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Anderson, Richard Bryan | Circulation Changes in ARL Libraries, 1995-2008 | | | |
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Holvoet, Katherine G. | Satisfaction guaranteed -- a system of asynchronous desire | I have a confession to make. Whenever I walk into a library, I can't remember the title or author of any book I've been meaning to read, or CD I've wanted to listen to. Unless I have a written list, I end up racking my brain, vainly trying to recall the name of any author I like, and then browsing t... | Libraries; Reader recommendations; Reading | 1905-06-30 |
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Parke, Frederic Ira | Computer generated animation of faces | This report discusses the representation, animation and data collection techniques that have been developed and used to produce "realistic" computer generated half-tone animated sequences of a human face changing expression. It was determined that approximating the surface of a face with a polygona... | Computer animation | 1972-06 |
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Phong-Tuong, Bui | Illimunation of computer generated images (CSTD-73-005) | This .report describes a new model for the shading of computer-generated images of objects in general and of polygonally descibed free-form curved surfaces in particular. The shading function is determined by a linear interpolation of the curvature of the surface. It takes into consideration the phy... | Computer animation | 1973-07 |
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Wessler, Barry David | Computer-assisted visual communication (CSTD-73-004) | The purpose of this research was to build an environment m which an author can create a visual communications vehicle (a film) which will convey his ideas and thoughts. The primary motivation for this effort was the powerful ability of film to combine instruction with entertainment. The entertainmen... | Computer animation | 1973-07 |
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Cannon, Thomas Michael | Digital image deblurring by nonlinear homomorphic filtering (CSTD-74-004) | This report is concerned with the digital estimation of the frequency response of a two-dimensional linear system through which images have been passed and blurred. Almas t no a priori Knowledge concerning the system is required, and only one blurred image is necessar\d for a successful estimation. ... | Computer animation | 1974-08 |
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Clark, James Henry | 3-D Design of free-form B-Spline surfaces (CSTD-74-005) | This report describes an experimental system for designing free-form B-spline surfaces using a head-mounted display. In this system, the interaction with the surfaces takes place in three dimensions as the designed object's shape Is updated in real-time. The report also examines some of the problems... | Computer animation | 1974-09 |
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Catmull, Edwin | A subdivision algorithm for computer display of curved surfaces (CSTD-74-006) | This report presents a method for producing computer shaded pictures of curved surfaces. Three-dimensional curved patches are used, as contrasted with conventional methods using polygons. The method subdivides a patch into successively smaller subpatches until a subpatch is as small as a raster-elem... | Computer animation | 1974-12 |
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Landesman, Margaret M. | Performance of American in-print vendors: a comparison at the University of Utah | A study was conducted by the Monographs Order Division of the University of Utah Libraries to compare the performance of three domestic book vendors during the fiscal year 1978-79. The study was designed to measure performance in terms of speed, discount and service, and to compare vendor success in... | Monographs order; Vendor performance; Trade materials | 1980 |
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Landesman, Margaret M. | Acquisitions preconference 3: the summary | The Acquisitions for the Eighties Preconference, sponsored by the Association of American Publishers and R.T.S.D., was intended to bring together publishers, wholesalers and acquisitions librarians to explore the issues that will affect acquisitions in the coming decade and to consider ways in wh... | | 1980 |
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Landesman, Margaret M. | Missing issues: a response | I am inclined to retitle this article "Missing Issues: One Technique for Doubling Staff, Postage, and Xeroxing Expenses While Needlessly Alienating Vendors." I cannot, of course, be sure it would double expenses as the author does not supply figures, but we utilize the spare moments of one part-time... | Vendor; Missing issue dealer; Correspondence | 1982 |
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Breznay, Ann Marie | Sampler of databases for searches in history | To review successfully the databases appropriate for historical research, some practical application is necessary. The following reviews of eight bibliographic databases emphasize their usefulness as practical research aids for topics in history. The comments are on only a selected number of the d... | Historical research | 1982 |
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Silverman, Randall H. | Small, not insignificant: a specification for a conservation pamphlet binding structure | The pamphlet binding is often regarded as an insignificant or ephemeral book structure, which has received little attention over the years in the professional bookbinding literature. An attitude prevails that a bookbinder capable of executing sophisticated and detailed bookbindings need only apply ... | | 1987 |
