Awards and Honors
Who's Who in America, 2001-2004.
(Marquis Who's Who.) Who's Who in Science and
Engineering , 2005-2006
Gale Group Online Excellence in Information
Authorship Award for "Paper Persists: Why Physical Library
Collections Still Matter," 1998.
ALCTS/Blackwell Scholarship Award
for Future Libraries: Dreams, Madness & Reality,
1997. (Award shared with Michael Gorman.)
LITA/Library Hi Tech Award
for Outstanding Communication for Continuing Education in
Library and Information Science, 1995.
Professional Activity (selected)
American Library
Association
Library and Information Technology Association (LITA)
Member
since 1975
LITA Publications Committee: Chair,
2008-2009
LITA Top Technology Trends: "Trendspotter,"
1999-2005
LITA Vice-President/President-Elect,
1991-1992; President, 1992-1993; Past President, 1993-1994
LITA Executive Committee: member,
1990-1994
LITA Board of Directors:
director-at-large, 1988-1991
Information
Technology and Libraries:
member, Editorial Board, 1994-1995, 1999-2002
LITA Newsletter: editor, 1985-1994
Programmer/Analysts
Discussion Group: founded, 1981; chair, 1981-1983
RTSD/LITA/RASD Machine-Readable Bibliographic
Information Committee [MARBI]: RLG liaison, 1980-1987; LITA
appointee to committee, 1985-1987
Technical
Standards for Library Automation Committee (TESLA):
Observer/participant, 1975-1978; member, 1978-1982; chair,
1980-1981
National Information
Standards Organization (NISO)
Information
Standards Quarterly;
founding editor, 1989-1991
Other
American
Libraries:
contributing editor, 1999-2001
Network
Advisory Council: RLG
representative, 1994-1996
Library
Hi Tech:
editorial board, 1986-2000
Blog,
Walt at Random, 2005- (http://walt.lishost.org)
Publications and Speeches
Each group in reverse chronological order. Job-related
speaking and writing omitted.
Books
The
Big Deal and the Damage Done. 2013.
Paperback, available at www.lulu.com
Give
Us a Dollar and We’ll Give You Back Four (2012-2013). 2013. Paperback,
available at www.lulu.com
The
Librarian’s Guide to Micropublishing. Medford,
NJ: Information Today, 2012. ISBN 978-1-57387-430-4 (pbk.)
Open
Access: What You Need to Know Now.
Chicago: ALA Editions, 2011.
ISBN 978-0-8389-1106-8 (pbk.)
The
Liblog Landscape 2007-2010.
2010. Paperback, available at www.lulu.com
But
Still They Blog: The Liblog Landscape 2007-2009. 2009. Paperback, available at
www.lulu.com/waltcrawford
The
Liblog Landscape 2007-2008: A Lateral Look. 2008. Paperback, available at
www.lulu.com/waltcrawford and Amazon
Balanced
Libraries: Thoughts on Continuity and Change. 2007. Paperback, available at
www.lulu.com/waltcrawford and Amazon
First
Have Something to Say: Writing for the Library Profession.
Chicago: ALA
Editions, 2003. ISBN 0-8389-0851-9 (pbk.)
Being
Analog: Creating Tomorrow’s Libraries.
Chicago and London: ALA
Editions, 1999. ISBN 0-8389-0754-7 (pbk.)
Crawford,
Walt, and Michael Gorman. Future Libraries: Dreams,
Madness, & Reality. Chicago and London: ALA
Editions, 1995. ISBN 0-8389-0647-8 (pbk.)
The
Online Catalog Book: Essays and Examples. Professional Librarian Series. New
York: G.K. Hall, 1992. ISBN
0-8161-1996-1. ISBN 0-8161-1995-3 (pbk.)
The
Catalog Collection.
Chicago: LITA (distributor),
1992. ISBN 0-8389-7594-1. Published by arrangement with G.K. Hall. Out of print: limited
edition.
Technical
Standards: An Introduction for Librarians, Second Edition. Professional Librarian Series. Boston: G.K.
Hall, 1991. ISBN 0-8161-1951-1. ISBN 0-8161-1950-3 (pbk.)
Desktop
Publishing for Librarians.
Professional Librarian Series. Boston: G.K.
Hall, 1990. ISBN 0-8161-1929-5. ISBN 0-8161-1930-9 (pbk.)
MARC
for Library Use, Second Edition: Understanding Integrated
USMARC.
Professional Librarian Series. Boston: G.K.
Hall, 1989. ISBN 0-8161-1887-6. ISBN 0-8161-1889-2 (pbk.)
