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Download full textLittle (Arthur D.), Inc., Cambridge, MA. – 1967
This evaluation was conducted to review library service to Massachusetts state institutions and to examine levels of present or potential cooperation among all types of libraries. Based on interviews and questionnaires, the study is divided into three areas: resources for all types of libraries, service to state institutions, and library service…
Descriptors: Centralization, Disabilities, Institutions, Interlibrary Loans
Peer reviewedDugan, Robert; Bjorner, Susan – Library Hi Tech, 1984
Description of the development of a computer-based resource-sharing program in Massachusetts highlights past planning efforts, development of philosophical basis of network, network activities (development and linking of bibliographic databases, document request and delivery procedures, computer literacy/training for librarians), and issues…
Descriptors: Consortia, Library Automation, Library Cooperation, Library Networks
Massachusetts Board of Library Commissioners, Boston. – 1982
These four supplements, which update a 1977 publication and a 1978 supplement, explain changes and additions in the priorities and administration of library programs, services, and activities funded under the Library Services and Construction Act (LSCA) in Massachusetts. Each of the four reports contains an introduction which reviews its purpose…
Descriptors: Formative Evaluation, Information Needs, Library Networks, Library Planning
Massachusetts State Board of Library Commissioners, Boston. – 1978
This supplement updating a 1977 publication explains changes and additions in the priorities and administration of library programs, services, and activities funded under the Library Services and Construction Act in Massachusetts. The functions and responsibilities of three state agencies--Massachusetts Board of Library Commissioners,…
Descriptors: Agency Role, Formative Evaluation, Information Needs, Library Administration
Fischer, Russell G.; And Others – Library Journal, 1986
Three articles relate public library services in different areas: Project ASIA, cooperative venture of California public libraries to better meet reading and information needs of Asian community; extension services (additional stations, bookmobile) instituted by Bedford (Virginia) Public Library; and preservation of and access to local history…
Descriptors: Archives, Asian Americans, Bookmobiles, Cataloging
New England Board of Higher Education, Wellesley, MA. Northeast Academic Science Information Center. – 1975
In its second year of activity, the Northeast Academic Science Information Center (NASIC) program of the New England Board of Higher Education (NEBHE) has assisted 18 universities and colleges in the Northeast in the implementation of local capabilities to provide computer-based reference services. Working through the libraries at these…
Descriptors: Annual Reports, Bibliographies, Databases, Information Centers
Benenfeld, Alan R.; And Others – 1975
Computer-based reference search services were provided to users on a fee-for-service basis at the Massachusetts Institute of Technology as the first, and experimental, note in the development of the Northeast Academic Science Information Center (NASIC). Development of a training program for information specialists and training materials is…
Descriptors: College Libraries, Computer Oriented Programs, Cost Effectiveness, Information Needs
