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Michael, Mary Ellen – 1976
Under a grant from the Illinois State Library, a manual was prepared in 1973 as a reference guide for 18 library systems to use in their five-year planning and evaluation programs. The manual explained the Context, Input, Process, Product (CIPP) model. The 18 libraries used this model in various ways and reached different stages in the…
Descriptors: Evaluation, Library Networks, Library Planning, Library Services
Higgins, Judith H. – 1989
Following historical background on the 46 School Library Systems in New York State, the following topics relating to the systems are discussed: (1) mandates set up for the systems by the State Board of Regents; (2) required 3-year Plans of Service which explain how the mandates will be carried out; (3) governance; (4) funding; (5) creation of…
Descriptors: Elementary Secondary Education, Library Cooperation, Library Networks, School Libraries

Markuson, Barbara – Resource Sharing and Information Networks, 1983
Discussion of state information networks highlights the network entrepreneurs, state network development, the third decade of networking, and six potential issues of special concern to state library networks: decentralization, standards, linkage, technical obsolescence, security, and appropriate technology for small libraries. (EJS)
Descriptors: Consortia, Futures (of Society), Information Services, Library Cooperation
Soroka, Marguerite C. – 1974
Library legislation affects all types of libraries, including special libraries. A good example is found in the New York state legislation for Reference and Research Library Resources Systems, in which public, business, industrial, hospital, college, university and historical society libraries are organized into nine regional councils. The 1974…
Descriptors: Federal Programs, Financial Support, Legislation, Library Associations
Kuehn, Jennifer – 2001
This paper discusses the services offered by OhioLINK, a consortia providing a variety of services to a statewide user population of college and university libraries, focusing on the impact of these services on traditional interlibrary loan. The first section describes patron-initiated book requesting. The second section addresses the Electronic…
Descriptors: Academic Libraries, Consortia, Electronic Journals, Electronic Libraries
Swartz, Roderick G. – 1979
The computer design of the system serving the 53 library systems of the Washington Library Network provides nine online files through its integrated bibliographic and acquisitions subsystems. The bibliographic subsystem provides an authority file of author, title, series, and subject headings; a bibliographic file of MARC records on books, films,…
Descriptors: Computer Oriented Programs, Development, Libraries, Library Automation

Edgar, Jim – Resource Sharing and Information Networks, 1983
Presents remarks of the Secretary of State and State Librarian of Illinois concerning the Illinois Library and Information Network (ILLINET) which was created in 1965. Effective use of developing technology (online catalogs, interlibrary loan, automated circulation systems, collection development), anticipating changing needs of library users, and…
Descriptors: Consortia, Financial Support, Information Systems, Interlibrary Loans
Wert, Lucille M.; Powell, Ronald R. – 1975
The Illinois project entitled Measurement and Evaluation of Public Library Services is being conducted by the Library Research Center (LRC) at the University of Illinois. The long range goal of the project is to make available meaningful information for the evaluation and improvement of local public libraries. Two immediate objectives are to test…
Descriptors: Data Collection, Evaluation Methods, Librarians, Library Administration
Haynes, Elizabeth – 2000
The Texas Library Connection (TLC) is a state-funded project that began in 1995. TLC is intended to provide a statewide electronic network for school libraries that provides a union database of school library holdings, access to commercial full-text databases, access to MARC cataloging records, and access to interlibrary loan functions. This paper…
Descriptors: Access to Computers, Access to Information, Elementary Secondary Education, Information Networks