Innovations in Science and Technology Libraries

Rita Pellen, William Miller

• Publisher: Routledge
• Year: 2014
• eBook ISBN: 9781317955467
• Topic: Languages & Linguistics
• Subtopic: Library & Information Science
• Index: Languages & Linguistics

Catch up with the many innovations now affecting sci/tech libraries!

The twenty-four chapters in Innovations in Science and Technology Libraries discuss the creation of digital collections, e-repositories, personalized Web environments, and discipline-specific Web sites for students and researchers. The book also explores the use of new technologies to improve document delivery and service provision as well as demonstrations of leadership by science librarians who are willing to take risks, adapt to change, control costs, and collaborate with colleagues.

Here is just a fraction of the fascinating cases and important concepts highlighted in Innovations in Science and Technology Libraries:

• the Drexel University Library's transition from print to an electronic-only journal collection
• the benefits of adopting a just-in-time (purchase on demand) rather than a just-in-case acquisitions policy
• IntelliDochow it has raised the standard for document delivery worldwide and increased international recognition of CISTI
• how California State University, Sacramento, merged its science library into its central reference departmentan examination of the two-year merging process
• the creation of branch libraries focused on electronic informationan engineering library at Kansas State University and an agriculture library at the University of Manitoba
• the impact of electronic information upon undergraduate science education
• literacy competencies in the sciencesand their implications for library instruction
• how the MIT libraries created and developed the Reference Vision system that now guides all of their new reference services
• the impact of learning communities upon library services
• recent additions that enhance the usefulness of the IEEE Xplore online delivery system

Innovations in Science and Technology Libraries will bring you up-to-date on the latest developments, sharpen your awareness of new concepts and techniques in sci/tech librarianship, and help your library stay abreast of important changes in this ever-evolving field. Make it a part of your professional reference collection today!

Index

Numbers followed by f indicate figures; those followed by S indicate tables.

A Master Plan for Higher Education in California, 1960-1975, 225

"A SPIRES Guide to the Review Literature in High-Energy Physics," 166

AAU, See Association of American Universities (AAU)

ABET. See Accreditation Board tor Engineering and Technology (ABET)

ABET 2000 criteria, 242

Academic, corporate and, common ground for, 74-77

Academic libraries, literature review for, 222-224

Academic Press, 182

Academic Press IDEAL collection, 175

Academic Program Review Report for the CSUS University Library, 227

Access Cards, 70

Access Copyright, 92

Accreditation Board for Engineering and Technology (ABET), 330

Achievement, in entrepreneurship, need for, 211-212

ACM, 188

ACNP. See Acute Care Nurse Practitioner (ACNP) program

ACRL. See Association of College and Research Libraries (ACRL)

Active Recommendation Project (ARP), 139

Acute Care Nurse Practitioner (ACNP) program, 27

Adams, M., 2,401

"Add2MyLib," 140,141f

Adobe Acrobat Reader, 394

Advanced Elastomer Systems (AES), 76,81-82

AES. See Advanced Elastomer Systems (AES)

AgEcon Search, 214

AgNIC (Agriculture Network Information Center), 2,14-17,15f

AeNIC Alliance, 14

AgNIC Alliance Coordinating Committee, 14

AgNIC Calendar of Events, 16

AGRICOLA, 11,13

Agricultural Information and Documentation System for America (SIDALC), 14

Agricultural information services, at NAL, 5-20. See also National Agricultural Library (NAL), agricultural information services at

Agriculture Library, at University of Manitoba, 251-257, See also University of Manitoba, Agriculture Library at

Agriculture Network Information Center (AgNIC), 2,14-17,15f

AIDS-related medical economics collection, 51

AIEE. See American Institute of Electrical Engineers (AIEE)

Akron Art Museum, 76,77,78,79,82

ALA. See American Library Association (ALA)

Alaska, size of, 117f

Alaska Department of Enviro...

Table of contents

• Cover
• Half Title
• Title
• Copyright
• Contents
• Introduction
• Collaborative Development of Agricultural Information Services at the National Agricultural Library of the United States
• Integrating Customized Information into Science and Health Science Curricula: The Essential Role of Library/Faculty Collaboration
• Implementing an Institutional Repository: The DSpace Experience at MIT
• Scholars and Citizens: Making Research Level Collections Accessible to the Public at SIBL
• Academic Meets Corporate: Science and Technology Library Services in the Corporate World
• IntelliDoc: Integrating CISTI's Information Services
• Alaska Resources Library and Information Services: Pioneering Partnerships on the Last Frontier
• Personalized and Collaborative Digital Library Capabilities: Responding to the Changing Nature of Scientific Research
• Subject Access Through Community Partnerships: A Case Study
• The Evolving Electronic Journal Collection at Drexel University
• Evolution of a Revolution: The Movement to 24/7 Web-Based Libraries
• Changing the Publishing Paradigm for Science and Technology
• Entrepreneurial Librarians: Embracing Innovation and Motivation
• Taming the Two Cultures: Integrating the Science Divisional Library into the Main Library
• Breaking the Mold: Building a New Engineering Branch Library Focused on Electronic Delivery of Information
• Developing a New Branch Agriculture Library at the University of Manitoba
• Information Technology and Its impact on Undergraduate Science Education
• Generic and Discipline-Specific information Literacy Competencies: The Case of the Sciences
• Envisioning Reference at MIT
• Learning Communities: An Investigative Study into Their Impact on Library Services
• Science and Technology Library Innovations Without a Science and Technology Library
• Enhancing Access to IEEE Conference Proceedings: A Case Study in the Application of IEEE Xplore Full Text and Table of Contents Enhancements
• Rethinking Interlibrary Loan for the Scientist
• Effective Leadership in Postmodern Science/Technology Libraries
• Index