Library Hi Tech: Volume 17 Issue 4

Bayesian indexing: the next craze in search algorithms?

Michael Seadle

Bayes’ theorem is about updating assumptions. It provides a mathematical basis for a heuristic search algorithm. A system using such an algorithm could make a kind of “best guess”…

Design for the management of power and communication systems based on conversations with JayE. Frank, FAIA, and others

Kim Newman, Lynn Lorch Metz

The purpose of this article is to inform the reader of the various options available today in the management of power and communication systems within a library. These options are…

Acoustical considerations in planning and design of library facilities

Denelle Wrightson, John M. Wrightson

Public libraries have a number of acoustical demands which are often not considered during the design and construction process. These issues can include noise intrusion from…

Light and libraries

Jeffrey Scherer

Lighting – from the firmament and the filament – is intrinsically linked with library design, influencing many factors from user comfort and productivity to spatial perception and…

Creating fee‐based online services: a new role for academic librarians

Aaron Trehub

Although much has been written about the impact of the Internet and the Web on libraries and librarianship, relatively little attention has been devoted to the subject of…

Critical human factors in emerging library technology centers

Melissa Lamont

In the past decade, librarians have developed a series of new services to users. Technology centers, geographic information systems laboratories, electronic text centers, and…

Authentication, bandwidth, and collaboration: the library systems directors’ ABCs

Merri Beth Lavagnino

For this third column in the IT I‐V (information technology interview) series, we interview library systems directors. While library directors (first column) and chief information…

Descriptive statistics: where they sit and how they fall

Joseph Janes

This column continues a series on topics in research methodology, statistics, and data analysis techniques for the library and information sciences. It discusses the basics of…