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Ogburn, Joyce L. | Library profile: Penn State | Institution profile: Penn State is a land grant institution often described as the one university geographically dispersed. Penn State supports twenty-two campuses scattered across the commonwealth. Contrary to what one might infer from the name Penn State, the University is considered "state rel... | Pattee Library; Penn State University; Profiles | 1990 |
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Ogburn, Joyce L. | Criminology and penology abstracts: analysis | An analysis of Criminology and Penology Abstracts is "An international abstracting service covering the etiology of crime and juvenile delinquency, the control and treatment of offenders, criminal procedure, and the administration of justice. | Review; Abstracting services | 1990-06 |
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Ogburn, Joyce L. | Bit by Bit: EDUCOM (Electronic connection for higher education) | Bit by Bit column: "This is a new column which will address technical issues including networking, consortia activities, electronic resources, and access. This column is on EDUCOM-The Electronic Connection for Higher Education. | Educational computing; Education technology; Electronic resources; Networks; Datafiles; EDUCOM | 1990-09 |
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Ogburn, Joyce L. | Business of acquisitions 1991 | The third ALCTS Business of Acquisitions Institute was held in Boston at Emmanuel College on June 6-7,1991. These institutes are meant to convey some basic understanding of the complex function of acquiring materials for libraries to beginning acquisitions librarians or professionals with other bac... | Acquisitions; Vendors; Libraries | 1991 |
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Ogburn, Joyce L. | Acquisitions, up, up and away: Yale University?s new acquisitions department | As of July 15, 1991 Yale University's Sterling Memorial Library began reconstituting an acquisition's department under Technical Services. In these days of bad news about closing departments, budget cuts and escalating serial prices, it's nice to be able to report some good news! | Yale University; Sterling Memorial Library; Acquisitions | 1991 |
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Ogburn, Joyce L. | Bit by bit: communicating voucher information to the accounting department from automated library systems(pt. 1) | Bit by Bit column: "This is the first of a two-part article. Part I presents general considerations involved in the automation process while Part II will discuss technical issues with examples from the NOTIS and INNOVACQ systems. | Library automation; Library information systems; Library acquisitions | 1991-02 |
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Ogburn, Joyce L. | Bit by bit: communicating voucher information to the accounting department from automated library systems(pt. 2) | Bit by Bit column: "This is the second of a two-part article. Part 1 (ATG Feb. 1991) presented some general considerations about the value of the automation process, the time and effort saved and the improved accuracy achieved by eliminating redundant data entry. Part II will present the rudiments o... | Library automation; Library information systems; Library acquisitions | 1991-06 |
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Ogburn, Joyce L. | Bit by bit: CAUSE, The Association for the Management of Information Technology in Higher Education | Bit by Bit column: "A few columns ago we wrote about EDUCOM, an important player in the education and computing arenas. This column describes CAUSE, another player in this arena, which is probably less well known than EDUCOM." | Information Technology, management; Academic Libraries, information technology; Computing and information technologies, evaluation | 1991-11 |
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Silverman, Randall H. | Book repair program at Brigham Young University: an institutional profile | Brigham Young University's (BYU) Harold B. Lee Library (HBLL), situated in the arid Intermountain West, is a research library containing slightly more than three million volumes. The library consists of a main library, as well as separate business, museum, and learning resource center libraries. The... | | 1992 |
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Silverman, Randall H. | Hurricane havoc in paradise | Tuesday 3 November 1992: Having previously cast absentee ballots, six conservators departed from Honolulu airport on election day for Kaua'i and a first-hand look at the damage caused by Hurricane Iniki. | Recovery; Mold; Kaua'i museum | 1992 |
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Silverman, Randall H. | Pamphlet binders and their use in research libraries | By definition, research libraries have a commitment to preserving pamphlets as well as all print and non-print media they collect. A discussion of the preservation requirements for pamphlets is useful for their survival, and pamphlet binders are an important tool in preparing these often ephemeral ... | Pamphlets; Preservation; Binders | 1992 |
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Silverman, Randall H. | Importance of permanence | Color, opacity, weight, texture, printability, and permanence - the choice of paper is critical to any successful printing job and can spell the difference between a satisfied customer and one you'll never see again. Paper is an organic material and as such begins breaking down from the moment of i... | Paper; Acid free; Alkaline paper | 1992 |