Current
Technologies in the Library: An Informal Overview. Professional Librarian Series.
Boston: G.K. Hall, 1988. ISBN
0-8161-1886-8. ISBN 0-8161-1888-4 (pbk.)
Patron
Access: Issues for Online Catalogs.
Professional Librarian Series. Boston: G.K.
Hall, 1987. ISBN 0-8161-1850-7. ISBN 0-8161-1852-3 (pbk.)
Bibliographic
Displays in the Online Catalog.
(with Lennie Stovel
and Kathleen Bales) Professional Librarian Series. White
Plains, NY: Knowledge Industry Publications, 1986. ISBN
0-86729-198-2 (pbk.)
Common
Sense Personal Computing: A Handbook for Professionals. Ann Arbor, MI: Pierian
Press, 1986. ISBN 0-87650-218-4 (pbk.)
Technical
Standards: An Introduction for Librarians. Professional Librarian Series. White Plains, NY: Knowledge Industry
Publications, 1986. ISBN 0-86729-192-3. ISBN 0-86729-191-5 (pbk.)
MARC
for Library Use: Understanding the USMARC
Formats.
Professional Librarian Series. White Plains, NY: Knowledge
Industry Publications, 1984. ISBN 0-86729-120-6. ISBN
0-86720-119-2 (pbk.)
Speeches (selected)
“The
Librarian’s Guide to Micropublishing.” Speech, WLA/OLA
Joint Conference, Vancouver, WA. April 26, 2013 [Invited]
“Give
Us a Dollar and We’ll Give You Back Four.” Speech, WLA/OLA
Joint Conference, Vancouver, WA. April 25, 2013 [Invited]
“Open
Access: What You Need to Know Now.” Preconference, WLA/OLA
Joint Conference, Vancouver, WA. April 24, 2013 [Invited]
"The
Storied Library." Speech, "Get the Word Out," PLA
program, ALA, Anaheim, CA. June
29, 2008. [Invited]
"Balanced
Libraries: Books, bytes and Web 2.0." Speech, Texas Library
Association, Dallas, TX. April 16, 2008. [Invited]
"Web-based
Library Services: A Discussion" (with Sarah Houghton-Jan).
Keynote, Washington Library Association, Kennewick, WA.
April 19, 2007. [Invited]
"What's
Your Story--and Why Should They Care?" ACRL
NY Symposium, New York, NY. December 1, 2006. [Invited]
"Digital
Content: Access, Changes and Progress." California Library
Association, San Jose, CA. November 15, 2004. [Invited]
"Is
Free Too Expensive? Open Access and Libraries." Charleston
Conference, Charleston, SC. November 5, 2004. [Invited]
"OpenURL Basics." Technology for the
Rest of Us, Ohio State University, Columbus, OH. May 25,
2004. [Invited]
"Tradition
and Transition: Some Notes on Survivable Libraries."
Keynote, Army Library Institute, Kansas City, MO. April 7,
2004. [Invited]
"The
Flexible Evolving Library: Complex Services for Diverse
Communities." Rock Valley Community college, Rockford, IL.
March 25, 2004. [Invited]
"Books
and Beyond: Evolving Libraries and Media." Ogilvie Lecture,
North Carolina Library Association Biennial Conference.
Winston-Salem, NC. September 25, 2003. [Invited]
"Copyright
Out of Whack." Speech, Washington Library Association Annual
Conference. Yakima, WA. April 10, 2003. [Invited]
"Finding
Ways that Work" (keynote) and two other speeches, Alaska
Library Association Annual Conference. Juneau, AK. March
7-9, 2003. [Invited]
"Plausible
Futures: Finding the Ways that Work." Keynote, University of
Tennessee School of Information Science 30th Anniversary
Celebration. Knoxville, TN. September 14, 2002. [Invited]
"Change,
Continuity, Perspective: Where
Do We Go From Here?" Keynote, SOLINET
Annual Membership Meeting. Atlanta, GA. May 2, 2002.
[Invited]
"Where
Do We Go from Here?" Closing remarks, Illinois ACRL
Spring Conference. Oak Brook, IL: April 5, 2002. [Invited]
"The
View from Here: Thinking about Libraries and Technology."
Keynote, DRA Users' Group
Conference. St. Louis, MO: March 3, 2002 [Invited]
"Finding
the Ways that Work." Speech, Kentucky Library Association
Annual Conference. Owensboro, KY: October 18, 2001.
[Invited]
"Changing
Attitudes: Moving from .Com to Community." Keynote, Florida
Library Association Annual Conference. Orlando, FL: April
11, 2001. [Invited]
"Building
from Strength: Informal Notes on Desirable Library Futures."
