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Dugan, Robert E.; Ouderkirk, Jane – Library Hi Tech, 1988
Details the design, financial support, organizational structure, and evolution of a program to facilitate the automation of small public libraries in Massachusetts and to promote resource sharing among those libraries. A sidebar by Governor Dukakis expresses his views on the role and importance of libraries. (MES)
Descriptors: Library Automation, Library Networks, Library Role, Microcomputers
Texas State Library, Austin. Dept. of Library Development. – 1995
Texas State Library's 1996 to 1999 long range plan for library development provides for the establishment and expansion of programs needed to carry out the objectives of the Library Services and Construction Act (LSCA) and the Library Systems Act (LSA). The first three chapters give an overview of the Statewide Library Development Program of the…
Descriptors: Costs, Library Automation, Library Development, Library Planning
Ballard, Thomas H. – American Libraries, 1990
Examines public library interlibrary loan statistics from the National Center for Education Statistics (NCES) as a measure of the effectiveness of efforts to equalize service throughout a state. Data from 1988-89 are compared with data from approximately 5 years earlier from 35 states. Data without earlier year comparisons are offered for other…
Descriptors: Interlibrary Loans, Library Automation, Library Circulation, Library Services
Kaske, Neal K. – 1990
Technological advancement in academic library resources sharing, networking, and information transfer have developed dramatically in the past decade, with institutions (including nonacademic libraries) finding themselves hard pressed to acquire the resources necessary to institute or otherwise improve their networking capabilities. Further, these…
Descriptors: Academic Libraries, Categorical Aid, Computer Networks, Federal Aid
Office of Educational Research and Improvement (ED), Washington, DC. – 1989
Technological advancement in academic library resources sharing, networking, and information transfer have developed dramatically in the past decade, with institutions (including nonacademic libraries) finding themselves hard pressed to acquire the resources necessary to institute or otherwise improve their networking capabilities. Further, these…
Descriptors: Academic Libraries, Categorical Aid, Computer Networks, Federal Aid
Claer, Joycelyn H. – 1992
This report describes the development of the Forest Trail Library Consortium (FTLC), a network of academic, public, and school libraries in Texas. The growth of FTLC from 4 charter members to its current 16 members is traced, including details about goals and funding. The role of special interest groups (SIGs) is examined, and the goals and…
Descriptors: Academic Libraries, Cataloging, Computer Software, Consortia
New York State Library, Albany. – 1987
Following an introductory discussion of the role and use of libraries in New York State, this booklet provides information about the priorities of the Board of Regents of the University of New York for 1987 library legislation to help meet the goal of educational success for all New York residents. Discussions include proposed legislation intended…
Descriptors: Library Automation, Library Facilities, Library Services, Outreach Programs

Natke, Nora Jane – Journal of Youth Services in Libraries, 1992
Reports on a panel presentation given at the 1991 American Library Association (ALA) Annual Conference that discussed emerging technologies in resource sharing and document delivery. Highlights include issues to consider before implementing new technologies; managerial and policy issues; impacts on public library service; and public school library…
Descriptors: Elementary Secondary Education, Learning Resources Centers, Library Administration, Library Automation

Kavanagh, Rosemary – Canadian Library Journal, 1988
Describes TRESNET, a fully automated resource sharing network that provides an interlibrary loan and film booking system for the public libraries of seven counties and three municipalities in Ontario. The discussion covers the implementation and operation of the network and benefits being derived from it. (Author/CLB)
Descriptors: Computer Networks, Cost Effectiveness, Evaluation Criteria, Foreign Countries
Howrey, Mary M. – 1990
This study was funded by the Library Services and Construction Act (LSCA) to enable the Illinois School Library Media Association (ISLMA) to plan the automation of the state's school libraries. The research was intended to identify current national programs of interest to ISLMA, identify current automation programs within Illinois library systems,…
Descriptors: Data Interpretation, Elementary Secondary Education, Learning Resources Centers, Library Automation
Congress of the U.S., Washington, DC. House Committee on Education and Labor. – 1989
This document records testimony given in the state of Montana before three members of the U.S. House of Representatives Subcommittee on Postsecondary Education on the reauthorization of the Library Services and Construction Act (LSCA). (The first and still the largest federal program of assistance specifically for public libraries, LSCA is…
Descriptors: Adult Literacy, Construction Programs, Federal Aid, Federal Legislation
Vermont State Dept. of Libraries, Montpelier. – 1993
The 12th biennial report of the Vermont State Library, statistics of local libraries, and a directory of libraries in Vermont are presented. In the 1990-92 biennium, library services in Vermont were redefined by budget constraints and by changes in information, formats, and society. The Vermont Automated Libraries System (VALS), clearer public…
Descriptors: Adult Literacy, Budgeting, Directories, Information Networks
Denton, Ann; Mahood, Ramona M. – 1989
Members of the Tennessee Library Association's Technical Services Roundtable examined the extent to which the developing technology of automation is being utilized by the state's libraries. The survey encompassed technical service activities and had a two-fold thrust: to determine how automation is being employed, and to compile an inventory of…
Descriptors: Academic Libraries, Higher Education, Library Automation, Library Surveys
Brown, Greg – American Libraries, 1995
Ameritech provides automated systems to academic and public libraries which in turn provide services to communities. It has identified library marketplace trends, including increases in use of electronic resources; interconnectivity of resources; number of remote users; and expectations regarding access to online catalogs, full-text documents, and…
Descriptors: Academic Libraries, Full Text Databases, Futures (of Society), Information Management

Lamont, Bridget L.; Bloomberg, Kathleen L. – Library Hi Tech, 1996
Discussion of library automation in Illinois focuses on ILLINET, the Illinois Library and Information Network. Topics include automated resource sharing; ILLINET's online catalog; regional library system automation; community networking and public library technology development; telecommunications initiatives; electronic access to state government…
Descriptors: Access to Information, Community Programs, Computer Networks, Electronic Libraries