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Bryan, Harrison. – College and Research Libraries, 1980
Traces the development of academic libraries in Australia, noting the important part that federal funding has played, and provides brief sections on library collections (with data tables), accommodation, staff and organization, reader services, automation, cooperation, networks, and the national role these libraries play. (JD)
Descriptors: Academic Libraries, Development, Evaluation, Federal Aid
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

Bostick, Sharon L. – Journal of Academic Librarianship, 2001
Explores library consortia in the United States with particular focus on academic libraries. Highlights include the history of early consortia; economic issues, including sharing resources and cost savings; types of consortia, including regional, statewide, and those with a focus on automation; and groups of consortia. (Author/LRW)
Descriptors: Academic Libraries, Consortia, Cost Effectiveness, Higher Education

Rodger, Elizabeth M. – Journal of Documentation, 1988
Highlights some of the developments in the following areas that have taken place during the period 1977-87 in British university libraries: (1) library resources; (2) automation; (3) collection building; (4) technical services; (5) reader services; (6) management and staffing; and (7) cooperation. (71 references) (MES)
Descriptors: Academic Libraries, Foreign Countries, Higher Education, Library Administration

Walters, John – Government Publications Review, 1990
Promotes the use of an automated item file by selective depository libraries for collection management and cooperative collection development. Ways to implement such a device and useful data that it can generate are described. A case study of the implementation of the GOVDOX software by three libraries in Richmond, Virginia, is presented. (Three…
Descriptors: Academic Libraries, Computer Software, Depository Libraries, Government Publications
Cole, John Y., Ed. – 1981
This document contains the principal papers from a 1981 symposium held to celebrate the completion of the 754-volume National Union Catalog, Pre-1956 Imprints. Papers by both those who use the National Union Catalog (NUC) and those who developed it are included. A brief preface describes the mission of the Center for the Book and the purpose of…
Descriptors: Academic Libraries, Cataloging, Higher Education, Library Automation

Harris, Patricia L. – Library Hi Tech, 1996
Describes eight multilibrary automation and connectivity initiatives in Alabama that involve public libraries, regional library systems, county library systems, library networks, academic libraries, and public school libraries. Addresses and contact people are supplied for each organization. (LRW)
Descriptors: Academic Libraries, Elementary Secondary Education, Higher Education, Library Automation
Association of Research Libraries, Washington, DC. Office of Management Studies. – 1978
Results from a 1978 Association of Research Libraries (ARL) survey on planning for, and conversion to automated acquisitions systems, and the effects of such systems on library operations and use, organization and staffing, and management information, indicate that 38 of 77 responding libraries had instituted some kind of automated acquisitions.…
Descriptors: Academic Libraries, Higher Education, Library Acquisition, Library Automation
Neroda, Edward – 1985
Noting difficulties experienced by small to medium sized colleges in acquiring integrated library computer systems, this position paper outlines issues related to the subject with the intention of increasing familiarity and interest in integrated library systems. The report includes: a brief review of technological advances as they relate to…
Descriptors: Academic Libraries, Computers, Higher Education, Library Automation
International Federation of Library Associations, The Hague (Netherlands). – 1987
Of the 11 papers in this collection, three are in German and in English translation; one is in French with an English translation and two are in French only; one is in Spanish with an English translation; and four are in English. The papers include: (1) "Europaische Bibliotheksinitiativen = European Library Initiatives" (Gunther Pflug); (2) "Die…
Descriptors: Academic Libraries, Foreign Countries, Information Networks, Library Automation
Wilkinson, David W. – 1985
The Canadian and American academic library environments are remarkably similar. This factor is traceable to similarities between the nations themselves and their academic institutions. Both countries have experienced comparable shifts in governmental support and growth patterns in the academic library sector. This has led many to observe that…
Descriptors: Academic Libraries, Comparative Analysis, Educational History, Foreign Countries

Terbovich, Vicki, Ed. – Library Hi Tech, 1996
Outlines the scope of planning and activities with which Montana libraries have undertaken connections to the information superhighway, the hurdles the libraries have overcome, and future outlooks. Topics include university libraries, public library collaboration, Internet training and access, and state-sponsored connectivity projects. (Author/LRW)
Descriptors: Academic Libraries, Futures (of Society), Government Role, Higher Education
Boe, Ralph J. – 1996
In 1990, the Louisiana Board of Regents commissioned a task force on libraries to develop a plan for greater cooperation and resource sharing among the state's academic libraries. The mission was hampered by the sparsity of automated facilities and the failure to secure state funding for public library automation, but by 1992 the task force had…
Descriptors: Academic Libraries, Consortia, Higher Education, Library Administration

Sever, Shmuel – Library and Information Science Research, An International Journal, 1983
Discussion of the Israel university library networking model highlights steps toward contemporary networking and components of proposals by three separate specialists: IBM/Israel, Hebrew University, and the University of Haifa Library. Reactions to proposals and thoughts on a general networking model for a small country are also discussed.…
Descriptors: Academic Libraries, Case Studies, Cataloging, Developing Nations

Bocher, Robert; And Others – Information Technology and Libraries, 1984
Three articles describe procedures used for retrospective conversion: MITINET/retro system in Wisconsin and efforts to create statewide bibliographic database; retrocon process for Library Computer System circulation/resource-sharing system in Illinois academic libraries; use of REMARC to build online catalog at Johns Hopkins University. Authority…
Descriptors: Academic Libraries, Cataloging, Databases, Higher Education