Speech, Wisconsin Library Association Annual Conference.
Green Bay, WI: November 3, 2000. [Invited]
"Moving
Beyond Information: Musings on Libraries and Meaning."
Keynote, Colorado Library Association Annual Conference.
Snowmass, CO: September 16, 2000. [Invited]
"DVD
Today and Tomorrow." Keynote, "Byting
Into Video: DVD and NetworkVideo
Delivery." ACRL program, ALA Annual Conference. Chicago, IL:
July 8, 2000. [Invited]
"The
Future Impact of the World Wide Web on Libraries and
Archives." Keynote, "Digital Reality II: Preserving Our
Electronic Heritage." Boston, MA: June 5, 2000. [Invited]
"The
Future is Not What it Used to Be." Program, Connecticut
Library Association Annual Conference. Cromwell, CT: April
18, 2000. [Invited]
"Mission,
Media and Users: Coping with a Complex Future." Keynote, New
England Technical Services Librarians conference. Worcester,
MA: April 14, 2000. [Invited]
"Technology
Smorgasbord in the Libraries of the future." Speech, Joint
Meeting of the Medical Library Group of Southern California
& Arizona and the Northern California and Nevada Medical
Library Group. San Diego, CA: February 11, 2000. [Invited]
"Complex
Libraries: Assuring the Long Collection." Colloquium, Wayne
State University Library & Information Science Program.
Detroit, MI: November 9, 1999. [Invited]
"Complex
Libraries, Complex Systems: Creating Tomorrow's Libraries
Through Shared Understanding." Keynote, Michigan Library
Association Annual Conference. Dearborn, MI: November 5,
1999. [Invited]
"Choices
and Context: Thinking About Technology and Media." Keynote,
Access '99. Guelph, Ontario: October 26, 1999. [Invited]
"Millennial
Libraries: Media and Meaning," Keynote, International
Association of Marine and Aquatic Science Libraries and
Information Centers (IAMSLIC)
25th Anniversary Meeting. Woods Hole, MA: October 18, 1999.
[Invited]
"Service
in a Complex Future." Johannah
Sherrer Memorial Lecture, Lewis
& Clark College. Portland, OR: September 10, 1999.
[Invited]
"...And
We Call Them Libraries." Speech, Congressional Information
Services/GODORT Breakfast, ALA Annual Conference. New Orleans,
LA: June 27, 1999. [Invited]
"Why
Paper Persists." Final session in School for Scanning. New
Orleans, LA: December 9, 1998 [Invited]
"Now
What? Creating Tomorrow’s Complex Libraries." Keynote, "The
Electronic Library: Reality Check": Florida ACRL
Chapter Fall Conference. Cocoa Beach, FL: November 6, 1998.
[Invited]
"Being
Analog: The Physical Library on Tomorrow’s Campus." Tech Tea
Time talk, Michigan Technological University. Houghton, MI:
September 30, 1998. [Invited]
"Digital
Where Preferable: Sensible Futures for Academic
Libraries." Keynote, "Electronic Resources: the Promise and
the Reality": ACRL Western New
York/Ontario Chapter Spring Conference. Fairport, NY: April
24, 1998. [Invited]
"Change,
Continuity and Context: Building Tomorrow’s Libraries."
Keynote, "Managing Change: People and Technology": Sixth
Western New York Library Resources Council conference.
Amherst, NY: April 23, 1998. [Invited]
"Evolution,
Not Revolution: Building Tomorrow’s Libraries." Program,
Texas Library Association Annual Conference. San Antonio,
TX. April 3, 1998. [Invited]
"Future
Libraries: Nearing the Millennium." Keynote, "Creating
tomorrow today: can you imagine": 1997 Public Libraries
Section and Reference and Information Service Section (of
the Australian Library and Information Association)
Conference. Brisbane, Queensland, Australia. November 10,
1997. [Invited]
"Media,
Context and Complexity: Toward Effective Millennial
Libraries." Keynote, "Content in Context": Sixth Annual Long
Island Library Resources Council Conference on Libraries and
the Future. Oakdale, New York. October 24, 1997. [Invited]
"Tomorrow’s
Librarians: Thriving on Complexity." Keynote, Potomac
Technical Processing Librarians 73rd Annual
Conference. Washington, DC. October 17, 1997. [Invited]
"MAPS
for Millennial Libraries: Media, Access, Place and Service."
Keynote, Minnesota Educational Media Organization and
Minnesota Library Association Annual Conference.
