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Preston, Nancy R. – Education Libraries, 1989
This annotated bibliography lists nine items retrieved from the ERIC database that deal with networks and library cooperation at the local, national, and international levels. Instructions for placing orders for copies of these items are provided. (CLB)
Descriptors: Annotated Bibliographies, Community Programs, International Programs, Library Cooperation
Science Council of Canada, Ottawa (Ontario). – 1969
The four types of libraries - special, academic, public, and school - collectively constitute a large part of the knowledge available in Canada. Consequently, a scientific and technical information network will be heavily dependent on these established library collections. Communications across the "type of library" boundaries is…
Descriptors: Foreign Countries, Information Networks, Libraries, Library Cooperation
Wiper, Marguerite, Ed. – National Library News, Canada, 1975
In order to optimize the use of available bibliographic data in machine-readable form by Canadian Libraries, the National Library of Canada is developing new automated systems. Implementation priorities are related to the development of national and international standards, systems, and networks. One major project is the design of a system, using…
Descriptors: Bibliographies, Cataloging, Databases, Library Automation
Canadian Association of Research Libraries, Montreal (Quebec). – 1979
These papers discuss various options for a computerized national bibliographic network and highlight the problems and potential of developing such a database. Following a brief explanation of the conference purpose and organization, 10 primary papers are presented: (1) "A Brief Overview of Computerized Library Networking in Canada," by…
Descriptors: Academic Libraries, Computer Oriented Programs, Databases, Higher Education

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
National Library of Canada, Ottawa (Ontario). – 1976
The Task Group advocates the development, with the guidance and support of the National Library of Canada, of a Canadian Library Network with the objectives of equalizing opportunity for access to information and making use of total Canadian library resources more cost-effective. This network would be composed of three interrelated components--a…
Descriptors: Bibliographies, Communications, Cost Effectiveness, Databases
International Federation of Library Associations, The Hague (Netherlands). – 1982
Papers on school and children's libraries which were presented at the 1982 International Federation of Library Associations (IFLA) conference include: (1) "Learning to Learn in the Street," a description by B. Lang (France) of "street libraries" and other institutions designed to introduce economically disadvantaged children to…
Descriptors: Children, Economically Disadvantaged, Foreign Countries, Information Services
Durance, Cynthia J. – 1981
This paper provides an update on the status of library systems development in Canada and describes the new initiatives which the National Library is undertaking cooperatively with other institutions to facilitate the development of a nationwide decentralized bibliographic communication network. In order to place current network initiatives and the…
Descriptors: Communications, Decentralization, Developmental Programs, Foreign Countries
Duchesne, Roderick M. – 1974
This study shows strategies which can be used to plan and implement the Canadian National Library's bibliographic data base and the systems which it is to support. The data base would be a subset of a national bibliographic data base which can be brought together in the context of the projected Canadian Library and Information Retrieval Center.…
Descriptors: Cataloging, Citations (References), Computer Programs, Computers