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Download full textLibrary of Congress, Washington, DC. – 1985
This booklet summarizes fiscal year 1984 activities of the Library of Congress (LC) in six areas: (1) collection development, housing, preservation, and access; (2) services to Congress performed by the Congressional Research Service and the Law Library; (3) library automation activities coordinated by the Automated Systems Office (ASO); (4)…
Descriptors: Annual Reports, Library Acquisition, Library Administration, Library Automation
Heim, Kathleen M. – 1976
Cooperative library programs in Great Britain began with suggestions made in the 1915 Adams report commissioned by the Carnegie United Kingdom Trust. Following the report's recommendations and with grants from the trust, countries began library services to rural areas and the Central Library for Students (CLS) was formed and later became a…
Descriptors: Centralization, College Libraries, County Libraries, Decentralization
New York State Education Dept., Albany. – 1979
This is the 1980 edition of a directory to library systems and their member libraries in New York State compiled from information supplied by directors of the systems and state departments or agencies administering library programs. Listings are arranged regionally and alphabetically by the name of the Reference and Research Library Resources…
Descriptors: County Libraries, Library Networks, Public Libraries, School Libraries
Casey, Genevieve M. – 1970
The purpose of this study was to make recommendations on how the Indiana State Library should be structured to effect the coordination of resources and services in all types of libraries for the benefit of the citizens of Indiana. It was recommended that the Indiana State Library should: (1) convene a permanent council for the improvement of…
Descriptors: Library Collections, Library Networks, Library Planning, Library Services
Canadian Library Association, Ottawa (Ontario). – 1971
The theme for the 26th Annual Conference is Reorganization, Recruitment and Results. The seven speeches presented are: (1) The National Library 1970-71; A Year of Network Pre-Development; (2) The British Columbia Centennial Citizens' Conference on Libraries; (3) Today's Menu: Smogasbord and Stew; Or Restructure, Revitalize - and Rehash…
Descriptors: Conferences, Libraries, Library Associations, Library Networks
Ontario Resources and Technical Services Group, Windsor. – 1968
The five papers presented at this symposium are: (1) "The Librarian and the Porcupine; Experiences With Cooperation and Technical Services in New York State," by Peter J. Paulson; (2) "Interlibrary Cooperation; The Academic Areas," by D. A. Redmon; (3) "The Role of Urban Libraries in Cooperation," by John Dutton; (4)…
Descriptors: College Libraries, Libraries, 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
Gaines, Ervin J. – Libr Quart, 1969
Descriptors: Library Cooperation, Library Networks, Library Planning, Library Services
Peer reviewedSmith, Eldred – Canadian Library Journal, 1980
Discusses networking, other forms of interlibrary cooperation, and the need for library managers to be aware of their role in these cooperative ventures. (CHC)
Descriptors: Library Administration, Library Automation, Library Cooperation, Library Networks
Matson, Madeline, Ed. – 1997
Libraries offer Missourians of all ages educational and cultural opportunities unsurpassed by any other governmental institution or community agency. Missourians value their libraries, as demonstrated by high usage, approval of library tax levies across the state, and increased demand for library services. This plan provides direction for the…
Descriptors: Access to Information, Futures (of Society), Libraries, Library Administration
New York State Education Dept., Albany. Div. of Library Development.
This commentary is taken from speeches and discussions at (1) Meeting on New York State Library Development, Albany, March 3, 1967, (2) Annual System Conference, Lake Minnewaska, March 30-April 1, 1967, and (3) Meeting of School Librarians and Administrators, New York City, May 15, 1967. Discussions cover the methodology and findings of the…
Descriptors: Evaluation, Library Cooperation, Library Facilities, Library Materials
Monroe, Elizabeth Jean; Pings, Vern M. – 1969
The first step in the services to be developed by the Kentucky, Ohio, Michigan Regional Medical Library (KOMRML), established under the Medical Library Assistance Act of 1965, is that of improving the document delivery service now provided by the 10 biomedical resource libraries which make up KOMRML. The study reported here was undertaken to…
Descriptors: Hospitals, Interlibrary Loans, Library Circulation, Library Collections
Ettlinger, John R. T. – 1973
Canada has an especially difficult information problem since an enormous proportion of the publications required by Canadian researchers are produced in foreign countries. The attempt to solve this problem by a numerological or Farmington Plan approach is wrong both in theory and practice. This method emphasizes size and discounts selectivity.…
Descriptors: College Libraries, Federal Aid, Library Acquisition, Library Collections
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
Committee on Information Hang-ups, Washington, DC. – 1971
A survey of interlibrary cooperative projects engaging libraries and librarians in the Baltimore - Washington metropolitan area that could be identified during the winter and spring months of 1970-71 are presented. Cooperative projects discussed included: (1) Union Lists such as the "Journal Holdings in the Washington - Baltimore area,"…
Descriptors: College Libraries, Consortia, Interlibrary Loans, Library Cooperation