Bloomington, MN. October 3, 1997. [Invited]
"Millennial
Librarians: Coping with Complexity." Keynote, Simmons
College Graduate School of Library & Information Science
Alumni Day. Boston, Massachusetts. May 15, 1997. [Invited]
"Dancing
with…Change: Day Two: A Survivor’s Guide to Using Electronic
Resources and Services Intelligently." Panelist in 300-site
teleconference originating from College of DuPage,
Glen Ellyn, Illinois. April 4, 1997. [Invited]
"Millennial
Reference Librarianship: Avoiding Disintermediation,
Disorientation and Disinformation." Keynote, North Suburban
Library System Reference Librarians Association, Arlington
Heights, Illinois. April 3, 1997. [Invited]
"Millennial
Libraries: Maintaining the Mix and Avoiding the Hype."
Keynote, Military Librarians Workshop. Annapolis, Maryland.
November 20, 1996. [Invited]
"To
Serve and Preserve: Creating Tomorrow’s Academic Libraries."
Keynote, Academic Librarians Association of Ohio 1996 Annual
Conference. Columbus, Ohio. November 1, 1996. [Invited]
"Millennial
Libraries: Some Myths and Realities." Closing speech,
farewell breakfast, New York Library Association 1996 Annual
Conference. Saratoga Springs, New York. October 27, 1996.
[Invited]
"Future
Public Libraries: Integrating Technology with Traditional
Service Values." Program for Public Library Association,
Metropolitan Library Section. American Library Association
1996 Annual Conference. New York. July 8, 1996. [Invited]
"Myths
and Media: Working Toward Extended Libraries." Keynote,
Maryland Library Association 1996 Annual Conference.
Hagerstown, MD. May 9, 1996. [Invited]
"Being
Analog: Building Tomorrow’s Libraries." Keynote, 1996 WLN Library Directors Colloquy.
Seattle, WA. May 3, 1996. [Invited]
"Future
Libraries, Future Media: Myths and Methods." Theme address
(keynote), British Columbia Library Association 1996 Annual
Conference. Whistler, BC. April 27, 1996. [Invited]
"Uncommon
Knowledge: Mythbreaking for the
Future." All-conference speech (keynote), Harvard College
Library Conference: "Finding Common Ground: Creating a
Library of the Future Without Diminishing the Library of the
Past." Cambridge, Mass., March 30-31, 1996. [Invited]
"Electronic
Libraries: Dreams, Madness and Reality." Opening keynote,
Victorian Association for Library Automation 1996 Biennial
Conference, Melbourne, Australia, January
30-February 1, 1996. [Invited]
"Technolust and Tradition: Balancing
Books and Bytes." Program, Georgia Library Association,
Combined "COMO" 1995 Annual Conference, October 28, 1995,
Jekyll Island, GA. [Invited]
"Moving
Toward Extended Libraries: Sensible Futures." Keynote,
"Through the Star Gate," North Carolina Center for
Independent Higher Education, October 25, 1995, Wake Forest
University, Winston-Salem, NC. [Invited]
"The
Life and Death of Print." Northwestern University Library,
October 10, 1995, Evanston, IL. [Invited]
"Brother,
Can You Paradigm: Tradition and Technology in Tomorrow’s
Library." INCOLSA Workshop
(sole speaker, discussion leader), September 7, 1995,
Plymouth, Indiana & September 8, 1995, Indianapolis,
Indiana. [Invited]
"The
Future of the Book / The Book of the Future." Keynote for
1995 Southern California Electronic Library Consortium
Conference, May 26, 1995, Pasadena, CA [Invited]
"Moving
Toward Extended Libraries: Sensible Futures." Keynote for
1995 Spring Conference of the Librarians’ Association at the
University of North Carolina at Chapel Hill, March 6, 1995,
Chapel Hill, NC. [Invited].
"The
Future of Academic Libraries." Speech, Arizona State
University Libraries, October 6, 1994;
repeated October 7. [Invited] Repeated, with minor
modifications, at Trinity University Library (October 31,
1994; invited) and University of Texas, San Antonio Library
(November 1, 1994).
"Evolution,
Not Revolution: Some Notes on the Life of Print and Future
of Libraries." Speech (program), Academic Libraries Caucus,
Florida Library Association Annual Conference, May 13, 1994,
Orlando, FL. [Invited]
"Libraries
With and Without Walls." Keynote speech, Tennessee Library
Association Annual Conference, April 29, 1994, Memphis, TN
[Invited]
"The
Virtual Library: Virtually Impossible." Keynote speech,
AMIGOS Fall 1993 Conference, November 11, 1993, Dallas, TX.
