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Trudell, Libby; Wolper, James – College and Research Libraries, 1978
This survey by the New England Library Information Network as part of research to develop a regional automated ILL system studied lending patterns of different types and sizes of libraries, the flow of ILL among libraries, age of material requested, request fill rates, and turnaround time. (Author/JAB)
Descriptors: Feasibility Studies, Interlibrary Loans, Libraries, Library Automation
Western Interstate Library Coordinating Organization, Boulder, CO. – 1976
The four primary goals of these cost and funding studies are described: (1) to determine representative costs of present library services without network support; (2) to estimate future costs of library services at various levels of proposed network support; (3) to evaluate and compare the impact of a network upon costs of library services; and…
Descriptors: Costs, Interlibrary Loans, Libraries, Library Networks
Western Interstate Library Coordinating Organization, Boulder, CO. – 1976
This questionnaire was issue to 12 western libraries to provide data for in-depth case studies of costs of technical processing and interlibrary loan. An additional 88 libraries received a somewhat shorter questionnaire as part of the same survey, which was designed to determine representative costs of library services without network services,…
Descriptors: Costs, Interlibrary Loans, Libraries, Library Networks
Montague, Eleanor; And Others – 1976
One hundred western libraries were surveyed to determine the present costs of library operations which potentially could be affected by the use of network bibliographic services. Results of this project--a survey of 76 libraries and in-depth case studies of 12 additional libraries--are reported in tabular format. Tables are included on holdings…
Descriptors: Cataloging, Costs, Interlibrary Loans, Libraries
Brown, Maryann Kevin; McHugh, Anita L. – 1976
This report, a part of the Cost and Funding Studies supportive of the development and implementation of western interstate bibliographic network capabilities, summarizes the results of cost data collected in 76 western libraries--public, academic and State. The focus of these studies was upon technical services and interlibrary loan. Analysis…
Descriptors: Cataloging, Costs, Data Analysis, Interlibrary Loans
Thomas, Sharon D. – 1981
This report, which investigates turnaround time for interlibrary loans, presents a 1-month study of the interlibrary loan (ILL) process operating in the Western Slope areas of Colorado during 1980. It comprises introductory material presenting the importance, scope and limitations of the study, problem statement, hypothesis and term definitions; a…
Descriptors: Interlibrary Loans, Library Networks, Library Services, Library Surveys
Kentucky, OH, Michigan Regional Medical Library, Detroit, MI. – 1970
The Kentucky, Ohio, Michigan Regional Medical Library (KOMRML), a service organization made up of the libraries of ten academic institutions, has within a year created an identifiable organization. A questionnarie was sent to 440 participants in this organization to determine: (1) if it was one that was causing constructive changes, and (2) if the…
Descriptors: Interlibrary Loans, Library Cooperation, Library Networks, Library Services
Berry, Irma – 1983
Based on information collected from a survey of selected state library agencies, this booklet describes the governance, funding, membership criteria, and services of library systems in Illinois, New York, California, Minnesota, Wisconsin, Colorado, and Connecticut. An overview of the development of multitype library systems and definitions of…
Descriptors: Interlibrary Loans, Library Administration, Library Networks, Library Services
Center for Education Statistics (ED/OERI), Washington, DC. – 1987
Information on library networks that was included in a survey conducted by the Center for Education Statistics--the "Survey of Library Networks and Cooperative Library Organizations: 1985-1986"--indicates that there were 760 library networks at that time, with aggregate library membership estimated to be 76,280. Over three-fourths of the networks…
Descriptors: Consortia, Continuing Education, Interlibrary Loans, Library Collection Development
Strasser, Alexander – 1979
In Pennsylvania 375 public, academic, and special libraries were surveyed in an effort to gather information concerning their interlibrary loan activity during April, 1978; personal discussions with librarians across the state were also conducted. Both sources were used in the development of recommendations for improving bibliographic access. The…
Descriptors: Bibliographies, Interlibrary Loans, Libraries, Library Associations
Montague, Eleanor; And Others – 1976
This user's manual is a guide to the computer programs developed for the analysis of cost and volume data collected in a survey of technical processing and interlibrary loan supporting the development and implementation of a Western Interstate Bibliographic Network. Programs and analysis, developed in conjunction with ten data collection…
Descriptors: Computer Programs, Costs, Data Analysis, Data Processing
Nelson Associates, Inc., Washington, DC. – 1969
Discussed in this report are: (1) the current operations of the New York State Interlibrary Loan Network (NYSILL), (2) the role this network plays within the overall context of interlibrary borrowing and lending in the state, and (3) the possibilities for future development of these services. In addition to reviewing the projects, NYSILL is…
Descriptors: Automation, Information Needs, Interlibrary Loans, Library Cooperation
Committee on Information Hang-ups, Washington, DC. – 1971
A survey of interlibrary cooperative projects engaging libraries and librarians in the Baltimore - Washington metropolitan area that could be identified during the winter and spring months of 1970-71 are presented. Cooperative projects discussed included: (1) Union Lists such as the "Journal Holdings in the Washington - Baltimore area,"…
Descriptors: College Libraries, Consortia, Interlibrary Loans, Library Cooperation

Shollenberger, Richard C. – RQ, 1972
The problems confronting the interlibrary loan (ILL) librarian and the costs of ILL services, based on a survey of twenty libraries, are reported. (NH)
Descriptors: College Libraries, Costs, Interlibrary Loans, Library Circulation
New York State Education Dept., Albany. Div. of Library Development. – 1989
A task force was appointed to insure that New York State's health information service programs were operating optimally. The task force was charged to review: (1) the effectiveness of the guidelines and assessment form as published in the "Manual for Assessing the Quality of Health Sciences Libraries in Hospitals"; (2) the present…
Descriptors: Financial Support, Interlibrary Loans, Library Networks, Library Services