This document contains eight papers by American participants in the U.S.-U.S.S.R. Seminar on Access to Library Resources through Technology and Preservation: (1) "The Automation of Libraries and Information Services in the United States" (Richard De Gennaro); (2) "Databases: Issues in the Bibliographic Control of Information in a…

Based in part on the work of three task forces, this report presents recommendations from the Phase II Statewide Automation Committee appointed in June 1987 to develop specific steps to implement the 20 recommendations in the library automation plan issued in May 1987, "Libraries and Technology: A Strategic Plan for the Use of Advanced…

Recommendations designed to facilitate library development in the state of New York are presented in categories reflecting the five goals agreed upon by committee members: (1) the assurance of maximum access to all forms of information for all residents of the state; (2) the sharing of resources as broadly and as effectively as possible; (3)…

Discusses areas in which school libraries and staff will benefit from their inclusion in a statewide network of libraries. (CLB)

This study evaluates the programs which have been undertaken by five school systems (the Albany-Schoharie-Schenectady Board of Cooperative Educational Services (BOCES), the Otsego County BOCES, the Syracuse City School District, the Broome-Tioga BOCES, and the Delaware-Chenango-Madison-Oswego County BOCES) to provide a basis for cooperation and…

Prepared as a background paper for the Governor's Conference on Libraries in June 1978, this document presents a summary of what is known (or not known) about the library 'picture' in New York State. This picture is sketched in an overview, and then specific areas are colored in. Information on each type of library--school, public, academic,…