[Invited]
"Technolust, Terminal Frustration,
and Destroying the Library to Save It: Common-Sense
Responses to the Projected Death of Print." Speech
(program), Nevada Networking and Automation Group, Nevada
Library Association Annual Conference, September 30, 1993,
Elko, NV. [Invited]
"Partial
Solutions to Complex Problems: Electronic Resources, Access
and Delivery Tools, and Information Futures." Speech for
University Circle, Emory University Libraries, May 18, 1993,
Atlanta, GA.
"Knowing
Niches, Scratching Itches, and Refuting Inevitability:
Coping with the Information Evolution." Keynote, CLSI
Eastern Region Users Group Spring Meeting, May 17, 1993,
Birmingham, AL. [Invited]
"Dreams,
Devices, Niches and Edges: Coping with the Changing
Landscape of Information Technology." Keynote, the Ninth
Texas Conference on Library Automation, April 3, 1993,
Houston, TX. [Invited]
"Surfing,
Swimming or Drowning in the Sea of Information: Coping with
the Currents of Change." Speech, Library Lecture Series,
University of Southern California, February 25, 1993, Los
Angeles, CA. [Invited]
"The
Death of Print, Xanadu, and
Other Nightmares, or, Brother, Can You Paradigm?" Speech
(program), Library Automation Round Table, Arizona State
Library Association Annual Conference, October 15, 1992,
Phoenix, AZ. [Invited]
"The
Future OPAC: A Single View on
Multiple Databases." Speech, 2nd Annual VTLS
Library Directors’ Conference, October 6, 1992, Mountain
Lake, VA. [Invited]
"Starting
Over: Current Issues in Online Catalog User Interface
Design." Keynote, LITA Screen
Design Preconference, American Library Association Annual
Conference, June 1991, Atlanta, GA. [Invited]
"Technology
and Library Resources: Serving Present and Future Patrons."
Speech as part of program, California Library Association
Annual Conference, November 12, 1989, Oakland, CA. [Invited]
"Microcomputer
Choices: Chaos in the Marketplace." Speech as part of
program, Online ‘89, November 8, 1989, Chicago, IL.
"User
Interface Situations for Online Music Catalogs." Speech as
part of preconference on online catalogs, Music Library
Association annual conference, March 15, 1989, Cleveland,
OH. [Invited]
"The
Online Catalog in the Real World." Speech, 25th Clinic on
Library Applications of Data Processing, April 19, 1988,
Urbana-Champaign, IL. [Invited]
Articles and Columns (selected)
Cites
& Insights 12
(2012): 12 issues, 20-58 pages.
Cites
& Insights 11
(2011): 9 issues, 18-44 pages.
“Crawford
at Large” in Online 35 (2011): six columns.
Cites
& Insights 10
(2010): 12 issues, 24-60 pages;
index.
"Crawford at Large" in Online
34 (2010): six columns.
Cites
& Insights 9
(2009): 13 issues, 28-48 pages;
index.
disContent in EContent
32 (2009): five columns.
" Crawford at Large" in Online 33
(2009): six columns.
Cites
& Insights 8
(2008): 12 issues, 22-36 pages;
index.
disContent in EContent
31 (2008): five columns.
"Crawford
at Large" in Online 32 (2008): six columns.
Cites
& Insights 7
(2007): 13 issues, 22-44 pages;
index.
disContent in EContent
30 (2007): five columns.
Cites
& Insights 6
(2006): Fourteen issues, 20-32 pages;
index.
disContent in EContent
29 (2006): five columns.
PC
Monitor in Online 30 (2006): four columns.
"Libraries
and Google/Google Book Search: No competiton!"
Google Libraries Newsletter June 2006.
Cites
& Insights 5
(2005): Fourteen issues, 20-28 pages;
index.
disContent in EContent
28 (2005): ten columns.
PC
Monitor in Online 29 (2005): three columns.
The
Crawford Files in American Libraries 35 (2004): ten
columns.
disContent in EContent
27 (2004): ten columns.
PC
Monitor in Online 28 (2004): three columns.
Cites
& Insights: Crawford at Large 4
(2004): Fourteen issues, 20-26 pages each; index.
The
Crawford Files in American Libraries 34 (2003):
eleven columns.
disContent in EContent
26 (2003): eleven columns.
PC
Monitor in Online 27 (2003): three columns.
Cites
& Insights: Crawford at Large 3
(2003): Fourteen issues, 18-20 pages each; index.
The
Crawford Files in American Libraries 33 (2002):
eleven columns.
disContent in EContent
25 (2002): twelve columns.
PC
Monitor in Online 26 (2002): three columns.
