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The Extended Library and the Dedicated Library: A Sceptical Outsider Looks at Union Catalogues and Bibliographic Networks.

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Rothstein, Samuel – Reference Librarian, 1989

Discussion of union catalogs and bibliographic networks covers library cooperation, interlibrary lending, the British Library Lending Division, and other functions of bibliographic networks such as cataloging. Criticisms of bibliographic utilities are also presented, including the negative effect of library cooperation on local book availability.…

Descriptors: Foreign Countries, Interlibrary Loans, Library Cooperation, Library Networks

From Ownership to Access: Re-Engineering Library Services.

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Schafer, Jay; Thornton, Glenda A. – Reference Librarian, 1999

Describes the restructuring of a traditional Interlibrary Loan Department at the Auraria Library, University of Colorado at Denver, into Information Delivery/Interlibrary Loan (ID/ILL) and its move to Collection Development Services. Discusses cost-effectiveness of ownership versus access; the collection philosophy; and components of the ID/ILL…

Descriptors: Academic Libraries, Access to Information, Cost Effectiveness, Document Delivery