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Plotz, Klaus – 1977
This overview of the situation in library cooperation in the German Democratic Republic with regard to the legal fundamentals for library work emphasizes the role of the head offices of librarianship, which are responsible for the coordination and direction of development. The existing structure and networks (territorial and special) are also…
Descriptors: Foreign Countries, Government Role, Information Dissemination, Library Acquisition
Mascarenhas, O. C. – 1977
This description of the Africa Bibliographic Centre (ABC) concept--which is still in a formative stage--provides brief summaries of the 12 components of the system, including an African lending library, bibliographic publishing, a commission on information and bibliographic systems, an African microfiche publications center, African abstracting…
Descriptors: Databases, Developing Nations, Indexes, Information Dissemination
Peer reviewedInternational Library Review, 1978
Summarizes a report presented at the First UNISIST Meeting of Experts in Regional Information Policy and Planning in Southeast Asia. The report briefly reviews the trends and developments of scientific and technological information activities in Australia. (VT)
Descriptors: Databases, Information Dissemination, Information Needs, Information Services
Kigongo-Bukenya, I. M. N. – 1977
Library networking is defined, and several topics are examined as they relate to developing nations--the need for library networking, the necessity of a survey of existing services, the network structure, the legal framework, financing, the need for manpower, and technological needs. Library networking is defined as the process of carefully…
Descriptors: Bibliographies, Cataloging, Developing Nations, Information Dissemination
Download full textLibrary of Congress, Washington, DC. Network Development and MARC Standards Office. – 1992
The papers in this proceedings describe similarities and differences in state libraries and examine the state library role in local, regional, and national network development and in the dissemination of information to various client segments. The papers are: (1) "The Commonalities of State Library Agencies" (Barrat Wilkins); (2)…
Descriptors: Databases, Information Dissemination, Internet, Library Development
Serov, V. V. – 1979
The mechanics of the Soviet library system, the availability of libraries to the citizenry, organizational components, and the development and planning principles of librarianship as they follow Leninist national policy are discussed in this paper by V.V. Serov, Head of the Main Library Directorate, USSR Ministry of Culture. A program of library…
Descriptors: Centralization, Comparative Analysis, Foreign Countries, Information Dissemination
Pings, Vern M. – 1969
The Regional Medical Library (RML) is a federal program created to aid in the equalization of access to information for the health professionals of the nation. The purpose of this paper is to relate the sequence of events in the establishment of the Kentucky, Ohio, Michigan Regional Medical Library (KOMRML) and how they influence the present…
Descriptors: Federal Programs, Health Personnel, Information Dissemination, Interlibrary Loans
International Federation of Library Associations, The Hague (Netherlands). – 1982
Papers on national networks and national libraries and information centers presented at the 1982 International Federation of Library Associations (IFLA) conference include: (1) "Networking Developments in the U.S. at the National Level," in which Warren J. Haas predicts the development of links between existing library bibliographic…
Descriptors: Ethics, Foreign Countries, Information Centers, Information Dissemination
New York State Library, Albany. – 1992
The growing importance of computer networking as a medium for communication and knowledge transfer suggested that the New York State Library needed a process to guide development in this emerging field. A planning process engaged more than 100 librarians and library staff, state officials, print and electronic publishers, clients, and information…
Descriptors: Computer Networks, Definitions, Delivery Systems, Futures (of Society)
Migliazzo, Connie; Roze, Maris – NCA Quarterly, 1997
Examines challenges in providing a cost-effective means of information access for students at geographically dispersed DeVry Institute campuses. Describes several changes in library strategy and ongoing efforts to improve access to students in DeVry's dynamic and technically focused programs. (YKH)
Descriptors: Access to Information, Cost Effectiveness, Electronic Libraries, Information Dissemination
Schwarz, Stephan; Winkel, Annette – 1984
Provision of information for research and development in science and technology in Ethiopia was studied by 50 participants in a seminar on evaluation and analysis of a national information policy and plan. Policy makers and planners, users, producers and suppliers of information, information specialists, and representatives of Unesco (United…
Descriptors: Academic Libraries, Developing Nations, Higher Education, Information Dissemination
