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Indiana State Library, Indianapolis. – 1982
Intended to encourage the appropriate and informed use of resource sharing mechanisms and services through the establishment of common policies and procedures throughout Indiana, this manual brings together in one document a description of current resource sharing activities in the state, codifies general practices, and provides guidelines based…
Descriptors: Guidelines, Interlibrary Loans, Library Cooperation, Library Networks

Brown, Thomas P.; DeBuse, Raymond – Journal of Library Automation, 1981
Describes the replication agreements between WLN and replicating institutions such as the National Library of Australia and the University of Illinois whereby use of WLN software is permitted on the basis of reciprocity of bibliographic information by the contracting parties. (RAA)
Descriptors: Computer Programs, Contracts, Databases, Foreign Countries
Seidenberg, Edward – 1981
Prepared by the Texas State Library staff as guidance for future legislative action to amend the current library systems act, this paper provides an overview of the governance of library systems, a description of the current governance of the Texas Library System, and a summary of positive and negative aspects of the different structures. Cost…
Descriptors: Administrative Organization, Costs, Governance, Guidelines
New Jersey State Library, Trenton. – 1980
Drafted by the New Jersey State Library, this legislative proposal presents detailed provisions for the governance and support of a state library network. It creates a hierarchical networking structure to include libraries of all types, defines services and programs to be administered, and establishes administrative and funding mechanisms.…
Descriptors: Library Circulation, Library Cooperation, Library Networks, State Aid
Maryland State Dept. of Education, Baltimore. Div. of Library Development and Services. – 1981
Designed by the library community and approved by the Maryland Advisory Council on Libraries, the Maryland Library Association, and the State Board of Education, this master plan establishes directions and targets for meeting the library needs of Maryland citizens for the next five years. The result of a series of formal and informal meetings of…
Descriptors: Information Needs, Library Cooperation, Library Networks, Library Planning
Hubbard, William J., Ed. – 1981
Intended to provide background information for a special advisory commission created by the state legislature to study the desirability of a state library networking system, this series of 12 papers prepared by the staff librarians of the Virginia State Library summarizes the workings of various network programs, techniques for implementing them,…
Descriptors: Advisory Committees, Legislation, Library Cooperation, Library Networks
Martin, Harry S. – 1974
In order to identify an appropriate legal structure for an interstate library agency in the southwest region of the United States the variety of existing organizational patterns actually used by various interstate service operations or potentially available for use were surveyed. Attention was paid to the legal requirements which influence the…
Descriptors: Agency Cooperation, Contracts, Federal Programs, Interstate Programs
Michigan State Library, Lansing. – 1983
Prepared as an outline of the long range Michigan library development program, as required by the Library Services and Contruction Act (LSCA), this document presents goals, objectives, and procedures for extending, improving, and strengthening library services to unserved and underserved segments of the Michigan library population from 1983 to…
Descriptors: Information Needs, Library Cooperation, Library Networks, Library Planning
Michigan State Dept. of Education, Lansing. State Library Services. – 1982
Prepared as an outline of the long range Michigan library development program, as required by the Library Services and Construction Act (LSCA), this document presents goals, objectives, and procedures for extending, improving, and strengthening library services to unserved and underserved segments of the Michigan library population from 1982 to…
Descriptors: Information Needs, Library Cooperation, Library Networks, Library Planning
Wisconsin State Dept. of Public Instruction, Madison. Div. of Library Services. – 1982
Completed in partial fulfillment of Wisconsin Statutes, Chapter 347, Laws of 1979, this Council on Library and Network Development (COLAND) report makes recommendations for developing multitype library systems in Wisconsin to facilitate resource sharing between public, school, academic, and special libraries. It is noted that the recommendations…
Descriptors: Check Lists, Guidelines, Library Cooperation, Library Networks
Wisconsin State Dept. of Public Instruction, Madison. Div. of Library Services. – 1980
Devoted to long range planning for library services, this issue of the Wisconsin Library Bulletin reviews population profiles, economic indicators, social and governmental concerns, trends in education, and current surveys and needs assessments to formulate planning for Wisconsin Library Services over the next five years. Goals and objectives are…
Descriptors: Library Automation, Library Cooperation, Library Facilities, Library Networks
Kite, Leslie – 1983
The interlibrary loan policies of the reference department of the Charles Von der Ahe Library at Loyola Marymount University are detailed in this policy statement. The document is divided into four main sections: policy for borrowing, procedures for borrowing, policy for lending, and procedures for lending. In addition to the policy statement, 19…
Descriptors: College Libraries, Copyrights, Higher Education, Interlibrary Loans
Louisiana State Library, Baton Rouge. – 1986
The long-range program presented in this document results from the combined efforts of the State Library staff, the Library Services and Construction Act (LSCA) Administrative Librarian, Louisiana librarians, the Library Development Committee of Louisiana, and a number of other formal and informal planning groups within the state. The program…
Descriptors: Information Needs, Information Services, Libraries, Library Cooperation
Congress of the U.S., Washington, DC. Senate Committee on Labor and Human Resources. – 1985
This document records testimony before the U.S. Senate on the reauthorization of Public Law 84-597, the Library Services and Construction Act (LSCA). The original purpose of the LSCA was to bring library services to rural areas and to those citizens who had previously been deprived of access (the handicapped, disadvantaged, and those who speak…
Descriptors: Construction Programs, Federal Legislation, Hearings, Library Administration
Louisiana State Library, Baton Rouge. – 1985
This long-range program results from the combined efforts of the State Library staff, the Library Services and Construction Act (LSCA) Administrative Librarian, Louisiana librarians, the Library Development Committee of Louisiana, and a number of other formal and informal planning groups within the state. The program includes: (1) an assessment of…
Descriptors: Information Needs, Information Services, Libraries, Library Cooperation