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Nation-Wide Rationalization of Acquisition Policies in Canadian College and University Libraries: Are Total World Coverage and Non-duplication of Resources Part of an Impossible Dream?
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Ettlinger, John R. T. – 1973
Canada has an especially difficult information problem since an enormous proportion of the publications required by Canadian researchers are produced in foreign countries. The attempt to solve this problem by a numerological or Farmington Plan approach is wrong both in theory and practice. This method emphasizes size and discounts selectivity.…
Descriptors: College Libraries, Federal Aid, Library Acquisition, Library Collections
CIP--How It's Being Used.
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Gislason, Thora – Canadian Library Journal, 1986
Discusses both the advantages and the limitations of the Canadian cataloging-in-publication (CIP) system, a decentralized system which began in January 1976 with three principal library agencies--the University of British Columbia, York University (transferred to the University of Toronto in 1982), and the Bibliotheque Nationale du Quebec in…
Descriptors: Cataloging, Decentralization, Foreign Countries, Library Acquisition
Planning the Implementation of an Integrated On-line Acquisitions System.
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Baldwin, Paul E. – Canadian Library Journal, 1984
Discusses need to consider political context of decision-making process and describes how cost data were presented to obtain management approval for implementation planning for integrated online acquisitions and fund accounting system involving Simon Fraser University, University of British Columbia, and University of Victoria. Cost, budget, and…
Descriptors: Academic Libraries, Case Studies, Cost Effectiveness, Foreign Countries
Hospital Patients and Handicapped Readers Section and Round Table of Libraries for the Blind. Libraries Serving the General Public Division. Papers.
International Federation of Library Associations, The Hague (Netherlands). – 1982
Papers on hospital and health libraries and library services to the blind and deaf which were presented at the 1982 International Federation of Library Associations conference include: (1) "Leisure Pursuits of the Blind" by Antun Lastric (Yugoslavia); (2) "Library Services for the Handicapped in Canada: An Overview" by…
Descriptors: Bibliographies, Biographies, Deafness, Foreign Countries
Trinational Library Forum [Proceedings] = Memorias del Foro Trinacional de Bibliotecas = [Actes de] Forum Trinational Des Bibliotheques (4th, Monterrey, Mexico, February 24-26, 1994).
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Instituto Tecnologico de Monterrey (Mexico). – 1994
At the fourth Trinational Library Forum in 1994, librarians from the United States, Canada, and Mexico gathered to discuss topics of international librarianship. Presentations, some in English and some in Spanish with a brief English language summary, include: (1) "Perspectivas de la Produccion y Exportaciones de la Industria Editorial…
Descriptors: Cataloging, Childrens Libraries, Computer Networks, Foreign Countries
Coming Full Circle. The Transborder Library Forum Proceedings = Completands el Circulo. [Memorias del] Foro Trinacional de Bibliotecas (6th, Tucson, Arizona, February 15-17, 1996).
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Arizona Library Association. – 1996
At the sixth transborder forum, librarians from the United States, Canada, and Mexico gathered to explore topics of interest to academic, public, school, and special librarians in all three countries. The conference program and general information are provided in English and Spanish. Presentations, some in English and some in Spanish, include:…
Descriptors: Academic Libraries, Computer Networks, Copyrights, Document Delivery