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The Hoosier Way to Synergism
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Dagnese, Joseph M.; Buckland, Michael K. – Special Libraries, 1976
Systems and networks have been a fact of life in Indiana for several years. The Area Library Services Authority, the Indiana Cooperative Library Services Authority, the Indiana Union List of Serials, the statewide TWX network, and others are documented with emphasis on the participation of specialized libraries. (Author)
Descriptors: Library Cooperation, Library Networks, Statewide Planning, Union Catalogs
Principles, Programs, and Problems of a Metropolitan Multitype Library Cooperative
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Hamilton, Beth A. – Special Libraries, 1976
Discusses the administration of the Illinois Regional Library Council. (PF)
Descriptors: Administration, Library Cooperation, Library Networks, Metropolitan Areas
The Union Catalog--Its Cost Versus Its Benefit to a Network
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Olson, Paul E. – Special Libraries, 1976
A cost-benefit analysis of the 43-library, 260,000-title Midwest Medical Union Catalog of books, conducted from June 1973 through May 1975 under a grant from the National Library of Medicine, studied the 49 year-old catalog in the context of interlibrary loan activity of the Midwest Health Science Library Network. (Author)
Descriptors: Cost Effectiveness, Interlibrary Loans, Library Networks, Library Research
Union Listing via OCLC's Serials Control Subsystem.
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O'Malley, Terrence J. – Special Libraries, 1984
Describes library use of Conversion of Serials Project's (CONSER) online national machine-readable database for serials to create online union lists of serials via OCLC's Serial Control Subsystem. Problems in selection of appropriate, accurate, and authenticated records and prospects for the future are discussed. Twenty sources and sample records…
Descriptors: Cataloging, Databases, Library Cooperation, Library Networks
The Influence of Technology on Library Networking.
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Molholt, Pat – Special Libraries, 1989
Examines the impact of electronic communications systems on library networking, using such examples as interlibrary loans and union catalogs to illustrate the effects of telecommunications on library services. The need for strict adherence to library standards in order to ensure continued library cooperation is discussed. (CLB)
Descriptors: Cataloging, Information Technology, Interlibrary Loans, Library Cooperation
Use Study of Online Cataloging in a Special Library.
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Knutson, Gunnar – Special Libraries, 1984
Statistical examination of original cataloging records of Chicago Municipal Reference Library as input into online OCLC union catalog reveals library's cataloging use rate as compared to nationwide average. Previous studies, methodology, and areas of high and low use (year of input, type of record, classification, length of monograph) are…
Descriptors: Cataloging, Library Cooperation, Library Networks, Library Technical Processes