Cites
& Insights: Crawford at Large
2 (2002): Fifteen issues, 14-20 pages each; index.
"The
E-Files: E-newsletters and E-zines: From Current Cites to NewBreed Librarian." American
Libraries 32:11 (December 2001): 51-3.
"The
E-Files: Library Lists: Building on E-mail." American
Libraries 32:10 (November 2001): 56-8.
"The
E-Files: 'You Must Read This': Library Weblogs." American
Libraries 32:9 (October 2001): 74-6.
"MP3
Audiobooks: A New Library Medium?" American Libraries 32:7
(August 2001): 64-7.
"Exceptional
Institutions: Libraries and the Pareto Principle." American
Libraries 32:6 (June/July 2001): 72-4.
"Where
Have All the CD-ROMs Gone?" American Libraries 32:5
(May 2001): 67-9.
PC
Monitor in Online 25 (2001): three columns.
disContent in EContent
24 (2001): ten columns.
Cites
& Insights: Crawford at Large 1
(2001): Monthly issues and a 13th Midsummer issue, 14-20
pages each; index
"Talking
About Public Access--PACS-L's First Decade" (Guest
Editorial) Information Technology and Libraries 19:3
(September 2000): 112-115.
"Nine
Models, One Name: Untangling the E-book Muddle." American
Libraries 31:8 (September 2000): 56-59.
"The
Next Great Library Debate May Be Over Space..." Bookmarks
(Southern Oregon University Library) Spring 2000: 2-3.
"Millennial
Libraries: Media and Meaning." In IAMSLIC
99: Recasting the Nets. ed.
James W. Markham and Andrea L. Duda
(Fort Pierce: IAMSLIC,
2000): 5-10.
PC
Monitor in Online 24 (2000): three columns.
"Here's
the Content--Where's the Context?" American Libraries
31:3 (March 2000): 50-52.
CD-ROM
Corner in EContent 23
(2000): six columns.
Crawford's
Corner in Library Hi Tech News 17 (2000): Ten pages
in each of ten issues.
"From
Petroglyphs to CD-ROMs: A Story about Information." American
Libraries 31:1 (January 2000): 72-75.
"We
Call Them Libraries: What the "L" Word Means to Me." American
Libraries 30:10 (November 1999): 38-40.
"Being
Analog." Media Spectrum 26:3 (Fall 1999): 32, 34.
"Up
to Speed on DVD." American Libraries 30:8 (September
1999): 71-74.
"Webcats and Checklists: Some
Cautionary Notes." Information Technology and Libraries
18:2 (June 1999): 100-103.
"Bits
Is Bits: Pitfalls in Digital Reformatting." American
Libraries 30:5 (May 1999): 47-49.
"Library
Space: The Next Frontier?" Online 23:1 (March/April
1999): 61-66.
PC
Monitor in Online 23 (1999): three columns.
CD-ROM
Corner in Database 22 (1999): six columns.
Crawford's
Corner in Library Hi Tech News 16 (1999): Ten pages
in each of ten issues.
"The
Card Catalog and Other Digital Controversies." American
Libraries 30:1 (January 1999): 52-58.
"Millennial
Librarianship: Maintaining the Mix and Avoiding the Hype."
In Change and Continuity in Librarianship: Approaching
the Twenty-first Century; Proceedings of the 40th
Military Librarians Workshop. Annapolis, MD: U.S.
Naval Academy, 1998.
"Uncommon
Knowledge: Mythbreaking for the
Future." In Finding Common Ground: Creating the Library
of the Future Without Diminishing the Library of the Past,
ed. Cheryl LaGuardia and Barbara A. Mitchell, (New York:
Neal-Schuman, 1998): 16-24.
"The
Danger of the Digital Library." The Electronic Library 16:1
(February 1998): 28-30.
CD-ROM
Corner in Database 21 (1998): six columns.
Crawford's
Corner in Library Hi Tech News 15 (1998): eight to
ten pages in each of ten issues.
Trailing
Edge and Comp Lit: PC Articles Worth Noting in Library
Hi Tech 16 (1998): six articles.
PC-related
articles in Online 22 (1998): three articles.
"Paper
Persists: Why Physical Library Collections Still Matter." Online
22:1 (January/February 1998): 42-48. Also posted on Online’s
Web site: www.onlineinc.com/onlinemag.
"Millennial
Librarianship: Coping with Complexity." Simmons Review
79:2 (Fall 1997): 12-14.
PC-related
articles in Online 21 (1997): four articles.
Trailing
Edge and Comp Lit: PC Articles Worth Noting in Library
Hi Tech 15 (1997): four articles.
