Publications

Here is a list of our professional publications. For a pdf version of this list, click here.

If you are looking for examples of documents we have prepared for our consulting clients, email us at hello@georgeandjoan.com. Those materials are shared only with the client's permission.

Joan's Publications

The Accidental Technology Trainer. Medford, NJ: Information Today, 2007. Foreword, p. ix-xi.

Shaping the "Experience Library." American Libraries, 33(4), April 2002, p. 70-72.

6 Hot Technologies with a Purpose. Library Journal, 127(2), February 1, 2002, p. 50.

How Not to Make an Exhibition of Yourself at the Exhibits. California Libraries, 10(8), September 2000, p. 6,14.

Linked Systems Study Update and Proposed Technology Infrastructure for the Library of California. California State Library, 1999.

A Study of Linked Systems with Recommendations for the Future of the CLSA Statewide Data Base. California State Library, 1998.

An Overview of Z39.50 for Consumers. Library Technology Reports, 33(5), November/December 1997, p. 507-514.

Unicode: What the Vendors Aren't Telling You. Information Standards Quarterly, 9(4) October 1997, p. 4-6.

The RFI, RFP, RFQ and Contract Process. Integrated Online Library Catalogs. Westport, CT: Meckler Publishing, 1991, p. 1-15.

Microcomputer-Based Library Systems: An Assessment. Library Technology Reports, Part 1, 26(2), March/April 1990, p.131-289; Part 2, 26(3), May/June 1990, p.297-444.

The RFP. Library HiTech, 5(1), No. 17, 1987, p. 15-21.

Online Catalog Screen Displays (editor). Washington, DC: Council on Library Resources, June 1986.

PBX Systems for Libraries. Library Technology Reports, 22(3), May/June 1986, p.295-348.

Bittersweet ROM-ance. Library Journal, 111(8), May 1, 1986, p.LC25-27.

Funding Library Automation. Library HiTech, 4(1), No. 13, 1986, p.117-118.

Projecting Library Automation Costs. Library HiTech, 3(3), No. 11, 1985, p.113-114.

The User Friendly Index: A New Tool. Online, 8(3), May 1984, p.31-34. Co-authored with Joseph R. Matthews.

Planning for Telecommunications Service. Library Technology Reports, 19(6), November/December 1983, p.603-642.

Telecommunications Technologies for Libraries: A Basic Guide. Library Technology Reports, 19(4), July/August 1983, p.335-394.

Oh, If I'd Only Known: Ten Things You Can Do Today to Prepare for Library Automation Tomorrow. American Libraries, 14(6), June 1983, p.408-412. Co-authored with Joseph R. Matthews.

Linking Libraries Through Automation. Consortia and Resource Sharing. Oakland, CA: California Area Health Education Center (9AHEC), May 1983, p.51-67.

The Bibliographic Utilities: Progress and Problems. Library Technology Reports, 18(6), November/December 1982, p. 609-653. Co-authored with Joseph R. Matthews.

Information Technology and Libraries. Editorial board, 1998 – 2003.

Library Technology Reports. Editorial board, 1996 – 1999.

Library Currents (monthly newsletter). Editor, 1984 – 1986.

George's Publications

The OCLC Members Council: A Communication and Governance Forum for the Global Library Cooperative. Journal of Library Administration, 44 (3/4), 2006. Co-authored with Richard Van Orden.

The Concept of Leadership in Technology-Related Organizations, in Leadership in the Library and Information Science Professions, edited By Mark D. Winston. Haworth Information Press, 2001.

A Director's Checklist for Connecting Public Libraries to the Internet. Public Library Association, 1995. Co-authored with Eleanor Jo Rodger, Robert Gillespie, and Sandra Edwards.

Ohio Library Trustee Handbook 1990. Ohio Library Trustee Association, 1990.

The Future of Public Libraries...Today! in Public Libraries, 42(2), March/April 2003.

Institutions Changing under the Force of New Information Technology. Generations: The Journal of the American Society on Aging, 21(3), Fall 1997.

Public Empowerment through Accessible Health Information. Bulletin of the Medical Library Association, 84, April 1996. Co-authored with Margaret Calvano.

Book and audiovisual reviews for Booklist, Library Journal, Columbus Dispatch, and AudioFile.

Contributions to the blog "It's All Good" (http://scanblog.blogspot.com) and to web community "Library Leadership Network" (http://www.libraryleadership.net).