Compiled from information supplied by directors of the systems and State departments or agencies administering library programs, this directory provides listings that are current through November 1, 1978. The listings are arranged regionally and alphabetically by the names of the specific reference and research library resources systems to which…

This directory, compiled from information supplied by directors of the systems, and state departments or agencies administering library programs, contains listings of the Reference and Research Library Resources Systems in New York state. They are arranged regionally and alphabetically with each section containing information on the reference and…

This 1976 inventory is published to indicate the extent to which current cooperative library programs are operating, and to describe programs which may be appropriate for libraries not now participating in these organizations. Data for the inventory was gathered in questionnaires and distributed by the Bureau of Library Development in November…

This second statewide public library systems directory includes 15 cooperative and three single jurisdiction library systems organized under the California Library Services Act (CLSA) together with their associated library networks, and the regional reference centers or networks serving more than one system organized as demonstration projects…

Library networks all over the United States are listed in this directory. For the purposes of this list, a library network is defined as a cooperative effort which involves different types of libraries or which employs advanced telecommunication links. Coverage is most complete for states which have published information on their networking…

URBIN, formed in February 1974, is an informal local level group of urban affairs librarians. (Author)

Discusses options for systems organizations of information and referral services in libraries, the problems of data collection, and three myths which are traps to the successful implementation of an information and referral service. (Author/PF)

This paper prepared for the Task Force on the Role of School Library Media Programs in Networking reviews the role of networking in such programs, lists the objectives of networking for library consortia, and discusses such topics as the benefits and disadvantages of participation in these organizations, prerequisites and criteria for networking,…

This bibliography on library networks includes monographs, reports, journal articles, and a few forthcoming papers which have been published or prepared for publication since the end of 1970. It is divided into seven parts: Part I covers directories; Part II lists several bibliographies; Part III includes articles and books of a general,…

Intended for Pennsylvania librarians, those who use libraries, and those responsible for libraries, this directory of cooperative library organizations in the state provides information on current operating programs and describes those which may be appropriate for libraries not now participating in them. With few exceptions, the members of the…

The State of Nebraska is geographically divided into six networks by the Nebraska State Department of Administrative Services. Each network is composed of more than one geographic region. Within each region, one centrally located library acts as the Regional Library (RL) for the many public cooperating libraries of that region. Through State…

This directory of New York State library systems is arranged alphabetically by name of the reference and research library resources system, with public library systems located within the area of such regional system immediately following. State institution libraries are listed at the end of each regional grouping. The locations of reference and…

Provides a directory of the following types of library and related organizations in the United States and Canada: "Networks, Consortia and Other Cooperative Library Organizations"; "National Library and Information-Industry Associations"; "State, Provincial, and Regional Library Associations"; "State and…

OCLC is a computer network system providing an online union catalog and cataloging, interlibrary loan, serials control, name-address directory, acquisitions, and circulation control services to over 4000 user terminals linked together by dedicated leased telephone lines or by dial access systems. OCLC users have at their fingertips online files of…