CD-ROM
Corner in Database 20 (1997): six columns.
Trailing
Edge Notes in Library Hi Tech News 14 (1997): six
pages in each of ten issues.
"I
Heard It through the Internet." In Computerization and
Controversy: Value Conflicts and Social Choices, Rob
King, ed. (San Diego: Academic Press, 1996): 594-596.
"Developing
Eureka: Rapid Access to Very Large Databases." Information
Technology and Libraries 15:1 (March 1996): 9-19.
PC-related
articles in Online 20 (1996): four articles.
Trailing
Edge and Comp Lit: PC Articles Worth Noting in Library
Hi Tech 14 (1996): four articles.
Trailing
Edge Notes in Library Hi Tech News 13 (1996): six
pages in each of ten issues.
The
CD-ROM Amateur in CD-ROM Professional 9 (1996): six
columns.
"&
In Edition: Moving Toward Extended Libraries: Sensible
Futures." North Carolina Libraries 53:4 (Winter
1995): 162-171.
PC-related
articles in Online 19 (1995): four articles.
The
CD-ROM Amateur in CD-ROM Professional 8 (1995):
three columns.
The
Trailing Edge in Library Hi Tech 13 (1995): four
articles.
Trailing
Edge Notes in Library Hi Tech News 12 (1995): six
pages in each of nine issues.
"Libraries
With and Without Walls." Tennessee Librarian 46, no.
3 (Summer 1994): 5-30.
The
Trailing Edge and Looking Back in Library Hi Tech 12
(1994): five articles.
"Dreams,
Devices, Niches, and Edges: Coping with the Changing
Landscape of Information Technology." Public-Access
Computer Systems Review 4 (1993): 134-150. (Electronic
journal; paper version published November 1994.)
The
Trailing Edge and Looking Back in Library Hi Tech 11
(1993): six articles.
"Cost-Effective
Computing: Making the Most of Your PC Dollars." Online
July 1992: 27-30.
The
Trailing Edge in Library Hi Tech 10 (1992): three
articles.
"Starting
Over: Current Issues in Online Catalog User Interface
Design." Information Technology and Libraries 11,
no. 1 (June 1992): 62-76.
"Desktop
Publishing Choices: Making an Appropriate Decision." Information
Technology and Libraries 10, no. 4 (December 1991):
311-316.
"Problems
and Dangers of Standards." In A Sourcebook of Standards
Information: Education, Access and Development.
Stephen M. Spivak and Keith A.
Winsell, eds. Boston: G.K.
Hall, 1991: 279-289.
The
Trailing Edge in Library Hi Tech 9 (1991): four
articles.
"The
Medieval and Early Modern Data Bank: Twentieth-Century
Technology for Thirteenth-Century Data." In Convergence:
Proceedings of the Second LITA
National Conference, edited by Michael Gorman:
208-215. Chicago: American Library Association, 1990.
"Un-Standards:
Technical Standards That Fail." In Library and
Information Technology Standards, edited by Michael
Gorman: 79-90. LITA Monographs
1. Chicago: Library and Information Technology Association,
1990.
"Information
Standards in 1989." In The Bowker
Annual 1990-91: 57-61. New York: R.R. Bowker,
1990.
The
Trailing Edge in Library Hi Tech 8 (1990): three
articles.
"Technical
Standards: A Common Ground." The Bookmark (New York
State Library) 47, no. 3 (Spring 1989): 166-167.
The
Trailing Edge in Library Hi Tech 7 (1989): four
articles.
"Standards,
Innovation and Optical Media." Laserdisk
Professional (January 1989): 31-38.
"Future
Directions in Standardization." Book Research Quarterly
4, no. 3 (Fall 1988): 66-73. Reprinted in A Sourcebook
of Standards Information: Education, Access and
Development, Stephen M. Spivak
and Keith A. Winsell, eds.,
Boston: G.K. Hall, 1991:
269-277.
"The
Online Catalog in the Real World: Making the Necessary
Compromises." In Design and Evaluation of Computer/Human
Interfaces: Issues for Librarians and Information
Scientists, Martin A. Siegel, ed., Urbana-Champaign:
University of Illinois, 1991: 118-138.
"Desktop
Typesetting and the LITA
Newsletter." Information Technology and Libraries 6,
no. 2 (June 1987): 89-101.
"Testing
Bibliographic Displays for Online Catalogs." Information
Technology and Libraries 6, no. 1 (March 1987):
20-33.
"Desktop
Publishing and the LITA
Newsletter—The Trailing Edge of Desktop Publishing." Electronic
Publishing Business 5, no. 1 (January 1987): 4-7.
