The State University at Buffalo Science and Engineering Library's experience attests to the value of regional hierarchical borrowing patterns in keeping turnaround time to a minimum and distributing the loan burden equitably. (Author)

Although the ILL subsystem of OCLC is not yet operational, it is apparent the OCLC is being used to facilitate ILL now. The capabilities and advantages of such a system are discussed, as well as the problems it creates. (Author/JAB)

Formulates a philosophy as to when a library should rely on its own resources and when it should rely on others. (Author/PF)

Librarians from Simon Fraser University, University of British Columbia, and University of Victoria formed a consortium for library cooperation, resource sharing, and professional communication. Aspects discussed include: collections; public services; processing and systems; reorganization; and effectiveness of the organization in meeting…

Extensive statistical data pertaining to the service's first year of operation is presented and analyzed. (JN)

A review of cooperative programs among colleges and universities over the last century leads to the conclusion that a few very significant developments and changes have taken place during the past decade after ninety years of effort toward cooperative programs dominated by the effects of national policy and economic conditions. (Author/PF)

In a new era of austerity in academic libraries, more realistic concepts of collection building will have to be adopted and new patterns of service will have to be devised. (Author/PF)

The validity of the assumption that those documents which are requested from a University of California (UC) library by the California State University and Colleges (CSUC) campuses through interlibrary loan are the "low use" items, according to the in-house circulation statistics of the lending institution, was tested. This was one of…

Evaluates a cooperative venture in interlibrary lending of periodicals planned and executed by ten midwestern colleges. The study traces the consortium's history from 1967 to the present, describing successes and problems. (RAA)

All of the program elements of this meeting related to the theme of new opportunities for research libraries. Speakers and discussion groups ranged over topics as diverse as the emerging technology of telecommunications and the continuing movement among academic librarians to improve their status, both with the college and university on the one…

The ninety-six references in this annotated bibliography update Ralph H. Stenstron's "Cooperation Between Types of Libraries: 1940-1968." Chciago, American Library Association, 1970. The two requirements for inclusion are that the article or monograph deal with cooperation involving more than one type of library, and the program description be in…

The idea of the transit of academic materials among Ontario's fourteen provincially-supported universities was conceived of and then operated since 1967 by the Ontario Council of University Libraries. Contained herein are the four annual reports of the Interuniversity Transit System (IUTS) when it was a part of York University. The system is to…

The provision of library services through networks has already affected collection development, cataloging, interlibrary loan, reference work, and document delivery. Library managers are advised to review how networks might impact their operations in order to formulate appropriate solutions as soon as possible. Several specific management problems…

The increased use of interlibrary loan (ILL) services at the Evergreen Valley College (EVC) library which resulted from joining OCLC automated Interlibrary Loan subsystem in 1979 led to the development of an Interlibrary Loan Borrowing Policy by the EVC library staff. The policy is designed to explain to library patrons the limitations on…