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  • The Wireless Library: Technical and Organizational Aspects 
    Schneider, Gerhard (Igitur, 2004-05-18)
    The deployment of (wireless) networks in a library in order to help users to access modern digital data is possible at low cost. All necessary hardware and software components are readily available. The technical as well ...
  • Redeveloping the world's largest Social Science library for the 21st century 
    Sykes, Jean (Igitur, 2004-05-18)
    The complete redevelopment of the LSE's library, built in 1916 as a book warehouse and purchased by LSE in 1978, was first discussed in the early 1990s. By this time it had become clear that the library needed major changes ...
  • The Renaissance in Library Buildings 
    Thomas, Sarah E. (Igitur, 2004-05-18)
    In the enthusiastic embrace of the digital library, with its anytime, anywhere characteristics, some people have assumed that physical libraries will become obsolete. Yet an examination of the behavior of students and ...
  • 'To clean the face, wash behind the ears and brush the teeth'. The project to conserve the Norwegian written heritage, 2001 - 04 and its results. 
    Eide, Elisabeth (Igitur, 2004-03-29)
    At the National Library of Norway two major projects, a conservation project and a card conversion project were planned and will by June 2004 be partly completed. This article presents the projects, with the main emphasis ...
  • Editorial 
    Bakker, Trix (Igitur, 2004-06-28)
  • The Next Information Revolution - How Open Access repositories and Journals will Transform Scholarly Communications 
    Prosser, David (Igitur, 2003-09-22)
    Complaints about spiralling serials costs, lack of service from large commercial publishers, and the inability to meet the information needs of researchers are not new. Over the past few years, however, we have begun to ...
  • Balanced scorecard at the Royal Library, Copenhagen 
    Krarup, Karl (Igitur, 2003-09-22)
    The Royal Library is the national library of Denmark and University Library for Copenhagen University. In 2000 the Royal Library started using Balanced Scorecard as an instrument for creating a better connection between ...
  • LIBER MARC Harmonization Task Force - Format activities in European countries 
    Gömpel, Renate; Frodl, Christine (Igitur, 2004-03-09)
    The LIBER MARC Harmonization Task Force has its origins in an initiative of the past President of LIBER, Professor Elmar Mittler from the Göttingen State and University Library. Professor Mittler asked Dr Elisabeth Niggemann ...
  • CrossRef and DOIs: New Developments 
    Pentz, Ed (Igitur, 2003-12-16)
    Profound changes to scholarly communications have been taking place since the advent of the World Wide Web and changes are continuing. Publishers and librarians are facing a new generation of students, researchers and ...
  • Scholarship-friendly publishing 
    Sally, Morris (Igitur, 2003-09-22)
    Publishers are making great efforts to find out what their customers - authors, readers and librarians - need, and their publishing practices are changing in response to what they hear. Much has already been achieved in ...
  • The Keystone Principles - Creation and Influence 
    Bender, Laura J. (Igitur, 2003-09-23)
    On September 25, 1999, 80 academic library leaders got together at the American Research Libraries/Online Computer Library Center (ARL/OCLC) Director's Summit in Keystone, Colorado, USA. They challenged themselves to plan ...
  • The National Library Service (SBN) towards digital 
    Sgambati, Giuliana (Igitur, 2003-12-01)
    In the sector of technologies for the Information Society, the General Direction for Library Heritage and Cultural Institutes has promoted two programs: · SBN: The National Library Service (Servizio Bibliotecario Nazionale) ...
  • Editorial 
    Bakker, Trix (Igitur, 2004-03-29)
  • FORMIST : a network to help training in Information literacy in France 
    Chevillotte, Sylvie (Igitur, 2003-12-01)
    Information literacy has acquired /taking step by step/little by little a significant place position in the panorama of French universities over the past 10 years. It is organised in a very structured way, and it receives ...
  • Innovation in Preserving and Conserving Book Heritage 
    Batori, Armida (Igitur, 2003-12-01)
    The Istituto Centrale di Patologia del Libro (ICPL) is a branch of the Italian Ministry of Cultural Heritage and Activities whose work is chiefly concerned with research and specialized training in the conservation and ...
  • Impact/outcome measures for libraries 
    Poll, Roswitha (Igitur, 2003-12-01)
    Libraries today document their performance for the most part only in data of input and output (e.g. size of the collection, number of issues, of reference answers etc.). If they do more, they evaluate the quality and ...
  • ILL ICT Solutions in Germany - Cooperation by Networking 
    Mrowka, Tatjana; Schmidt, Ronald M. (Igitur, 2003-12-01)
    Interlibrary loan (ILL) has a long and valid tradition in Germany as many libraries suffered severely by loss of materials due to the consequences of WWII. Ever since, libraries cooperated by negotiating ILL routing ...
  • RLG, Where Museums, Libraries, and Archives Intersect 
    Van Camp, Anne (Igitur, 2003-09-16)
    This presentation was prepared for the session "Towards integrated resource discovery and seamless access to hybrid materials." This topic is of particular interest to RLG (Research Libraries Group) because the organization ...
  • Integrated Resource Discovery and Access of Manuscript Materials: the User Perspective 
    Roegiers, Jan (Igitur, 2003-09-22)
  • Legal Deposit of Digital Materials 
    Oltmans, Erik (Igitur, 2003-09-08)
    Digital publishing is causing a real paradigm shift for research institutions and publishers, as well as for libraries. As a consequence these institutions have to develop new policies, new business models and new ...