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The Issues and Needs of a Local Library Consortium.
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Walters, Edward M. – Journal of Library Administration, 1987
Identifies five institutional forms of library consortia, one of which is local consortia or proximal networks, and discusses issues that apply to local library consortia. Highlights include redefinition of the library role, appropriate technology, bibliographic control, direct access, governance, and financing. (10 references) (CLB)
Descriptors: Classification, Consortia, Library Cooperation, Library Networks
Multistate Library Networks: A Model for Lay Representation on Library Network Boards.
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Wetherbee, Louella V. – Journal of Library Administration, 1987
Reviews the literature on library network governance with particular attention to the role of lay trustees, and describes the composition of 12 multistate library network boards. A model for the selection of lay trustees that is based on needed outside expertise is presented. (23 references) (CLB)
Descriptors: Decision Making, Evaluation Criteria, Governance, Governing Boards
The Future of Networks and OCLC.
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Hoadley, Irene B. – Journal of Library Administration, 1987
Reviews the history of the relationship between OCLC and the regional networks, and examines current stresses in this relationship. Strategies that might be used to preserve this partnership are suggested. (1 reference) (Author/CLB)
Descriptors: Bibliographic Utilities, Library Cooperation, Library Networks, Library Planning
Tomorrow's Library Today.
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Penniman, W. David – Special Libraries, 1987
Presents a model for predicting and shaping the impact of information technologies on libraries and the library role which is based on the effects of computerization in various business applications. The library network at AT&T Bell Laboratories is described as an example of a successful implementation of the model. (CLB)
Descriptors: Information Systems, Information Technology, Library Automation, Library Networks
Alternative Models of Service, Centralized Machine Operations. Phase II Report. Volume II.
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Technology Management Corp., Alexandria, VA. – 1990
A study was conducted to determine if the centralization of playback machine operations for the national free library program would be feasible, economical, and desirable. An alternative model of playback machine services was constructed and compared with existing network operations considering both cost and service. The alternative model was…
Descriptors: Blindness, Cost Effectiveness, Evaluation Criteria, Library Networks
Telecommunications in ARL Libraries. SPEC Kit 98.
Association of Research Libraries, Washington, DC. Office of Management Studies. – 1983
This 11-document kit introduces the current and planned uses of telecommunications facilities in the computerized information systems of several research libraries, public libraries, and library groups contacted in 1983. The first two documents are excerpts from reports on networks: "Telecommunications: An Overview for OCLC," and…
Descriptors: Academic Libraries, Computer Oriented Programs, Higher Education, Information Science
Communication for Leadership: A Seven Letter Word.
Chipman, Sally L. – 1988
This discussion of effective communication for leaders in the field of librarianship begins by providing a historical overview which highlights the librarian's influential role from the earliest days of recorded language; the evolution and modification of words in individual languages from crude forms to their electronic storage and transmission;…
Descriptors: Academic Libraries, Communication (Thought Transfer), Higher Education, History