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Download full textWilliams, Edwin E. – 1969
This report deals with the problems relating to cooperative long-range planning for the seven Boston Theological Institute (B.T.I.) libraries. A single united library was considered and rejected as a solution to problems confronting these several libraries, because it would sacrifice the advantages of present decentralization by delaying responses…
Descriptors: Library Cooperation, Library Networks, Library Planning, Library Services
Peer reviewedRedmond, D. A. – Special Libraries, 1971
Seven conditions necessary for a network are comparability, coordination, centrality, collegiality, compatibility, consortia and compensation. (9 references) (Author/AB)
Descriptors: Interlibrary Loans, Library Cooperation, Library Networks, Library Services
Peer reviewedKrikelas, James – RQ, 1970
Summarizes some of the findings relative to matters of cost and effectiveness of library cooperation programs which may be of general interest to the profession as a whole. (NH)
Descriptors: Cost Effectiveness, Library Cooperation, Library Networks, Library Services
Budington, William S. – Libr Quart, 1969
Descriptors: Library Cooperation, Library Networks, Library Services, Special Libraries
Shuman, Bruce A. – Libr J, 1969
Descriptors: Library Cooperation, Library Networks, Library Services, Telephone Communications Systems
Peer reviewedGeddes, Andrew – RQ, 1970
A description of administrative aspects of the Nassau Library System (New York) by the Director. Presented at a colloquium held at the School of Library Science, State University of New York, Albany, in 1969. (JB)
Descriptors: Administration, Library Cooperation, Library Networks, Library Services
Prentiss, S. Gilbert – Libr Quart, 1969
Descriptors: History, Library Cooperation, Library Networks, Library Services
Purdy, G. Flint – Libr Quart, 1969
Descriptors: Libraries, Library Cooperation, Library Networks, Library Planning
Peer reviewedKittel, Dorothy A. – Library Trends, 1975
Sketches observable trends in states of the United States since the inception of the federal LSCA (Library Services and Construction Act) programs in 1964. (Author)
Descriptors: Federal Aid, Library Cooperation, Library Networks, Library Services
Sloan, Elaine F. – 1970
A framework has been developed based upon concepts drawn primarily from organization theory and small group research. Emphasis has been placed upon the response of libraries to their environments. The library "stakes out claims" or establishes domains with regard to resources, users, and policies. Libraries then seek to have the…
Descriptors: Information Systems, Interlibrary Loans, Library Cooperation, Library Networks
Peer reviewedVaillancourt Pauline M.; Woods, Regina Clare – Special Libraries, 1972
A three phase program whose purpose is drawing together nine small hospital libraries (522-2,300 volumes) into a cooperative, functional unit is shown in terms that evaluate both errors and over-all good planning. (4 references) (Author/NH)
Descriptors: Library Cooperation, Library Networks, Library Planning, Library Services
Kurtz, Helen G. – Libr J, 1970
Without sophisticated machines, Rhode Island sets up a processing unit to serve all types of libraries in the state. (Author)
Descriptors: Automation, Library Cooperation, Library Networks, Library Services
Igoe, James – Libr J, 1969
A survey of library activity in USOE's (United States Office of Education) Region V: Illinois, Indiana, Michigan, Ohio, and Wisconsin. (RM)
Descriptors: Federal Aid, Library Cooperation, Library Networks, Library Services
Gaines, Ervin J. – Libr Quart, 1969
Descriptors: Library Cooperation, Library Networks, Library Planning, Library Services
Hendricks, Donald D. – 1970
Chapter I: "Background and Description of Regional Library Development in Ontario," aimed at placing the perspective of centralized processing within the framework of cooperative effort, presents some general discussion of these two concepts. The Ontario plan, and the relationship of the Midwestern Regional Library System and its…
Descriptors: Evaluation, Library Cooperation, Library Networks, Library Services
