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Fitzgibbons, Shirley A. – Journal of Youth Services in Libraries, 2001
Discusses school and public library relationships and maintains that an integrated, coordinated, and systematic planning process at both local and state levels will meet the needs of children and young adults. Topics include developments in the 1990s, barriers to cooperative efforts, examples of cooperative projects, and combined school-public…
Descriptors: Library Cooperation, Library Planning, Public Libraries, School Libraries
Stoffel, Lester L. – Library Journal, 1982
Provides overview of unemployment legislation and describes the workings of an Illinois fund--the Suburban Library System Unemployment Compensation Joint Account--formed by 64 Illinois public libraries and library systems to self-insure for unemployment compensation. (EJS)
Descriptors: Cost Effectiveness, Labor Legislation, Library Cooperation, Library Personnel
Abbott, Peter; Kavanaugh, Rosemary – Library Journal, 1986
Describes a communications, materials booking, and interloan system in a Canadian public library system which allows equal participation of all sizes of libraries. The system has reduced the percentage of requests not found, improved turnaround time, is more cost effective, and has generated a higher respect for resource sharing. (EM)
Descriptors: Foreign Countries, Interlibrary Loans, Library Cooperation, Library Networks
Northwest Library District, Bowling Green, OH. – 1974
Progress in meeting project objectives, statistics, and information gathered from an evaluation questionnaire are reported. Objectives in the following areas are listed with a brief summary of activities for that year: (1) Administrative; (2) Reference; (3) Media; (4) Staff Development; and (5) Public Relations. Appendices include statistical data…
Descriptors: Annual Reports, Librarians, Library Cooperation, Library Services
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Kitchens, James A.; Bodart, Joni – Top of the News, 1980
Describes the combined school and public library in Olney, Texas. The result of a community planning program, the combined facility offers a small town's solution for providing adequate library services for education and general use with limited resources. (RAA)
Descriptors: Community Action, Community Cooperation, Community Development, Library Cooperation
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Kester, Diane D.; Jones, Plummer Alston, Jr. – North Carolina Libraries, 2002
Presents a history of library cooperation and technological advancement in North Carolina libraries from the Depression years to the early 1990s. Discusses early library cooperation and development of the North Carolina Information Network (NCIN). Describes the seven task forces on: Bibliographic Database, Document Delivery, Funding, Public…
Descriptors: Information Networks, Information Technology, Library Cooperation, Library Development
Dane, William J. – Drexel Library Quarterly, 1983
Profile of a regional and subject oriented library networking experience in New Jersey focuses on the function of the Art Department of the Newark Public Library. Resource and reference services, categories of reference questions, interlibrary loans, photocopy service, and additional services are highlighted. Six sources are given. (EJS)
Descriptors: Art, Interlibrary Loans, Library Cooperation, Library Networks
Hubbard, Bette Ann; And Others – Library Journal, 1996
Describes the Electronic Information Network, a project created by the Carnegie Library of Pittsburgh in conjunction with public libraries in Pennsylvania's Allegheny County. The project uses the library's vision, funding, and librarian expertise to provide public access to community information on the Internet. Sidebars present steps and issues…
Descriptors: Access to Information, Community Information Services, Information Networks, Internet
Machovec, George S. – Online Libraries and Microcomputers, 1993
Discusses the development of successful pricing algorithms for cooperative library automation projects. Highlights include desirable characteristics of pricing measures, including simplicity and the ability to allow for system growth; problems with transaction-based systems; and a review of the pricing strategies of seven library consortia.…
Descriptors: Academic Libraries, Algorithms, Consortia, Higher Education
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Ison, Jan – Library Trends, 1995
Provides a historical overview of library cooperative efforts, the roles identified for the cooperative library organizations and their members, and associated services. Examines the contributions that rural libraries make toward cooperation among all types of libraries and identifies challenges for rural libraries participating in networks in the…
Descriptors: Futures (of Society), Library Cooperation, Library Networks, Library Role
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Czopek, Vanessa – Emergency Librarian, 1995
Discusses cooperation between public libraries and schools and describes programs developed by the Chandler (AZ) Public Library Youth Services department for teachers, including longer check-out periods for library materials and a telephone service to hold materials for pick-up. (LRW)
Descriptors: Elementary Secondary Education, Library Circulation, Library Cooperation, Library Materials
Del Vecchio, Stephen – Wilson Library Bulletin, 1993
Describes the Dewitt Wallace-Reader's Digest Connecting Libraries and Schools Project (CLASP) of the New York Public Library, a cooperative pilot project to encourage reading among children and youth. Sample projects described include summer reading lists, open school night outreach, and outreach to parents. The importance of materials support is…
Descriptors: Adolescents, Children, Cooperative Programs, Library Cooperation
London Borough of Hackney Library (England). – 1974
The London Borough of Hackney libraries faced many pressures in a time of increased demands for services and diminished resources. Declines in circulation from the adult and children's sections were compensated for by increased activity in the reference, archives, hospital and housebound readers services, interlibrary loan, and music departments.…
Descriptors: Annual Reports, Interlibrary Loans, Library Circulation, Library Collections
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Sager, Donald – Public Libraries, 1988
Summarizes events at an OCLC-sponsored conference at which three major issues were addressed: (1) how public libraries will improve access to services and resources; (2) how public librarians will interact with users and what skills/attitudes they will require; and (3) the impact of interlibrary cooperation in light of changes in society and…
Descriptors: Access to Information, Conferences, Futures (of Society), Librarians
Kitchens, James A. – 1974
Designed to meet total community needs in a new way, the Olney project, a merger of a public and school library, points the way to single unified community libraries. The new community-wide institution has merged the book collections and the functions of both without jeopardizing the clientele service of either. The Olney Venture was based on the…
Descriptors: Community Development, Community Information Services, Community Programs, Library Cooperation
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