"VDT
Checklist: Another Look at Terminals." In Managing
Online Reference Services, edited by Ethel Auster,
257-273. New York: Neal-Schuman, 1986. Originally appeared
in Information Technology and Libraries 3, no. 4
(December 1984): 343-353.
"The
Numbers Game: The Curious Family of Standard Numbers." Journal
of Educational Media & Library Sciences 23, no. 4
(Summer 1986): 333-347.
"The
RLIN Command Analysis System:
Measuring Use and Performance of an Online System." Information
Technology and Libraries 4, no. 1 (March 1985): 29-51.
Common
Sense Personal Computing in Library Hi Tech 2-6
(1984-1988): sixteen articles.
"RLIN Product Batch: Fundamental
Design Concepts." Information Technology and Libraries
3, no. 2 (June 1984): 131-143.
"The
RLIN Reports System: A Tool for
MARC Selection and Listing." Information Technology and
Libraries 3, no. 1 (March 1984): 3-14.
"Long
Searches, Slow Response: Recent Experience on RLIN."
Information Technology and Libraries 2, no. 2 (June
1983): 176-182.
"Library
Automation: Just a Business?" RTSD
Newsletter 8, no. 3 (May/June 1983): 32-35.
"Library
Standards for Data Structures and Element Identification:
U.S. MARC in Theory and Practice." Library Trends 31,
no. 2 (Fall 1982): 265-281.
"CRT
Terminal Checklist." Journal of Library Automation
13, no. 1 (March 1980): 36-44.
"The
Sources of Disharmony." (with Micki
Jo Young) Journal of Library Automation 12, no. 4
(December 1979): 366-369.
"Building
a Serials Key Word Index." Journal of Library Automation
9, no. 1 (March 1976): 34-47.
Editorials, Brief Columns and Minor Publications
(selected)
"DVD
Take Two: Cautions and Enthusiasms." Sights & Sounds
11:11 (November 2000): p. 3.
"ILL:
Peering into the Future." Guest editorial for theme section
on ILL. American Libraries 31:10 (November 2000): p.
35.
Public
Access Provocations: twelve columns in Public-Access
Computer Systems Review 1-5 (1990-1994).
Editorials
and President's Column: 26 editorials in LITA
Newsletter 1986-1994.
Editor's
Notebook: 12 editorials in Information Standards
Quarterly 1-2 (1989-1990)
"Afterword:
Putting It On Paper." Public-Access Computer Systems
Review 1 (1990): 216-219. (Appears only in the
paperback print annual published by LITA
[Chicago], 1992.)
Book Reviews
Review
of Tapscott, Don, The
Digital Economy: Promise and Peril in the Age of Networked
Intelligence. New York: McGraw-Hill, 1996. Journal
of Academic Librarianship September 1996: 397.
Review
of Musmann, Klaus J., Technological
Innovations in Libraries, 1860-1960: An Anecdotal History.
Westport, Conn: Greenwood, 1993. College & Research
Libraries May 1994: 271-272.
Review
of Exchanging Bibliographic Data: MARC and Other
International Formats, by Ellen Gredley
and Alan Hopkinson. Library Quarterly July 1991.
Review
of HyperSource on
Optical Technologies, by Ching-chih
Chen. CD-ROM Professional (January 1991): 89-90.
Review
of A Guide to Standards, by Albert L. Batik. Information
Standards Quarterly 2, no. 3 (July 1990): 9-10.
Review
of Implementing the Automated Library System, by John
Corbin. Library Resources & Technical Services
33, no. 3 (July 1989): 314, 316.
Review
of Desktop Publishing/Typesetting, by Wiley Westerfield.
Information Technology and Libraries 7, no. 2 (June
1988): 210.
Review
of The Illustrated Handbook of Desktop Publishing and
Typesetting, by Michael L. Kleper.
Information Technology and Libraries 7, no. 2 (June
1988): 209-210.
Review
of Videotex and Teletext: New Online Sources for
Libraries, by Michael B. Binder. Information
Technology and Libraries 5, no. 2 (June 1986):
165-166.
Review
of Librarian in Search of a Publisher, by Brian
Alley and Jennifer Cargill. RTSD
Newsletter 11, no. 5 (1986): 50.
Feature
review of The Librarian’s Guide to Microcomputer
Technology and Applications, by Larry A. Woods and
Nolan F. Pope, and Microcomputers for Libraries: Product
Review and Procurement Guide, by James E. Rush. Library
Hi Tech 2, no. 2 (1984): 83-88.
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