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Download full textVocino, Michael; And Others – 1990
The final report from the Higher Education Library Integrated Network (HELIN)'s Task Force on Bibliographic and Authority Control begins with a statement of the charge to the task force. It then summarizes its activities in each of five areas: (1) documentation of local authority control (cataloging) practices; (2) consultation with vendors of…
Descriptors: Academic Libraries, Bibliographic Databases, Cataloging, Classification
Peer reviewedCostello, Diane – Information Technology and Libraries, 1999
Describes CAUL (The Council of Australian University Librarians) which is dedicated to improving access by the staff and students of Australian universities to scholarly information resources. Discusses funding, access to databases, electronic information resources, information infrastructure and network information support, and electronic…
Descriptors: Academic Libraries, Access to Information, Computer Networks, Consortia
Peer reviewedPong, Lai Yeen – International Library Review, 1990
Traces the development of computerization of library operations in Singapore from 1970 to 1989. Highlights include the role of the Ministry of Finance; institutional computerization; consortiums; the Singapore Integrated Library Automation Service (SILAS), a national network whose main function is to provide online shared cataloging; and access to…
Descriptors: Academic Libraries, Cataloging, Computer Networks, Consortia
Peer reviewedWebb, John – Information Technology and Libraries, 1998
Presents a holistic view of the management of licensed, networked information resources in a university library. Highlights include licensing and copyrights; collection development and acquisitions; aggregators, which combine electronic resources from disparate suppliers or locations into larger resource units for users; consortia; managing…
Descriptors: Academic Libraries, Access to Information, Computer Networks, Consortia
Peer reviewedAllen, Barbara McFadden – Journal of Library Administration, 1999
Discusses changes in academic library collection development due to societal attitudes toward higher education; budget and service pressures; copyright, licensing, and intellectual property issues; and preservation considerations. Recommends cooperative collection management, made more possible through network technology, as a means to effectively…
Descriptors: Academic Libraries, Change Strategies, Computer Networks, Consortia
O'Brien, Leacy – Feliciter, 1996
Discusses issues and trends affecting Canadian academic libraries that were major themes at the 1996 Canadian Library Association annual conference in Halifax (Nova Scotia). Topics include government funding decreases; restructuring in education and library services; consortia; library cooperation and collaboration; computer networks; interlibrary…
Descriptors: Academic Libraries, Computer Networks, Conferences, Consortia
