Library Hi Tech: Volume 23 Issue 1

The UNLV Libraries: four years after the construction of a new main library

To provide an introduction to a two‐volume special issue on Lied Library at the University of Nevada, Las Vegas that focuses on major changes, new services, and technology issues…

UNLV's Lied Library: a graphical time line

To chronicle the planning, construction and subsequent operation of UNLV's Lied Library.

Lied Library at the University of Nevada, Las Vegas: post‐construction thoughts

To report on the perceived success or failure of different aspects of Lied Library after three years of operation.

What if you build it, and they keep coming and coming and coming?

To provide an overview of building use in Lied Library at UNLV from the Library's opening in 2001 through early 2004 and to provide and update on the implications of the…

Lied Library @ four years: technology never stands still

To relate challenges associated with maintaining the technology involved in a modern, major academic research library.

“If at first you don't succeed … ”: web site redesign at the UNLV Libraries

To document a library web site redesign from start to finish, with special attention and emphasis placed on process – what worked and what did not.

Research and Information Services at Lied Library: Restructured, revitalized and planning for the future

This paper summarizes the changes in the organization and services of the Research and Information Department since moving into Lied Library.

The evolving Information Commons

To examine the changing nature and adaptation of the Information Commons concept at the University of Nevada, Las Vegas.

Movement toward a predominantly electronic journal collection

To address the UNLV Libraries movement toward a predominantly electronic journal collection including evaluation of library collection and reevaluation of organizational…

Branch libraries and technology: impact of a new main library

To explore the interactions between branch libraries and a new main library, in the area of technology equipment and services.

Bandwidth bottlenecks at the University of Botswana: Complications for library, campus, and national development

To examine the technical reasons for excessively slow internet speeds at the University of Botswana, to discover the present state of development efforts addressing such examples…

About XML: from Ghostbusters to libraries – the power of XUL

This paper introduces XML user‐interface language (XUL) and its use in Mozilla/Firefox extensions. It also describes OPAX, a prototype XUL OPAC user interface based on the Mozilla…

Copyright in the networked world: author's rights

This column looks at which rights matter, how to retain them, and which journal publishers already cooperate.

Weaving a Library web: A Guide to Developing Children's web sites