| FEATURES
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| Maximizing
Library Storage with High-Tech Robotic Shelving![[Full Text]](../../ft.gif)
When a serious need for more book storage
coincided with the design phase for a new building,
these university librarians were able to buy an
automated storage and retrieval system. Here they
share the challenges and joys of preparing 300,000
volumes so they could be accessed by machines
forevermore.
by Rick AmRhein and Donna Resetar
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Making Over the Desktop
and Printing System at Dalhousie
This Canadian library got a complete makeover,
from carpets to computers. Staff and vendors both
learned a lot along the way, including lessons
about setting up and troubleshooting a large network
printing system. The "before" and "after" pictures
are stunning.
by Terry Nikkel and Ashwin Kutty
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Online Programming Can
Be a Library Oasis on the Internet
If you think of the Internet as a desolate place
where librarians can't meet patrons' programming
needs, then you'll be happy to discover this oasis
called OPAL. An innovative group of organizations
is using software that lets them hold live online
programs where viewers from around the world, abled
and disabled, can interact in real time. Initial
usage proves that their vision of Online Programming
for All Libraries is more than just a mirage.
by Lori Bell and Thomas A. Peters
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| COLUMNS
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The View from the Top
Left Corner
Broadband: Engine for Change
by Michael Schuyler |
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Building Digital Libraries
Scanning Is Still Hip
High-Tech
by Terence K. Huwe |
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Online Treasures
New Search Technologies—Will One of These
Be the Next Big Thing?
by Janet L. Balas |
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The Systems Librarian
Now That It's All
Digital, Where Do I Put It? Exploring Data Storage
Technologies
by Marshall Breeding |
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| DEPARTMENTS
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Editor's Notes
Hip, Hipper, Hippest?
by Kathy Dempsey |
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Newsline
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Newsline Reports
ISACSOFT
Acquires BiblioMondo to Expand, Diversify
by Marshall Breeding |
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Noted & Quoted |
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ask techman
by D. Scott Brandt |
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