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Kenney, Brigitte L. – 1967
This study explores means by which biomedical information might be distributed over a network to physicians and other personnel in the health sciences. Health Science libraries of all types are surveyed in terms of location, facilities, collection, staff, budget, and services. The library's user group is presented, and cooperative agreements among…
Descriptors: Information Dissemination, Information Networks, Library Networks, Library Services
Buckland, Lawrence F.; Basinski, William L. – 1978
This study of the role of the Library of Congress (LC) in the emerging national information network analyzed data gathered from 23 libraries and network organizations, and found that LC should assume leadership in network development activities by performing the major coordinating role in applying technology and acquiring funding for the technical…
Descriptors: Cataloging, Information Networks, Information Systems, Library Cooperation
Urata, Takeo – 1971
The medical library needs of Indonesia were surveyed and recommendations for improving the existing situation are made based on the results of the survey. The survey indicates that: (1) the library collections are out of date and inadequate, (2) there is a need for more and better trained medical librarians and library assistants; (3) there is no…
Descriptors: Developing Nations, Foreign Countries, Information Needs, Information Networks
ERIC Clearinghouse on Information Resources, Syracuse, NY. – 1982
Ten books, articles, and reports published between 1977 and 1982 and cited in "Resources in Education" and "Current Index to Journals in Education" are listed in this annotated bibliography for school library personnel. Emphasis is on the interconnection of learning resources through library networking. Topics included are the…
Descriptors: Annotated Bibliographies, Educational Needs, Educational Trends, Information Networks
Haynes, Elizabeth – 2000
The Texas Library Connection (TLC) is a state-funded project that began in 1995. TLC is intended to provide a statewide electronic network for school libraries that provides a union database of school library holdings, access to commercial full-text databases, access to MARC cataloging records, and access to interlibrary loan functions. This paper…
Descriptors: Access to Computers, Access to Information, Elementary Secondary Education, Information Networks
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
Berger, Patricia W., Ed.; Robinson, Barbara M., Ed. – 1984
This report presents the research and findings of the 16-member Task Force on the Role of the Special Library in Nationwide Networks and Cooperative Programs. Four working groups studied the following issues: constituencies; network legislation; benefits, barriers, and constraints to and from special library participation in networks; and the…
Descriptors: Information Networks, Information Science, Library Associations, Library Cooperation
Little (Arthur D.), Inc., Cambridge, MA. – 1970
The findings and conclusions of this study are based on personal interviews with librarians and on information gathered from questionnaires. Responses to the questionnaires are pictured in tables. The report resulting from the study is intended to provide: (1) a summary of existing library strengths and weaknesses (2) recommendations for…
Descriptors: Librarians, Library Networks, Library Planning, Library Services
Five Associated Univ. Libraries, Syracuse, NY. – 1970
The report of the Five Associated University Libraries (FAUL) Access Committee describes procedures for increasing ease of access to FAUL holdings by its user populations, as developed within the two-year period from 1968-1970. Brief descriptions of the activities of the Committee covering: in-person borrowing privileges, circulation system…
Descriptors: College Libraries, Libraries, Library Networks, Library Services
Lorenzi, Nancy; Pings, Vern M. – 1972
A survey of 105 Kentucky and Indiana hospitals was made to determine the extent and quality of library service available under the auspices of the Ohio Valley Regional Medical Program. Summary data on the 60 hospitals with libraries are reported here with the objective of examining the capability of these institutions as a group to participate in…
Descriptors: Hospitals, Information Networks, Institutional Libraries, Library Services
Henderson, Madeline; Geddes, Susan – 1973
A survey of the status of the federal library community and its involvement with automation was undertaken; the results are summarized in this report. The study sought to define which library operations were susceptible to automation, to describe potentially useful automation techniques and to establish criteria for decisions about automation.…
Descriptors: Government Libraries, Library Automation, Library Networks, Library Planning
Stevenson, Grace Thomas – 1969
In 1965 Idaho, Oregon, and Washington enacted the Interstate Library Compact, based on the Interstate Compact Law approved by the United States Congress for uniform application to all the states. The Compact authorizes the establishment of interstate library districts which include the territory of the one or more states signatory to the contract.…
Descriptors: Interstate Programs, Library Cooperation, Library Networks, Library Services
Kester, Diane Katherine Davies – 1990
The successful inclusion of school library media centers in fully articulated networks involves considerable planning and organization for technological change. In this study a preliminary model of the stages of school system participation in library networks was developed with the major activities for each stage identified. The model follows…
Descriptors: Decision Making, Elementary Secondary Education, Information Networks, Learning Resources Centers
National Commission on Libraries and Information Science, Washington, DC. – 1974
The National Commission on Libraries and Information Science held a Mountain Plains Regional Hearing in Denver, Colorado, on September 18, 1974. The Commission was particularly interested in the present status of library and information services in the region including: cooperative efforts, state interest in a national program, the use of new…
Descriptors: American Indians, Cable Television, Federal Programs, Financial Support
Dejohn, William, Ed.; Lamont, Bridget L., Ed. – Illinois Libraries, 1975
"Illinois Libraries" for June, 1975, is devoted to interlibrary cooperation and the multitype library network as exemplified by the Illinois Library and Information Network (ILLINET). The history, geographical coverage, member and affiliate libraries, and the workings of the network at various levels are described. A second section…
Descriptors: College Libraries, Computers, Evaluation, Information Networks