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Linsley, Laurie S. – College and Research Libraries, 1982
Presents results of a survey of users of Florida Library Information Network (FLIN), a statewide multitype interlibrary loan network. The paper centers on the role of academic libraries (the heaviest users) and discusses interlibrary loan staffing, request fulfillment, OCLC utilization, network performance and other factors. Eight references are…
Descriptors: Academic Libraries, Higher Education, Interlibrary Loans, Library Networks
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Brandis, Rushton – Library Hi Tech, 1996
Discusses Oregon library automation projects, including Internet connectivity and a statewide multitype library network; a bibliographic information system with college and university libraries, including a union catalog; a Portland Area Library System that connects multitype libraries; and library staff training for the Internet. (LRW)
Descriptors: Academic Libraries, Bibliographic Databases, Computer Networks, Higher Education
Bolvin, Boyd M.; Dupras, Rheba – 1984
This third module, in a three module program, begins with a discussion of basic reference sources such as dictionaries, encyclopedias, almanacs, atlases, and periodical indexes. It then describes the uses of special Alaska resources such as Alaska Almanac, Alaska Blue Book, Milepost, Education Directory, AULS (Alaska Union List of Serials), and…
Descriptors: Audiotape Recordings, Distance Education, Higher Education, Information Sources
Alabama Public Library Service, Montgomery. – 1990
The purpose of this manual is to assist libraries throughout Alabama in requesting materials and information through the Alabama Library Information Network (ALIN). Designed as part of an ongoing effort that will be updated, the guide contains profiles of the interlibrary loan policies from academic, public, special, and junior college libraries…
Descriptors: Academic Libraries, Administrative Policy, Higher Education, Interlibrary Loans
Epler, Doris M.; Fogarty, James S. – School Library Media Annual (SLMA), 1992
Describes the decision-making processes involved in the development of the ACCESS PENNSYLVANIA database, a statewide union catalog of school, public, academic, and special libraries' holdings on compact laserdisc. Highlights include the planning process; the role of retrospective conversion vendors; the nominal group technique; the role of task…
Descriptors: Academic Libraries, Decision Making, Elementary Secondary Education, Futures (of Society)
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Gardner, Stanley, Ed. – Library Hi Tech, 1996
This overview of the use of technology in Missouri libraries describes the statewide bibliographic union database; elementary and secondary school projects using the Internet; full-text magazine database; remote electronic access; state depository program for digitizing resources; networks; electronic publishing; interlibrary loan; public and…
Descriptors: Academic Libraries, Bibliographic Databases, Depository Libraries, Electronic Publishing
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Wiggin, Kendall F. – Library Hi Tech, 1996
Reviews statewide multitype library automation and connectivity initiatives in New Hampshire. Topics include an information system incorporating a union catalog, interlibrary loan, electronic mail, CD-ROM databases, and Internet access; state government information on the World Wide Web through the state library; OCLC FirstSearch access; and a…
Descriptors: Academic Libraries, Databases, Electronic Libraries, Electronic Mail
Alaska State Dept. of Education, Juneau. Div. of State Libraries. – 1989
Intended for use by librarians in Alaska, this manual provides general guidelines for the maximum utilization of library resources through interlibrary loan service. The first of four major sections describes the Alaska Library Network (ALN), which provides protocols and procedures to libraries for resource sharing; points out that new protocols…
Descriptors: Academic Libraries, Community Colleges, Computer Output Microfilm, Elementary Secondary Education
Kurian, George T., Ed. – 1988
An annual report of the conditions of higher education in the United States for 1986-1987 is presented. The 16 sub-sections are as follows: (1) introduction; (2) principal sectors of higher education (four papers, on research universities, liberal arts colleges, community colleges, and state colleges); (3) issues (15 papers, e.g. academic…
Descriptors: Black Colleges, Collective Bargaining, College Faculty, Community Colleges