Neural networks are able to discover patterns in data; it need not be textual data. When a neural network is used to analyze textual data, however, it does not need grammar, heuristics, parsing or other linguistic artifacts ...

This presentation reviews free and subscription web-based and print resources providing information on the chemical industry. The intended audience was chemical librarians who often are more experienced in technical ...

This present discusses evaluation of journal and database subscriptions by means of a faculty survey, subject fund reallocations, shift of material off-site, and evaluating databases in an environment when so many use just Google.

A careful examination of the license, pricing, and subscriptions is required to establish the risks and benefits in converting print journals into electronic only journal access.

The 2011 Mitchell Lecture revisits a major address at UB’s Centennial by U.S. Supreme Court Justice Robert H. Jackson, delivered immediately after Justice Jackson returned from serving as the Chief U.S. prosecutor at the ...

This presentation is a wide-ranging discussion of the impact of Google on librarians' role and function as information intermediaries. The impact of free services and open access on traditional library services is discussed.

Electronic books are still in the process of being fully adopted by university libraries. The costs and benefits of subscription versus pruchase models is discussed.