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Preston, Nancy R. – Education Libraries, 1989
This annotated bibliography lists nine items retrieved from the ERIC database that deal with networks and library cooperation at the local, national, and international levels. Instructions for placing orders for copies of these items are provided. (CLB)
Descriptors: Annotated Bibliographies, Community Programs, International Programs, Library Cooperation
Mohrhardt, Foster E. – 1974
Each segment of the information community included in the scope of the National Commission on Libraries and Information Science (NCLIS) has some ongoing international project or is directly affected by international agreements or projects. NCLIS must provide the oversight, guidance, and coordination that will ensure the joining together of their…
Descriptors: Financial Support, International Organizations, International Programs, Library Cooperation

Ronnie, Mary; And Others – International Library Review, 1980
Describes four library resource sharing projects in (1) New Zealand, (2) Papua New Guinea, (3) Australia, and (4) Fiji. Numerous shared services are discussed, including national bibliographies, publications exchanges, staff exchanges, clearing centers for duplicates, library planning, and national collections. (LLS)
Descriptors: Cooperative Planning, Cooperative Programs, Foreign Countries, International Programs
Brown, Rowland C. W. – 1986
Before turning to the OCLC vision of nationwide networking, a review of some of the issues that have influenced that vision are presented, including: technology as a driving force; library and information economics; the challenge of providing ever-proliferating services to an ever more computer-literate end user; the changing role of the library…
Descriptors: Information Science, International Cooperation, International Programs, Libraries
National Interlending Systems: A Comparative Study of Existing Systems and Possible Models. Revised.
Line, Maurice B.; And Others – 1980
Based on research completed in 1977 and comments on a 1979 preliminary version of this report, this work evaluates current interlending practices among participants in the United Nations Educational, Scientific, and Cultural Organization (UNESCO), and proposes various models of interlibrary lending provision. The paper outlines the elements…
Descriptors: Comparative Analysis, Interlibrary Loans, International Organizations, International Programs
Goodman, H. J. A. – 1978
This discussion of the design, development, and operation of information systems functioning at the national or international level focuses on some of the current interests and concerns of those networks designed to facilitate the sharing or exchange of particular types of nonprint media (NPM) materials. Three categories of NPM materials/resources…
Descriptors: Audiovisual Aids, Information Networks, Information Processing, Information Systems

Kilgour, Frederick G. – Information Technology and Libraries, 1983
Examines impact of public policies on national and international computerized information networks and reviews characteristics of modern European governments as contrasted with United States government public policies related to national networks in United States and other countries, international networks, and intent and effect of public…
Descriptors: Foreign Countries, Global Approach, Government (Administrative Body), International Programs
Association of Research Libraries, Washington, DC. – 1975
The Library of Congress was the topic of the October, 1975, meeting of the Association of Research Libraries (ARL). Presentations were given on: (1) the future uses of automation to aid the Library of Congress in its authoritative information and bibliographic data collection and dissemination functions; (2) the progress and projections for the…
Descriptors: Cataloging, Conference Reports, Databases, Foundation Programs
Line, Maurice B.; And Others – 1981
This set of papers presented to the Collections and Services Division of the International Federation of Library Associations at its 47th annual conference (1981) includes: "Planning Interlending Systems in Developing Countries," by Maurice B. Line; "Problems of Centralisation of Inter-Library Lending in a De-Centralized Library…
Descriptors: Centralization, Comparative Analysis, Contracts, Developing Nations