Electronic resources: A wolf in sheep's clothing?

College and Research Libraries

Volumn 62, Issue 3, 2001, Pages 239-249

  Schaffner, Bradley L ^a  

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DOI: 10.5860/crl.62.3.239     Document Type: Article

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1. An earlier edition of this paper was presented at the 1997 Globnet conference held in Warsaw, Poland, in November 1997 (available online at http://slim.emporia.edu/globenet/ globenet.htm) An abbreviated earlier version of this article was published as "The Effects of the Digital Revolution on Libraries and Research," NewsNet: The Newsletter of the American Association for the Advancement of Slavic Studies, 38 (May 1998): 1-3.
2. An earlier edition of this paper was presented at the 1997 Globnet conference held in Warsaw, Poland, in November 1997 (available online at http://slim.emporia.edu/globenet/ globenet.htm) . An abbreviated earlier version of this article was published as "The Effects of the Digital Revolution on Libraries and Research," NewsNet: The Newsletter of the American Association for the Advancement of Slavic Studies, 38 (May 1998): 1-3.
3. Joseph Branin, Frances Groen, and Suzanne Thorin, "The Changing Nature of Collection Management in Research Libraries," Library Resources & Technical Services 44 (Jan. 2000): 26. A version is also available online at http://www.arl.org/collect/changing.html.
4. For an excellent examination of the issues related to copyright, fair use, and ownership of intellectual property in the digital age, see: National Research Council, Committee on Intellectual Property Rights in the Emerging Information Infrastructure, The Digital Dilemma: Intellectual Property in the Information Age (Washington, D.C.: National Academy Pr., 1999); also available online at http://bob.nap.edu/html/digital_dilemma/. A good overview of this extensive report can be found in Ann Okerson, ed., "The Digital Dilemma: Intellectual Property in the Information Age," Against the Grain 12 (June 2000): 45-54.
5. For an excellent examination of the issues related to copyright, fair use, and ownership of intellectual property in the digital age, see: National Research Council, Committee on Intellectual Property Rights in the Emerging Information Infrastructure, The Digital Dilemma: Intellectual Property in the Information Age (Washington, D.C.: National Academy Pr., 1999); also available online at http://bob.nap.edu/html/digital_dilemma/. A good overview of this extensive report can be found in Ann Okerson, ed., "The Digital Dilemma: Intellectual Property in the Information Age," Against the Grain 12 (June 2000): 45-54.
6. Buildings, Books and Bytes: Libraries and Communities in the Digital Age (Washington, D.C.: Benton Foundation, 1996), 4.
7. Abby Smith, Why digitize? (Washington, D.C.: Council on Library and Information Resources, 1999), iv.
8. For a good evaluation of the databases that are currently available, see: Michael Neubert, "Online News from Russia via the Internet," Slavic & East European Information Resources 1, no. 1 (2000): 45-67.
9. Todd Oppenheimer, "The Computer Delusion," Atlantic Monthly (July 1997): 46.
10. Ibid., 47. In fact, people are questioning the value of having young children use computers. See, for example: Kathy Kelly, "False Promise: Parking Your Child in Front of the Computer May Seem Like a Good Idea, But Think Again," U.S. News Online (Sept. 25, 2000); available online at http://www.usnews.com/usnews/issue/000925/nycu/computers.htm.
11. Ibid., 47. In fact, people are questioning the value of having young children use computers. See, for example: Kathy Kelly, "False Promise: Parking Your Child in Front of the Computer May Seem Like a Good Idea, But Think Again," U.S. News Online (Sept. 25, 2000); available online at http://www.usnews.com/usnews/issue/000925/nycu/computers.htm.
12. Steven R. Knowlton, "How Students Get Lost in Cyberspace," New York Times Education Life 2 (Nov. 1997): 18.
13. Julia K. Nims and Linda Rich, "How Successfully Do Users Search the Web?" College & Research Library News 59 (Mar. 1998): 158.
14. Charles B. Lowry and Denise A. Troll, "Carnegie Mellon University and University Microfilms International 'Virtual Library Project,'" Serials Librarian 28, nos. 1/2 (1996): 160-61.
15. Ibid., 165.
16. Stephen P. Harter and Hak Joon Kim, "Accessing Electronic Journals and Other E-publications: An Empirical Study," College & Research Libraries 57 (Sept. 1996): 454.
17. OCLC is developing Electronic Collections Online (ECO) as a way to archive digital publications. Through negotiated agreements with publishers, libraries that subscribe to ECO will continue to have access to electronic publications covered during the paid subscription period, even if the library discontinues its subscription to the title. Information on ECO is available online at http://www.oclc.org/oclc/eco/archive.htm.
18. Marcia Watt and Lisa Biblo, "CD-ROM Longevity: A Select Bibliography," Conservation Administration News (Jan. 1995): 11-13.
19. For a concise explanation of the problem, see: Howard Besser, "Digital Longevity," in Handbook for Digital Projects: A Management Tool for Preservation and Access, ed. Maxine K. Stitts (Andover, Mass.: Northeast Document Conservation Center, 2000), 155-65; available online at http://www.nedcc.org/digital/dighome.htm.
20. Jeff Rothenberg, Avoiding Technological Quicksand: Finding a Viable Technical Foundation for Digital Preservation: A Report to the Council on Library and Information Resources (Washington, D.C.: Council on Library and Information Resources, 1999). The publication is also available online at http://www.clir.org/pubs/reports/rothenberg/introduction.html. The quote in the text is taken from the executive summary of the Web version located at http://www.clir.org/pubs/reports/ rothenberg/preface.html#executive.
21. Kevin M. Guthrie and Wendy P. Lougee, "The JSTOR Solution: Accessing and Preserving the Past," Library Journal (Feb. 1997): 42-44.
22. William Bowen, "JSTOR and the Economics of Scholarly Communication," in The Economics of Information in the Networked Environment, ed. Meredith A. Butler and Bruce R. Kingma (Washington, D.C.: ARL, 1995), 28-30.
23. Andrew S. Grove, "What Can Be Done, Will Be Done," Forbes 158 (Dec. 2, 1996): 193.
24. In addition, the potential for profit, at least for popular magazines, is not as high as some would believe. "Magazines are going to be losing money on the Web for years to come, says McKinsey and Co. Director Joanna Barsh following a 2°-month study done in cooperation with the Magazine Publishers of America." From David Lieberman, "Study Says Magazines Shouldn't Rush to Web, as Profit Potential Is Low," USA Today, 23 Oct. 2000, 3b; available online at http:// www.usatoday.com/life/cyber/tech/cri705.htm.
25. Walt Crawford and Michael Gorman, Future Libraries: Dreams, Madness & Reality (Chicago: ALA, 1995), 5.
26. Umberto Eco, "Gutenberg Galaxy Expands," Nation 264 (Jan. 6, 1997): 35.
27. Crawford and Gorrnan, Future Libraries, 16.