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Keys, Marshall – Library Administration & Management, 1992
Examines the relationship of OCLC and the regional library networks and suggests possible future trends. Common values among the networks are discussed, including a commitment to resource sharing and representing the interests of their members; and the influences of advances in technology are described. (three references) (LRW)
Descriptors: Computer Networks, Futures (of Society), Governance, Library Cooperation
Medina, Sue O.; Highfill, William C. – Library Administration & Management, 1992
Describes the development of the Network of Alabama Academic Libraries (NAAL). Membership parameters are described; voting representation and governance is discussed; the organizational structure is explained; funding is examined; and factors contributing to the success of NAAL are considered, including a mix of short- and long-term goals and…
Descriptors: Academic Libraries, Administrative Organization, Financial Support, Governance
Oetting, Edward C.; Grisham, Frank P. – Library Administration & Management, 1989
The role of non-M.L.S. professionals in the library environment is examined in two articles together with some of the educational, administrative, and professional issues involved. The first article focuses on the role of the archivist in academic libraries and the second discusses the non-M.L.S. professional in the library network environment.…
Descriptors: Academic Libraries, Archives, Certification, Credentials
Sloan, Bernard G. – Library Administration & Management, 1992
Discusses the impact of decreases in revenues on the resource-sharing activities of ILLINET Online and the Illinois Library Computer Systems Organization (ILCSO). Strategies for successfully coping with fiscal crises are suggested, including reducing levels of service and initiating user fees for interlibrary loans and faxing photocopied journal…
Descriptors: Computer Networks, Facsimile Transmission, Financial Problems, Interlibrary Loans
Miller, Ellen G.; Ewick, Ray C. – Library Administration & Management, 1996
Analyzes public policy and political issues that affect Indiana's library information services. Reviews the effects of these issues on Indiana's single statewide network created via a massive voluntary restructuring partnership between the Indiana State Library and 10 independent Library Service Authorities. An appendix presents Indiana's plan for…
Descriptors: Change Strategies, Information Networks, Information Services, Library Cooperation
Goulding, Mary – Library Administration & Management, 1992
Provides background on the adoption of standards for reference service in public, special, academic, and high school libraries by the Suburban Library System (Illinois) and discusses their implementation and plans for evaluation. Highlights of the standards for written policies, staff, and resources are given; and the problem of noncompliance is…
Descriptors: Academic Libraries, Higher Education, Library Materials, Library Networks
Hanson, Charles D. – Library Administration & Management, 1992
Describes the formation of an automated School and Public Information Network (SPIN) in Grosse Pointe (Michigan) among the public libraries and public school libraries for the purpose of resource sharing. Topics discussed include management issues, organizational perspectives, management by committee, the importance of cooperation and…
Descriptors: Access to Information, Administration, Computer Networks, Decision Making
Lenzini, Rebecca T.; Shaw, Ward – Library Administration & Management, 1991
Describes the creation and purpose of the Colorado Alliance of Research Libraries (CARL), the subsequent development of CARL Systems, and its current research projects. Topics discussed include online catalogs; UnCover, a journal article database; full text data; document delivery; visual images in computer systems; networks; and implications for…
Descriptors: Academic Libraries, Computer Graphics, Computer Networks, Documentation