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Data Research Associates, Inc., St. Louis, MO. – 1992
Sharing a local automated library system will generally reduce the costs of automation for each participating library and will facilitate the sharing of resources. To set up a consortium, libraries must first identify and agree on governance issues and methods for dealing with these issues. Issues range from ownership, management, and location of…
Descriptors: Consortia, Data Processing, Library Automation, Library Expenditures