Though libraries have been using computers for a number of years for managing online catalogs, circulation, access to CD-ROM indexes, and other application areas special to their unique environments, a number of new and inexpensive software products are becoming available for the general computing marketplace that have tremendous potential in libraries. The opening TiLT session focuses on these new technologies as they may be used in libraries, such as the WorldWide Web as a medium for disseminating library information, electronic reserve, software tools for making public presentations, and online conferencing. Participants will examine the technologies' appropriateness in various library and instructional contexts, preview some software tools that will be used over the course of the workshop, and learn effective approaches to project design. This hands-on session focuses on tools and techniques for producing digital image and sound, including acquisition, processing, and storage. In small group demonstrations and hands-on lessons you will learn how to use flatbed and slide scanners, audio digitizers, video inputs for frame captures, as well as various applications and techniques for processing and editing digital image and sound.
Special attention is paid to issues of media storage, size, quality, and file format.
Creating an Electronic Reserve Service Document delivery systems such as an electronic reserve service can be built inexpensively using the infrastructure of the Internet. Northwestern University has created an electronic reserve service, delivering course reading materials to students' dorm rooms, homes, and public laboratories, through a team effort involving Academic Computing and Network Services and NU Library staff. A panel presentation by those involved in the effort will offer perspectives on technology integration, user service issues, and policy and organizational matters as these relate to building a successful e-reserve system. There is great potential for the World Wide Web to allow integration of online catalog access with a wide variety of other resources and services available through public terminals offering graphical user interfaces. This panel discussion considers these issues, and the organizational and technological steps that might be taken to resolve them.