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Automated Resource Sharing in Massachusetts: Activities, Functions and Policies Supporting the Long Range Program. Approved by the Board of Library Commissioners.

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Massachusetts Board of Library Commissioners, Boston. – 1987

A revised and updated version of a 1983 automation plan, this report describes the long range program for resource sharing activities by the library network in Massachusetts, a program which is funded in part by the Library Services and Construction Act. The basis of the network--the development, continuation, and linking of machine-readable…

Descriptors: Bibliographic Databases, Interlibrary Loans, Library Automation, Library Cooperation

Journey to the 21st Century. A Summary of OCLC's Strategic Plan.

OCLC Online Computer Library Center, Inc., Dublin, OH. – 1991

This report on some of the strategic planning decisions that OCLC has made for the 21st century begins by describing the evolution of OCLC from a pioneer in the computer revolution with its Online Union Catalog and Shared Cataloging System in 1971 to a system that currently has nearly 60 distinct offerings. Corresponding computer and…

Descriptors: Access to Information, Bibliographic Databases, Bibliographic Utilities, Cataloging

OCLC Annual Report. 1990/91.

OCLC Online Computer Library Center, Inc., Dublin, OH. – 1991

Beginning this annual report is a letter to the OCLC membership from OCLC President and Chief Executive Officer, K. Wayne Smith. Statistical data are then presented in tables and/or graphs for OCLC programs and the system's financial status for fiscal years 1990/91 and 1989/90; the growth of the OCLC Online Union Catalog from 1971-1991 in terms of…

Descriptors: Access to Information, Annual Reports, Bibliographic Databases, Bibliographic Utilities