Proceedings
of The Nineth International Conference on New Information Technology,
Pretoria, South Africa, November 11-14, 1996.
MicroUse Information, 1996
TABLE OF CONTENTS
Conference Sponsors and Endorsers ..................................................................................... iii
Message from the Chief Conference Organizer .................................................................... v
PREFACE ............................................................................................................................. ix
INTERNET AND THE NEW LIBRARY
José Luis B. Borbinha and José Carlos M. Delgado ............................................................ 1
THE SYSTEMS LIBRARIAN, DOES HE/SHE STILL HAVE A ROLE TO PLAY?
Corrie Breitenbach ............................................................................................................... 13
TECHNOLOGY AS A THREAT TO PRIVACY: Ethical Challenges
to the Information Profession
J. J. Britz .............................................................................................................................. 25
THE WORLD WIDE WEB: How the Reference Department of a Medium-sized
American Public Library Uses It?
Michael Charton .................................................................................................................. 35
GLOBAL DIGITAL LIBRARY: Technology Is Ready, How About Content?
Ching-chih Chen .................................................................................................................. 41
A NEW METHOD FOR MULTI-USER ACCESS TO LIBRARY
CD-ROM JUKEBOX DATABASE VIA CAMPUS NETWORK
Ruey-Shun Chen and Y. S. Yeh ............................................................................................ 57
PLANNING FOR AUTOMATION AND USE OF NEW
TECHNOLOGY IN LIBRARIES
John M. Cohn and Ann L. Kelsey ........................................................................................ 65
ROADMAPS FOR THE HIGHWAY: An Information Literacy
Training Program for South African Students
Karin de Jager and Mary Nassimbeni ................................................................................. 73
INFORMATION TECHNOLOGY AND DEVELOPMENT IN SENEGAL:
The Importance of Culture
Florent Diouf ....................................................................................................................... 81
THE ROYAL LIBRARY ALBERT I'S COLLABORATIVE
INFORMATION PROJECTS
Guido Goedemé ................................................................................................................... 85
THE FIRST LIBRARY WWW SERVER IN RUSSIA
Mikhail Goncharov .............................................................................................................. 91
EFFECTS OF NEW INFORMATION TECHNOLOGIES ON
LIBRARY STAFF PATTERNS
Robert M. Hayes .................................................................................................................. 97
MULTILINGUAL MACHINE INDEXING
Marjorie M.K. Hlava and Richard Hainebach ................................................................... 105
THE NEED FOR INTEGRATING LIBRARY AND INFORMATION
SYSTEMS AND SERVICES IN CHEMISTRY
Peter Hoey .......................................................................................................................... 121
RESISTANCE: How Much Is Enough?
Mark Horan and Sylvia W. Stalker ..................................................................................... 129
USING INFORMATION LITERACY AND TECHNOLOGY:
Developing A Learning Community
Cathy-Mae Karelse and Magda Liebenberg ....................................................................... 137
ONLINE INFORMATION BUSINESS IN SOUTH AFRICA
Gerhard Kemp ..................................................................................................................... 147
THE WORLD WIDE WEB AS AN INFORMATION RESOURCE:
Pitfalls and Potential
Jo Kibbee ............................................................................................................................. 151
A DESCRIPTIVE ANALYSIS OF WEB DOCUMENT DEMOGRAPHICS:
A First Look at Language, Domain Names, and Taxonomy in Latin America
Wallace C. Koehler, Jr. ....................................................................................................... 159
THE McDONALDIZATION OF INFORMATION
Tom Larney ......................................................................................................................... 171
INTERNET AND THE FINNISH PUBLIC LIBRARIES
Erkki Lounasvuori and Pentti Vattulainen .......................................................................... 177
INFORMATION, THE NATION STATE AND DEMOCRACY:
An African Perspective
Richard A. Onyango ............................................................................................................ 187
TEACHING TECHNOLOGY: A Collaborative Effort Between A
University Library and the Office of Information System
Lester J. Pourciau, Ann Viles, and Elizabeth S. Keenan ..................................................... 199
USE OF ADVANCED INFORMATION TECHNOLOGY
IN SUPPLYING ENVIRONMENTAL INFORMATION:
Past, Present and Future
Martha Pretorius ................................................................................................................ 207
INTERNET DEVELOPMENTS AND GOVERNMENT DIFFUSION:
Case of Singapore
Edna O. F. Reid .................................................................................................................. 219
BUILDINGS A GLOBAL INFORMATION POLICY:
Issues, Challenges, and Opportunities
Donald E. Riggs ................................................................................................................. 231
THE INTERNET INITIATIVE AT JOHNSON & WALES UNIVERSITY
Helena F. Rodrigues .......................................................................................................... 237
THE ROLES OF INFRASTRUCTURE AND TECHNOLOGY IN
DELIVERING LITERACY SERVICES
Robert S. Runyon ................................................................................................................ 243
NETWORK OF RUSSIAN LIBRARY-INFORMATION CENTERS
ABROAD: The First Stage
Yakov L. Shraiberg ............................................................................................................. 257
ACCESSIBILITY OF STANDARDS INFORMATION IN SOUTH AFRICA
Retha Snyman and Archie van Rensburg ........................................................................... 267
CHANGE AND THE COMMUNICATIONS NETWORK ENVIRONMENT
OF THE SOUTH AFRICAN TERTIARY SECTOR
Marinus Swanepoel ............................................................................................................ 273
INTRODUCING NIT TO AN HISTORICALLY DISADVANTAGED
INSTITUTION IN SOUTH AFRICA
Kris Swank, Susan Lubbe and Lesley Heaney ................................................................... 283
TO BUY OR NOT TO BUY: Managerial Considerations in
Providing Electronic Reference Resources
Diane R. Tebbetts ................................................................................................................ 293
IT UTILIZATION AND LIBRARY AUTOMATION IN
MALAYSIAN EDUCATIONAL INSTITUTIONS
Kang-Hai Teh ..................................................................................................................... 303
EI VILLAGE IN AFRICA - TECHNOLOGY
TRANSFER AND CUSTOMIZATION:
A Joint CSIR and Engineering Information Inc. Project
Stephanie Townsend and Rosemary McGillivray .............................................................. 311
RAISING INFORMATION CONSCIOUSNESS THROUGH IT:
The WITS Library Electronic Classroom
Clare M. Walker, Norma Laburn and L. Ruth Ward .......................................................... 315
AUTHOR INDEX .............................................................................................................. 323
SUBJECT INDEX............................................................................................................... 325
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