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Carhart, Forrest F., Jr. – UNESCO Journal of Information Science, Librarianship and Archives Administration, 1983
Describes genesis of New York Metropolitan Reference and Research Library Agency (METRO) and the interlibrary services it offers. Laws and grants, cooperative acquisitions, continuing education for library staff, and suggestions for planning cooperatives (include all types of libraries, develop effective patterns of communication, develop shared…
Descriptors: Consortia, Library Acquisition, Library Cooperation, Library Networks
Download full textHenkle, Herman H. – 1971
The final report on program and operations planning for the James Jerome Hill Reference Library attempts to: (1) review the general sequence of events in the planning and implementing of the new program, (2) bring together a number of memoranda and other statements previously presented to committees, and (3) assess the future potential of the…
Descriptors: College Libraries, Consortia, Library Cooperation, Library Networks
Henkle, Herman H. – 1969
The program planning phase to improve service programs includes the recommendations that the Trustees of the James Jerome Hill Reference Library: (1) commit the physical facilities and administrative organization to serve as headquarters for the cooperative program of academic libraries, specifically the Cooperating Libraries in Consortium, Inc.…
Descriptors: College Libraries, Consortia, Library Cooperation, Library Networks
Peer reviewedPayne, Lizanne – Information Technology and Libraries, 1998
Describes the Washington Research Library Consortium (WRLC), whose member universities share book collections, an online library system containing multiple electronic resources including a union catalog, an offsite book storage facility, and a separately staffed service organization. WRLC's organizational development, structure, governance,…
Descriptors: Academic Libraries, Consortia, Electronic Libraries, Financial Support
Michigan Library Consortium, Detroit. – 1975
The Michigan Library Consortium (MLC) is studying the problems and possibilities of networking, with the Ohio College Library Center (OCLC) as a model and possible data base for the MLC. Standards on an international scale must be developed, and the need for constantly improving technology, particularly computers, must be recognized. Since the…
Descriptors: Communication (Thought Transfer), Computers, Consortia, Databases
Claus-Smith, Diane – MultiMedia Schools, 1999
Describes the development of the grant-funded Oregon School Library Information System (OSLIS), a project design to provide cost-effective access to online resources in school libraries across the state. Notes that online database provides offer substantial discounts for group acquisition of their products which has prompted the development of…
Descriptors: Access to Information, Consortia, Cooperative Planning, Cooperative Programs
