISBN10: 0838907539
• Format: Paperback
• Copyright: 1999-02-01
• Publisher: Amer Library Assn

Summary

Electronic resources such as CD-ROMs, online reference services, and audio and video products have been a boon to libraries, giving them a variety of options for providing information and entertainment to patrons. They have also been a bane to the existence of many librarians who find that the process for selecting, processing, and making these services available does not fit neatly into traditional library operations. Virtually Yours describes the best practices and current strategies for managing electronic resources from acquisitions to patron use. Experts in collection development and acquisitions from both academic and public libraries explain what works and what doesn't when it comes to selecting, acquiring, and circulating electronic resources and information. Also examined are innovative, positive, and practical management models that were put to the test in a variety of libraries.

Table of Contents

Preface	v	(2)
Acknowledgments	vii	(2)
Introduction: Real Collections and Real Services in a Virtual World	ix
Peggy Johnson
Bonnie MacEwan
PART I Understanding Libraries and Their Mission	3	(50)
1 Toward a Redefinition of Library Services	3	(19)
Ross Atkinson
2 Seamless Information Environments and Seamless Management Structures: Where Are Our Aspirations Leading Us?	22	(12)
Eugene L. Wiemers
3 Information Technologies and Educational Purposes: An Uneasy Alliance	34	(7)
John Howe
4 Reconceptualizing Partnerships	41	(12)
Deanna B. Marcum
PART II Understanding User Needs in a Changing Environment	53	(32)
5 Virtually Yours: Models for Managing Electronic Resources and Services	53	(5)
Bonnie MacEwan
6 Assessment: How and Why	58	(13)
Gloriana St. Clair
7 Libraries: The Changing Political and Economic Environment	71	(14)
Kenneth E. Dowlin
PART III Understanding "Digital" Libraries: Practical Implications	85	(44)
8 Today and Tomorrow: What the Digital Library Really Means for Collections and Services	85	(13)
Clifford Lynch
9 Licensing for Information Resources: Creative Contracts and the Library Mission	98	(13)
Kenneth D. Crews
10 Licensing: Pitfalls and Protection for the Collections	111	(7)
Karen A. Schmidt
11 Legal Issues: The Negotiator's Perspective for Getting to the Heart of the License	118	(11)
Trisha L. Davis
PART IV Understanding Change in Libraries: Implementation Considerations	129	(18)
12 Managing New Initiatives	129	(7)
Karen N. Nagy
13 Learning to Cha-Cha with Change	136	(11)
Peggy Johnson
Bibliography	147	(6)
Acronyms	153	(2)
Contributors	155	(4)
Index	159