Library users, resources and staff members of the Madison, Wisconsin area (Dane County) libraries were surveyed to answer these four questions: (1) What demands for informational services are being made on local libraries that they are unable to meet, or are met with difficulty?; (2) What information resources are held and what is their…

The Worcester Area Cooperating Libraries is a system composed of public, academic and special libraries. In fiscal 1970-71, an expanded interlibrary loan service utilizing a daily shuttle between the participating libraries was implemented. This report describes and analyzes the interlibrary shuttle service, and presents an analysis of the…

Describes the structure, accomplishments, and future prospects of a program begun in 1976 by six Catholic libraries in the Greater Cincinnati area to engage in cooperative sharing of backruns of selected religious periodicals. (Author/JL)

Cooperative efforts in art libraries are surveyed with special reference to the Art Research Libraries of Ohio (ARLO). (PF)

Twelve colleges incorporated under the Associated Colleges of the Midwest (ACM), began a library cooperative program to establish a Periodical Bank. The prime purpose of the Bank is to provide college students and faculty access to a larger number of periodicals than could be provided by their individual libraries. Under the proposed plan, each…

A regionally organized program for serials bibliography is proposed because of the large volume of complex data needing control and the many purposes to which the data can be put in support of regional or local needs. (2 references) (Author)

There are a great number of federal libraries in Ottawa which change as frequently as the programs of the departments they serve. The three major libraries are: the Library of Parliament, the National Science Library and the National Library of Canada, with the latter two serving the entire country. This paper was presented at the Special Library…

The public, academic and special libraries of the five-county area centering on Stockton, California have established the need for improving access to periodicals. In an attempt to meet this need, (1) the periodical holdings of the participating libraries were interfiled and studied, and (2) policies and procedures concerning periodical selection,…

Reports on the 1976 Pittsburgh Conference on Resource Sharing in Libraries. (PF)

This overview of academic libraries in Hong Kong highlights Chinese University, Hong Kong University, and Hong Kong Polytechnic. A history of Chinese University and its branch college libraries, library cooperation, and higher education in Hong Kong are noted. (EJS)

Discusses the problem of underutilization of microform holdings whose bibliographic information is not integrated in the library catalog in British libraries, and suggests that the emerging system of cooperative regional networks may form the base for the manipulation and sharing of full microform analytics in Britain. Seven references are listed.…

Results of Pittsburgh Regional Library Center Serials Cancellation Project are discussed, providing insight into problems and opportunities of multi-institution collection management decision-making using the online catalog. Previous attempts to coordinate collection management decisions, cancellation of serial titles, an online standard code for…

Las Vegas is home to a variety of public, special and school libraries. A directory is provided to encourage ALA librarians to visit them during the 1973 convention. (DH)

Profiles the national library network in India, including its history, governance, staff, holdings, users, facilities, circulation, and services. (FM)

As a first step towards resource sharing among libraries in the Cleveland Area Metropolitan Library System (CAMLS), a unique method, called the Site Appraisal for Area Resources Inventory (SAFARI), was developed to examine the library collections. This approach was different than others in that collections were compared by experts in a specific…