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The White House Conference on Library and Information Services, Washington, D.C. November 15-19, 1979.
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Aman, Mohammed M. – International Library Review, 1980
Two thousand participants attended the White House Conference which focused on five broad user-oriented themes structured under the umbrella theme of "Bringing Information to People"--Library and Information Services for...(1) Personal Needs, (2) Lifelong Learning, (3) Governing Society, (4) Business and the Professions, and (5)…
Descriptors: Conferences, Federal Aid, Libraries, Library Cooperation
Networked Information: Issues for Action.
Anderson, Mary Sieminski – Computers in Libraries, 1991
Summarizes issues raised at the 1991 spring conference of the Association of College and Research Libraries/New England Chapter (ACRL/NEC) concerning computer networks and libraries. Highlights include national information policy; library resources and services; developments at the National Agricultural Library (NAL); ILLINET; resource sharing in…
Descriptors: Computer Networks, Futures (of Society), Government Role, Library Networks
Experiences of Library Network Administrators.
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Resource Sharing and Information Networks, 1984
Administrators relate their experiences in development and governance of library networks--AMIGOS (an OCLC local system); network developed by University of Minnesota Libraries; the California Library Authority for Systems and Services (CLASS); OCLC--and note past accomplishments and future prospects of the National Commission on Libraries and…
Descriptors: Consortia, History, Information Services, Information Systems
Coordinating Cooperative Collection Development: A National Perspective.
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Resource Sharing and Information Networks, 1985
Representatives from wide spectrum of cooperative programs discuss issues associated with cooperative library development. Programs described include statewide projects in Colorado, Illinois, Alaska, and New York; University of California Shared Purchase Program; Hampshire Inter-Library Center; Triangle Research Libraries Network; Pacific…
Descriptors: Consortia, Information Systems, Library Acquisition, Library Collection Development
Special Section: First Annual VTLS Library Director's Conference--Linking Multimedia Digital Libraries: Where We Are, Where We're Going.
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Scheid, Barbara L.; And Others – Information Technology and Libraries, 1992
Includes seven articles that report on the 1991 library director's conference sponsored by VTLS Inc. Highlights include linking multimedia digital libraries; NREN (National Research and Education Network) and CNI (Coalition for Networked Information); the role of NCLIS (National Commission on Libraries and Information Sciences): library…
Descriptors: Computer Networks, Conferences, Copyrights, Electronic Libraries
Unlocking the Window to New Forms of International Cooperation with Russia.
Spain, Victoria – Library Hi Tech News, 1996
Reports on a symposium that was held at Hofstra University (New York) in March 1996 on library systems in Russia and international cooperation. Topics include automation; the Russian National Public Library for Science and Technology; and the Russian-American Information, Library, and Analytical Center for interlibrary loan and online document…
Descriptors: Conferences, Document Delivery, Foreign Countries, Interlibrary Loans
The White House Conference on Libraries and Information Services: Agenda for the Nineties.
Pelzman, Frankie; Godwin, Mary Jo – Wilson Library Bulletin, 1991
Summarizes the proceedings of the 1991 White House Conference on Libraries and Information Services (WHCLIS2). Highlights are conference resolutions, which address federal appropriations for libraries, First Amendment privacy rights, access to information, legislation, marketing, networking and resource sharing, a national information policy,…
Descriptors: Access to Information, Conferences, Federal Aid, Information Services
Library Services to Youth: Preparing for the Future.
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Waddle, Linda, Ed. – Library Trends, 1988
Eight articles address topics related to library services to teenagers: (1) power inside and outside the library; (2) information needs and interests; (3) barriers to information access; (4) the ACCESS PENNSYLVANIA program; (5) information skills curriculum; (6) values education through libraries; (7) ethnic literacy; and (8) planning public…
Descriptors: Access to Information, Adolescents, Cognitive Processes, Learning Resources Centers
Emerging Patterns of Collection Development in Expanding Resource Sharing, Electronic Information and Network Environment.
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Billings, Harold – Journal of Library Administration, 1996
This special issue contains eight papers from a conference on library collection development and networking issues. Discusses the library's role and the need for new policies; serial costs and recommendations for resource sharing; evaluation of academic periodicals; partnerships and the relationship of vendors and libraries; and models and trends…
Descriptors: Academic Libraries, Access to Information, Computer Networks, Conferences