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McKinlay, John – 1980
Despite some inroads by the Library of Congress Classification and short-lived experimentation with Universal Decimal Classification and Bliss Classification, Dewey Decimal Classification, with its ability in recent editions to be hospitable to local needs, remains the most widely used classification system in Australia. Although supplemented at…
Descriptors: Cataloging, Classification, Dewey Decimal Classification, Library Collections
Brong, Gerald; And Others – 1979
Project Media Base reports its conclusions and recommendations for the establishment of bibliographic control of audiovisual resources as a part of an overall objective to plan, develop, and implement a nationwide network of library and information services. The purpose of this project was to test the hypothesis that the essential elements of a…
Descriptors: Audiovisual Aids, Audiovisual Centers, Cataloging, Classification
Kartasov, N. S. – UNESCO Journal of Information Science, Librarianship and Archives Administration, 1982
Describes the various ways in which publishers and libraries work together in the Soviet Union to ensure the Universal Availability of Publications (UAP). The general library and publishing situation in the USSR, the distribution of materials to libraries, library acquisitions, cataloging and standardization, and specialized publishing are…
Descriptors: Automation, Cataloging, Conferences, Cooperative Programs
Budington, William S. – 1974
In the United States there are 15 to 20 independent research libraries designed to provide the corpus of records necessary to intellectual inquiry in one or more disciplines, in dimensions as complete as possible, and with the optimum provision of scholarly apparatus and physical convenience. The rare nature of much of the collections of these…
Descriptors: Archives, Financial Support, Library Collections, Library Cooperation
McDonald, John P. – 1974
The efforts of university libraries in the United States to develop and implement rational plans are exemplified by the activities of the Association of Research Libraries, originator of various plans for library cooperation including the Farmington Plan and the National Program for Acquisitions and Cataloging. Another example of effective…
Descriptors: College Libraries, Information Systems, Interlibrary Loans, Library Automation
Palmour, Vernon E.; And Others – 1974
This study was commissioned to delineate the role of resource and bibliographic centers in the national network of library and information services proposed by the National Commission on Libraries and Information Science. As background material, an overview of existing centers was constructed from earlier interlibrary loan studies; small surveys…
Descriptors: Costs, Delivery Systems, Interlibrary Loans, Library Collections
Library of Congress, Washington, DC. National Library Service for the Blind and Physically Handicapped. – 1995
The first part of this directory of National Library Service (NLS) resources for the blind and physically handicapped lists NLS network libraries and machine-lending agencies, arranged alphabetically by state. The information for each library includes its address, telephone and fax numbers, librarian, hours of operation, book and special…
Descriptors: Assistive Devices (for Disabled), Audiotape Recordings, Blindness, Braille
National Library of Canada, Ottawa (Ontario). – 1976
The Task Group advocates the development, with the guidance and support of the National Library of Canada, of a Canadian Library Network with the objectives of equalizing opportunity for access to information and making use of total Canadian library resources more cost-effective. This network would be composed of three interrelated components--a…
Descriptors: Bibliographies, Communications, Cost Effectiveness, Databases
Urata, Takeo – 1971
The medical library needs of Indonesia were surveyed and recommendations for improving the existing situation are made based on the results of the survey. The survey indicates that: (1) the library collections are out of date and inadequate, (2) there is a need for more and better trained medical librarians and library assistants; (3) there is no…
Descriptors: Developing Nations, Foreign Countries, Information Needs, Information Networks
Technology Management Corp., Alexandria, VA. – 1990
A study was conducted to determine if the centralization of braille operations for the national free library program would be feasible, economical, and desirable. This report presents the findings of the study in three sections. Section 1 provides background information, a summary of the first phase of operations, and the study objective for phase…
Descriptors: Blindness, Braille, Costs, Evaluation Criteria

Lewis, David W. – 1983
In order to develop guidelines for the selection of journals by the Center for Research Libraries, a study was done of the use made of the Center's Journal Access Services (JAS), which supplies photocopies of journal articles to member institutions from the Center's collections and from the British Library Lending Division (BLLD). Based on a…
Descriptors: Academic Libraries, Guidelines, Library Acquisition, Library Collections
Library of Congress, Washington, DC. National Library Service for the Blind and Physically Handicapped. – 1994
The first part of this National Library Service (NLS) for the Blind and Physically Handicapped directory lists NLS network libraries and machine-lending agencies, arranged alphabetically by state. The information for each library includes its address, telephone number, librarian, hours of operation, book collection, assistive devices, special…
Descriptors: Assistive Devices (for Disabled), Audiotape Recordings, Blindness, Braille
Kent, Allen – 1976
Information Interdependence is an empty concept unless the real user is a dominant element. The individual user of information must be sensitized to the existence of information interdependencies and to the critical need to foster much more of it, if libraries are to survive economically and provide exemplary information service. Three approaches…
Descriptors: Cataloging, Information Needs, Information Systems, Interlibrary Loans
Line, Maurice B.; And Others – 1981
This set of papers presented to the Collections and Services Division of the International Federation of Library Associations at its 47th annual conference (1981) includes: "Planning Interlending Systems in Developing Countries," by Maurice B. Line; "Problems of Centralisation of Inter-Library Lending in a De-Centralized Library…
Descriptors: Centralization, Comparative Analysis, Contracts, Developing Nations