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Reference Services--An Essential Type of Resource Sharing.
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Roose, Tina – Catholic Library World, 1981
Defines and describes formal cooperative library reference services and discusses the major variables that produce differences in cooperative reference networks: size, composition, funding, services, delivery mechanisms, control methods, and resources. (Author/LLS)
Descriptors: Libraries, Library Cooperation, Library Services, Reference Services
Interlibrary Cooperation and Coordination in Vermont
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McCrossan, James A.; Marcy, Henry O. – Catholic Library World, 1975
The activities of the Vermont Department of Libraries in library cooperation are outlined. (PF)
Descriptors: Interstate Programs, Library Cooperation, Library Services, Reference Services
College Library Public Relations
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Goeddecke, Ann Bernard – Catholic Library World, 1975
Ways of maintaining good relations between a college library and the faculty, students, and other users are suggested. (PF)
Descriptors: College Faculty, College Libraries, College Students, Librarians
Meeting Adult Literacy Needs.
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Cohn, William L. – Catholic Library World, 1980
Calls for public library cooperation to meet the needs of the 10 to 20 million adults in the U.S. who cannot read. It is suggested that, in light of declining budgets, the appropriate special collections and services be made available only at certain designated libraries or branches within a system. (LLS)
Descriptors: Adult Basic Education, Adult Reading Programs, Illiteracy, Library Collections
Automation, Resource Sharing, and the Small Academic Library.
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Miller, Arthur H., Jr. – Catholic Library World, 1983
Discussion of Illinois experiences in library cooperation and computerization (OCLC, Library Computer System, LIBRAS) describes use of library materials, benefits and drawbacks of online networking, experiences at Lake Forest College (Illinois), and six tasks recommended for small academic libraries as preparation for major changes toward…
Descriptors: Academic Libraries, Consortia, Costs, Higher Education
Library Resource Sharing in Maryland: A Case History in Successful Networking.
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Walker, H. Thomas – Catholic Library World, 1983
Discusses the development of interlibrary lending and union catalogs, problems of library resource sharing, the development of resource sharing and interlibrary lending in Maryland, governance and costs of interlibrary lending systems, and the Maryland Interlibrary Organization School Media Project. Twenty-five references are provided. (EJS)
Descriptors: Consortia, Costs, Elementary Secondary Education, Interlibrary Loans
Values and Where We Stand as Private School and Public Librarians.
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Bingham, Rebecca T. – Catholic Library World, 1982
Indicating the three-pronged thrust of school libraries--Resource, Service and Teaching--this article highlights libraries as they exist in schools which are part of a system. Concerns of school librarians regarding networking and cooperation, staffing, copyright, selection, and censorship are discussed. (EJS)
Descriptors: Censorship, County School Districts, Elementary Secondary Education, Learning Resources Centers
Moving Toward the Statewide Virtual Library.
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Sanville, Thomas J. – Catholic Library World, 1995
OhioLINK (Ohio Library and Information Network) is transforming library and information access at 35 universities and colleges in Ohio. Document delivery, resource sharing, collection development, and reference and research database access are all undergoing rapid evolution and expansion. This model can be put into operation at other consortia.…
Descriptors: Academic Libraries, Access to Information, Change Agents, Consortia