Library Hi Tech: Volume 12 Issue 3

GEAC: A formula for the future

Charles Farley, Susan Beck, Julia Miller

Geac Computers, Inc. is now in its twenty‐fourth year as a library system supplier. For the past year and a half, Geac has been combining the resources of recently acquired CLSI…

Introduction

Jan Olsen

During the last several years the staff of Mann Library has struggled with big questions and decisions. We have been obliged to recognize that the decisions we make today provide…

The many roles of an information technology section

Tim Lynch

The Information Technology Section (ITS) of the Albert R. Mann Library at Cornell University is introduced, focusing on key roles regarding the public services, technical…

The electronic library and public services

Susan J. Barnes

The Albert R. Mann Library at Cornell University has created a working electronic library and has made significant changes in services and staff responsibilities to address users'…

Technical services and the electronic library: Defining our roles and divining the partnership

Janet McCue

To meet the challenges of the electronic library, technical services staff members must be able to articulate the value they add to the institution—not only in the realm of the…

Collection development for the electronic library: A conceptual and organizational model

Samuel Demas

The elements of a conceptual and organizational model for conducting systematic selection of electronic publications are presented. Refined at Mann Library over the past decade…

Setting preservation priorities at mann library: A disciplinary approach

Samuel Demas

A systematic, disciplinary approach to setting preservation priorities developed at Mann Library is described. The Core Agricultural Literature project, under the direction of…

UMI—History in the making

Thomas Pack

UMI is a gateway for the flow of information from the fields of business, education, engineering, social science, and the popular media. The company's staff collects, creates, and…

Pages from the desktop: Desktop publishing today

Walt Crawford

Recent Trailing Edge articles have discussed typefaces and graphics. This column discusses putting it all together: economical desktop publishing. There has never been a better…