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Volume 6, Number 2
Fall 1999
TABLE OF CONTENTS
RESULTS OF AN ACADEMIC
HEALTH SCIENCES LEARNING RESOURCE CENTER SURVEY
by Christine Frank and Bill Karnoscak
This article presents information on the design, results and
implications of a survey conducted by the Educational Media and
Technologies Section (EMTS) of the Medical Library Association
(MLA). Conducted between 1996 and 1997, the survey examined learning
resource center (LRC) practices at academic health sciences centers and
hospitals.
PURCHASE/REJECT DECISION
FACTORS OF COMPUTER-ASSISTED INSTRUCTION PROGRAMS BY HEALTH SCIENCES FACULTY
by Lisa McGuire, Dawn Littleton and Mary Mueller
The University of Minnesota Bio-Medical Library's education technology
program purchases computer-assisted instruction (CAI) software for
curriculum support of health sciences courses. At the library, 77 CAI
programs were previewed for purchase consideration between
1996-1998. Analysis of the comments made by health sciences faculty
during the preview process suggests some of the factors used when
choosing a CAI title for curriculum support.
CATALOGING OF THE
WEIRD
by Robert B. Freeborn
Like their two-dimensional
cousins, three-dimensional (3-D) materials provide valuable
information to our users. Here are a few examples of the difficult 3-D
AV materials encountered during a retrospective conversion-cataloging
project for the Pennsylvania State University Education Library, and
the decisions made to handle them.
HTML ON CD-ROM: THE NEXT
GENERATION OF DESKTOP PUBLISHING
by Jeffrey Beall
This article examines an important advance in electronic
publishing--HTML files on CD-ROMs--with an emphasis on the
type of CD-ROMs that would be acquired by libraries.
Conference Reports
American Library Association Conference
ACQUIRING MINDS WANT
TO KNOW: THE ACQUISITIONS PROCESS OF VIDEOS AND CD-ROMS
reported by Diane Kachmar
BIOGRAPHY: FROM PAGE TO
SCREEN
reported by Diane Kachmar
TECHNOLOGY IN ACTION:
GETTING THE MOST FROM YOUR ELECTRONIC CLASSROOM and Library
Instruction Round Table Poster Sessions
reported by Sue Neumeister
Medical Library Association Conference
Overview of the
Contributed Papers Session sponsored by the Educational Media and
Technologies Section
reported by Zana Etter
PRODUCING A CD-ROM WITH
CBI PROGRAMS FOR MEDICAL STUDENTS
reported by Heather Munger
SQUARE PEGS, ROUND
HOLES: MAKING SENSE OF EMTS LRC SURVEY DATA
reported by Eric Schnell
Ohio Valley Group of Technical Services Librarians Conference
ROUNDING THE SQUARE PEG:
MAKING TECHNICAL SERVICES FOR VIDEOS PRACTICAL
reported by Rebecca Lubas
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EDITOR: Lori J. Widzinski, Head, Media Resources Center, Health
Sciences
Library, State University of New York at Buffalo
ASSOCIATE EDITOR: Terrence E. McCormack, Head, M. Robert Koren
Center for Clinical and Legal Education, Law Library, State University of New
York at Buffalo
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