This paper provides examples of how the document access environment in the United States has changed since James L. Wood described it in 1978. The paper also summarizes several…
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This paper provides examples of how the document access environment in the United States has changed since James L. Wood described it in 1978. The paper also summarizes several new developments in document access.
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Demand for documents in the United States has grown through use of computer searching so that now about 25 million documents are requested annually from off‐site sources. There is…
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Demand for documents in the United States has grown through use of computer searching so that now about 25 million documents are requested annually from off‐site sources. There is no central organisation for document access and collections are widely scattered, with little information on the location of particular items. There are also problems of restricted access to many organisations which have large collections of documents. Some improvements in document access are being made but progress is slow and there are many different views on how the problem should be met.
Libraries that provide document delivery services have traditionally adopted new technologies to acquiring documents from or supplying documents to other institutions. Microfilm…
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Libraries that provide document delivery services have traditionally adopted new technologies to acquiring documents from or supplying documents to other institutions. Microfilm, photographic reproduction, electro‐mechanical image storage and retrieval, xerography, electronic order transmission, and document facsimile transmission are all examples of new technologies applied over the course of time to document delivery. Currently being considered as being applicable to document delivery is optical disc technology. The characteristics of optical disc‐based systems are discussed and compared to current document delivery systems. The future role of optical disc technology in document delivery systems is predicted.
MAURICE B. LINE and A. SANDISON
The term ‘obsolescence’ occurs frequently in the literature of librarianship and information science. In numerous papers we are told how most published literature becomes obsolete…
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The term ‘obsolescence’ occurs frequently in the literature of librarianship and information science. In numerous papers we are told how most published literature becomes obsolete within a measurable time, and that an item receives half the uses it will ever receive (‘half‐life’) in a few years. ‘Obsolescence’ is however very rarely defined, and its validity, interest, and practical value are often assumed rather than explained. Before reviewing studies on ‘obsolescence’, therefore, it is necessary to look at the concept and to identify the reasons why it should be of interest.
R. George Kirkpatrick and Louis A. Zurcher
In the last ten years, feminists in and out of the universities have developed a power‐ful critique of pornography as “the ideology of rape” and the “ideological justifica‐tion…
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In the last ten years, feminists in and out of the universities have developed a power‐ful critique of pornography as “the ideology of rape” and the “ideological justifica‐tion for male dominance”. This article is a sociological analysis of the feminist social movement which has grown up around the issues of male violence and male culture.
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Krystal Nunes, Ann Gagné, Nicole Laliberté and Fiona Rawle
As a response to the COVID-19 pandemic, both educators and students adapted to course delivery modes no longer centered on in-person interactions. Resiliency and self-regulation…
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As a response to the COVID-19 pandemic, both educators and students adapted to course delivery modes no longer centered on in-person interactions. Resiliency and self-regulation are key to success in online contexts, but the rapid transition to remote learning left many students without the necessary support to develop these skills. Much of the existing literature on self-regulation and resiliency focuses on cognitive processes and strategies such as goal orientation, time management, and mindset. However, the added stress and trauma of learning in the context of a global pandemic highlighted the many other factors relevant to students’ development of these skills. Drawing from the literature, the authors explore evidence-informed teaching practices to foster self-regulation and resiliency, highlight the power and privilege of being able to be resilient, advocate for the development of pedagogies of kindness, and emphasize the “how” of implementing techniques to best support students. The authors provide evidence-informed suggestions with the goal of assisting instructors and students during times of high stress, while acknowledging their limitations in addressing structural inequalities highlighted by the COVID-19 pandemic. Nonetheless, the authors argue that evidence-informed techniques and compassionate pedagogies adopted during a period of upheaval remain applicable to future in-person and online pedagogies.
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The desirability of electronic document delivery systems has been argued for years and the reasons for the slow progress of the idea are discussed. An explanation of the technical…
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The desirability of electronic document delivery systems has been argued for years and the reasons for the slow progress of the idea are discussed. An explanation of the technical background is provided followed by some examples of electronic means of information distribution such as facsimile and disc‐based systems. Some experimental projects are described and the article concludes with a description of document image processing systems used for business purposes which have a number of features in common with delivery systems.
Document delivery is a rapidly growing area of interest, yet public policy issues have not been clearly defined and discussed. For that reason, it is essential to begin by…
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Document delivery is a rapidly growing area of interest, yet public policy issues have not been clearly defined and discussed. For that reason, it is essential to begin by defining what we mean by ‘public’ and ‘private’ sector and by the term ‘document delivery’. Public policy issues can then be identified in four areas: (1) marketplace competition, (2) intellectual property, (3) fair use of public resources, and (4) public good. Because past perception of the issues has been vague, the volume of activity and the economic stakes relatively low, it is still possible for public/private sector roles to be defined in a non‐combative atmosphere, to mutually‐beneficial ends.
Linden Cunningham and Brian Kefford
The picture of international lending is one of diversity: different systems, methods of application, restrictions, methods of payment etc. Problems caused by this diversity are…
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The picture of international lending is one of diversity: different systems, methods of application, restrictions, methods of payment etc. Problems caused by this diversity are compounded by language difficulties, length of supply times and lack of information regarding the progress of requests. Developments in electronic technology will probably aid the smoother running of international lending, particularly the growth of electronic databases with accompanying electronic mail systems.
BACKGROUND Interlibrary comparisons can be defined as the voluntary exchange among members of a group of libraries of quantitative information about their workloads and costs as…
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BACKGROUND Interlibrary comparisons can be defined as the voluntary exchange among members of a group of libraries of quantitative information about their workloads and costs as regards operations common to all or most members of the group, such information being more detailed and analytical than data supplied regularly to the national or other agencies responsible for collecting statistics from libraries of similar type. Consistently with that definition, obviously at any time two or more libraries sharing common ground can trade such information. History suggests on the other hand that libraries have not often taken such initiatives, and research libraries hardly at all. In practice there are advantages in an external organisation with appropriate experience setting up and master minding the exercise. Such a body is arguably better placed than any one library to obtain consensus as to the outlines of the project, to establish definitions, provide interpretations, supply guidance throughout and arbitration on occasion, collect, tabulate and circulate returns among participants. Particularly if the organisation is one accustomed to deal with a variety of bodies other than libraries there is the possibility of a detached questioning of bibliothecal rituals. On both sides in the exercise a learning situation may be salutary.