Discusses the goals of library networks in terms of sharing scarce resources and improving user access to information, and advocates cooperative library planning to enhance these goals, including interlibrary activities and multitype library systems. (CLB)

A 1985 survey by the Illinois Association of College and Research Libraries queried 50 community college learning resources centers about their programs; hours of service; staff; collections; services; automation and telecommunications; and resource sharing. Forty-two respondents revealed advances in resource sharing, but some inadequacies in…

Traces history of pilot projects (including state aid) and describes new projects, both pilot projects that were continued and new projects mandated by 1984 legislation. New projects are compared to permanent systems in terms of interlibrary loans, union catalogs, delivery systems, collection standards, and other areas. (CLB)