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Clark, Collin, Ed. – 1979
This second statewide public library systems directory includes 15 cooperative and three single jurisdiction library systems organized under the California Library Services Act (CLSA) together with their associated library networks, and the regional reference centers or networks serving more than one system organized as demonstration projects…
Descriptors: Directories, Information Networks, Library Networks, Library Services
Florida State Library, Tallahassee. – 1994
In Florida, as in the rest of the country, there is a paradigm shift within libraries. Increasingly, the information necessary to respond to user needs is available electronically--sometimes only or most conveniently in electronic form. For librarians to be most effective in the electronic revolution, they need to link their libraries into a…
Descriptors: Computer Networks, Information Networks, Library Cooperation, Library Development
Hoyt, Beryl E., Ed.; Dudgeon, Lucile, Ed. – 1968
The objectives of this Institute are to: (1) understand basic factors in the building of public library systems; (2) become familiar with the Wisconsin social, governmental and fiscal bases in relation to which library systems may develop and (3) consider methods by which an area can build a library system. Major topics presented include: (1)…
Descriptors: Information Networks, Institutes (Training Programs), Library Networks, Library Planning
Grosch, Audrey N.; Lourey, E. D. – 1970
The proposed Minnesota Computer-Aided Library System will provide a basis for the unification of developing programs of library services for academic, research, and public libraries in Minnesota. This report outlines the requirements for the proposed system to automate the University of Minnesota Libraries and to provide automated support via…
Descriptors: Automation, College Libraries, Computers, Information Networks
Fisher, Richard G. – 1973
The basic thrust of the planning and operation of the research project reported here was to investigate methods of accelerating the development of a climate of receptivity to new influences in the emerging and vital area of networking, to which the Ohio library community has a recorded commitment and whose impact will create a new perspective, and…
Descriptors: Information Networks, Information Services, Library Cooperation, Library Networks
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Trezza, Alphonse F. – Library Trends, 1978
A full-service national network of library and information services can only become a reality if there is careful articulation among local, state, multistate, and national planning and implementation activities. The role of the state library agency as coordinator, catalyst, initiator, and even-handed funding agency is essential, difficult, and…
Descriptors: Agency Cooperation, Coordination, Costs, Financial Policy
Brownrigg, Edwin – Proceedings of the ASIS Mid-Year Meeting, 1992
Provides background on the California State Library Packet Radio project, which will use packet radios to deploy a wireless, high-speed, wide-area network of 600 nodes, including 100 libraries, in the San Francisco Bay Area. Project goals and objectives, plan of operation, equipment, and evaluation plans are summarized. (MES)
Descriptors: Access to Information, Computer Networks, Futures (of Society), Information Networks
Weber, David C.; Lynden, Frederick C. – 1970
The most significant trends in interlibrary cooperation are summarized and some early examples and developments to the present day are selectively reviewed. Except for a small section of international library cooperation the concentration is on cooperation among public, state, special, academic, and federal libraries of the U.S.A. The efforts of…
Descriptors: College Libraries, Conferences, Development, Government Libraries
Casey, Genevieve M. – 1969
The Bibliographical Center has three valuable assets: The regional union catalog, a staff with exceptional bibliographical expertise, and a regional organization which has withstood the test of time for more than thirty years. This reconnaisance study outlines the following major options for the Bibliographical Center: (1) continue as it is; (2)…
Descriptors: Information Centers, Information Networks, Library Cooperation, Library Expenditures
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Burgin, Robert – Internet Research, 1996
Because North Carolina's telecommunications services have been unable to provide cost-effective, statewide dial-access service to public libraries, the state library has had to identify a suitable alternative for public library network access. This article outlines the state library's efforts to provide access to the Internet and to electronic…
Descriptors: Access to Information, Cost Effectiveness, Information Networks, Internet
New Mexico State Library, Santa Fe. – 1975
Owen G. Leach & Associates, under professional contract to the New Mexico State Library, conducted an opinion research study of New Mexico citizens. This study determined that 52.5 percent of adults needed and wanted information available from library networks, but did not realize that this information could be obtained through libraries. A…
Descriptors: Communications, Information Dissemination, Information Needs, Information Networks
Mills, Gladys H.; Tupper, Pat – 1974
A pilot survey was conducted to determine if a network of existing libraries serving state education agencies would be of value in promoting general exchanges of information on educational programs and on state and federal education legislation. A 47-item questionnaire was sent to directors of legislative reference services and state libraries and…
Descriptors: Educational Legislation, Federal Legislation, Information Networks, Information Services
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Yavarkovsky, Jerome – Journal of Library Administration, 1993
Describes the New York State Library's planning process and visions for its future in networked services. Topics discussed include roles for the library in a networked environment; leadership in networked services and training; network navigation; organizational response; services to state agencies and local government; and public kiosk services.…
Descriptors: Computer Networks, Futures (of Society), Information Networks, Leadership
Western Interstate Commission for Higher Education, Boulder, CO. – 1991
This collection of reports highlights the status of educational telecommunications in 13 western states during 1991. Topics addressed include distance education initiatives in Alaska; activities by members of the Arizona Education Telecommunications Cooperative, including colleges, public schools, and government agencies; groups active in the…
Descriptors: Computer Networks, Distance Education, Educational Technology, Elementary Secondary Education
Metz, T. John, Comp. – 1976
An overview of the proceedings covers library networks; network levels (national, regional, state, and local); network roles, activities, and services; legal, organizational, and constituency issues; funding and budgeting; technical issues; and network interrelationships. There are summaries of four major speeches which deal with the national…
Descriptors: Agency Cooperation, Conference Reports, Conferences, Coordination
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