Issues in Science & Technology Librarianship

[Andrea Duda]

The Spring 1998 issue of Issues in Science and Technology Librarianship is
now available at
	http://www.library.ucsb.edu/istl/

The theme of this issue is Using the World Wide Web in Science and
Technology Libraries.  The articles in this issue are:

     Taking Local Resources Global: The NCSTRL Experience at UC Berkeley
     Library 
          by Ann Jensen, University of California, Berkeley

     Selection Criteria for Web-Based Resources in a Science and
     Technology Library Collection 
          by Robert B. McGeachin, Texas A&M University

     Delivering the Goods: Web OPACs and the Expanding Role of the
     Cataloger
          by Norm Medeiros, NYU School of Medicine

     Academic Library WebTeam Management: The Role of Leadership &
     Authority
          by Bill Johnson, Texas Tech University Library

     Precision Among Internet Search Engines: An Earth Sciences Case Study
          by Lisa Wishard, Pennsylvania State University

     The National Research Library Alliance: A Federal Consortium Formed
     to Provide Inter-Agency Access to Scientific Information
          by Laurie E. Stackpole and Roderick D. Atkinson, Naval Research
          Laboratory

Regular features include Science and Technology Sources on the Internet
and Book Reviews.  With this issue we also start a new column, "Then and
Now," by Daryl Youngman of Kansas State University. This series aims to
examine the origins and development of various tools and practices as used
in science and technology libraries. 

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                                Andrea L. Duda             
                    Networked Information Access Coordinator
           Davidson Library, University of California, Santa Barbara 
                         E-mail: duda at library.ucsb.edu
                     InfoSurf: http://www.library.ucsb.edu
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