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Informationen zum Autor Dean of the University Libraries at the University of Oklahoma, is an internationally recognized leader and consultant in the library administration and management field. Dean Lee is a past member of the Board of Directors, Association of Research Libraries, the ARL Office of Management Services Advisory Committee, and the Council for the American Library Association. His works include The Impact of Rising Costs of Serials and Monographs on Library Services and Programs; Library Material Costs and Access to Information; Budgets for Acquisitions: Strategies for Serials, Monographs, and Electronic Formats; Vendor Evaluation and Acquisition Budgets; The Role and Future of Special Collections in Research Libraries; Declining Acquisitions Budgets; Access, Ownership, and Resource Sharing; and Electronic Resources and Collection Development, He is Editor of the Journal of Library Administration Focusing on how to increase access to information at libraries using electronic reference resources, this book features nine leading library administrators, who give their perspectives, observations, and stipulations on how to meet the research needs of patrons in a digital age. Zusammenfassung Focusing on how to increase access to information at libraries using electronic reference resources, this book features nine leading library administrators, who give their perspectives, observations, and stipulations on how to meet the research needs of patrons in a digital age. Inhaltsverzeichnis Introduction (Sul H. Lee) For Whom Is the Library an Anchor? Observations on Library Portals (James Michalko) If We Build It, Will They Come? Library Users in a Digital World (Lizabeth A. Wilson) Ties That Bind: Non-Technological Measures for Promoting Persistent Access to Knowledge Resources (Bernard F. Reilly, Jr.) Knowledge Management in Academic Libraries: Building the Knowledge Bank at Ohio State University (Joseph J. Branin) Portals, Access, and Research Libraries (Mary E. Jackson) Selectors, Subject Knowledge, and Digital Collections (Edward Shreeves) Are We All Global Librarians Now? (Alice Prochaska) Portals and the Human Factor: Bringing Virtual Services to the Life of the Mind or the Scholarly Stargate (Barbara I. Dewey) The Recombinant Library: Portals and People (Lorcan Dempsey) Index Reference Notes Included ...