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Sanders, Nancy P.; And Others – College and Research Libraries, 1988
Describes a study that examined the feasibility of automating the process of library collection analysis, using collections in botany and mathematical analysis as the study population and bibliographic utility databases as sources of holdings information. The discussion covers the effectiveness of the methodology and potential uses of the results.…
Descriptors: Bibliographic Utilities, Evaluation Criteria, Library Collection Development, Library Cooperation
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Schwartz, Charles A. – Resource Sharing and Information Networks, 1992
Examines the combined self-interest model used in cooperative collection development discussions in light of social science models of a loosely coupled system. Topics addressed include a history of cooperative collection development; the Research Libraries Group (RLG) Conspectus; and the OCLC/AMIGOS Collection Analysis CD. (27 references) (LRW)
Descriptors: Bibliographic Utilities, Consortia, Higher Education, Library Collection Development
Association of Research Libraries, Washington, DC. – 1989
The Association of Research Libraries is fully committed to the principle of unrestricted access to and dissemination of ideas, i.e., member libraries must have unlimited access to the machine-readable bibliographic records which are created by member libraries and maintained in bibliographic utilities. Coordinated collection development programs…
Descriptors: Academic Libraries, Access to Information, Bibliographic Records, Bibliographic Utilities