A small academic library's experience in a regional intertype library network had positive effects on interlibrary loan procedures and improved and promoted cooperation at the local level. The regional network relieves the burden on large research libraries and enables libraries with inadequate resources to provide better service to patrons.…

UCLA, which has one of the top 10 research libraries in the country, has been using Taos software since 1996. However in 2001, Sirsi Corp. announced that it was freezing development on Taos software. As the associate university librarian for information technology at UCLA, the author relates that it was his responsibility to lead the way through…

This directory lists 866 out of an estimated 1,000 public, academic, special, state agency, and county law libraries in California for fiscal year 1988-1989. The directory section lists libraries alphabetically by name within each city and provides the organization and library name; address; population or number of persons served; statement…

This conference was held to bring librarians and users from academic, public, school, and special libraries together to discuss how resource sharing among all types of libraries, for the benefit of all types of users, might be enhanced through formal multitype networking. A conference workbook was provided for participants to read ahead of time,…

This document characterizes libraries in California through statistical tables, profiling each library within the appropriate library type (public, academic and special, academic, special, state agency, and county law). Directory listings are published in a companion volume, California Library Directory. For fiscal year 1984-1985, 990 libraries of…

This evaluation of the California Title-Author List (CATALIST), second edition, a union catalog on microfiche published from computer output microform tapes which contains location records for approximately 700,000 titles held in 152 public, academic, and special libraries throughout California, is presented as a means of assessing progress to…

The information reported in this document characterizes libraries in California through statistical tables, profiling each library within its appropriate library type (i.e., public, academic, special, state agency, and county law). The data were gathered through the annual report forms for fiscal year 1987-1988 that were returned by 895 libraries…

The information reported in this document characterizes libraries in California through statistical tables, profiling each library within the appropriate library type (public, academic, special, state agency, and county law). The data were gathered though the annual report forms for fiscal year 1985-1986 that were returned by 967 libraries of an…

Building joint-use libraries to foster new types of learning and collaboration is a growing phenomenon that is of great interest to academic library planners around the world. Noteworthy among these efforts, the Dr. Martin Luther King, Jr. Library in San Jose, California, is a collaboration of a metropolitan university library and a major public…

This report provides information that characterizes libraries in California, profiling each library within its appropriate library type, i.e., public, academic, special, state agency, and county law. The data were gathered through the annual report forms for fiscal year 1988-1989 that were returned by 866 libraries of an estimated total of 1,000…

This report provides information that characterizes libraries in California, profiling each library within its appropriate library type, i.e., public, academic, special, state agency, and county law. The data were gathered through the annual report forms for fiscal year 1989-1990 that were returned by 839 libraries out of an estimated total of…

Describes the California Indian Subject Specialist librarians, a voluntary organization that uses electronic mail to conduct its work and to build community. The potential of computer-mediated communication to build community among Native Americans is discussed. Information about the development of a global network for indigenous peoples is given.…