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Almada de Ascencio, Margarita – UNESCO Journal of Information Science, Librarianship and Archives Administration, 1982
Outlines the background of the library system at the Autonomous National University of Mexico (UNAM) and presents an account of the programs which have been developed in support of the library infrastructure and the Universal Availability of Publications (UAP) program, in particular the development of the LIBRUNAM automated retrieval system.…
Descriptors: Budgets, Centralization, College Libraries, Databases
Peer reviewedSwanson, Don R. – Library Quarterly, 1979
Examines current problems and future roles of libraries in facilitating the growth of knowledge, and discusses the regulative role of price mechanism, autonomy, and centralism, given the role of criticism and the problem-solving nature of research. Issues discussed are examined against national library and information services planning proposals.…
Descriptors: Centralization, Futures (of Society), Information Retrieval, Information Services
Download full textBecker, Joseph; Hayes, Robert M. – 1967
This report presents a proposed program plan for developing an integrated library network in the State of Washington. The need for such a plan arises from the requirements of Title III of the Library Services and Construction Act and from the increasing demands placed upon libraries and the resulting need to use available resources better. The…
Descriptors: Automation, Centralization, Clearinghouses, Contracts
Little (Arthur D.), Inc., Cambridge, MA. – 1967
A survey of library service in Vermont, financed with Library Services and Construction Act funds, was conducted in two parts: (1) an examination of the procedures used by the Free Public Library Service in its role as the focus of interlibrary cooperation in Vermont and an evaluation of library resources in the state and (2) an evaluation of…
Descriptors: Administration, Automation, Blindness, Centralization
Anderson, Mary Alice – Book Report, 1996
Suggests ways to stretch media center budgets for technology, based on experiences at Winona Middle School (Minnesota). Topics include keeping statistics, hardware purchase and warranty information, centralizing purchases, planning for the reallocation of hardware and software, creative financing, working with business and community groups, staff…
Descriptors: Budgeting, Centralization, Computer Selection, Grantsmanship
Hookway, H. T. – 1974
In Britian, national library planning does not attempt to provide a detailed central plan for all library development; rather it focuses on a limited range of crucial issues: the provision of appropriate legislative, institutional, and financial structures for broad library service. The Public Libraries and Museums Act of 1964 charged both…
Descriptors: Cataloging, Centralization, Depository Libraries, Documentation
