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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