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Berry, Irma – 1983
Based on information collected from a survey of selected state library agencies, this booklet describes the governance, funding, membership criteria, and services of library systems in Illinois, New York, California, Minnesota, Wisconsin, Colorado, and Connecticut. An overview of the development of multitype library systems and definitions of…
Descriptors: Interlibrary Loans, Library Administration, Library Networks, Library Services
Nelson Associates, Inc., Washington, DC. – 1969
Discussed in this report are: (1) the current operations of the New York State Interlibrary Loan Network (NYSILL), (2) the role this network plays within the overall context of interlibrary borrowing and lending in the state, and (3) the possibilities for future development of these services. In addition to reviewing the projects, NYSILL is…
Descriptors: Automation, Information Needs, Interlibrary Loans, Library Cooperation
New York State Education Dept., Albany. Div. of Library Development. – 1989
A task force was appointed to insure that New York State's health information service programs were operating optimally. The task force was charged to review: (1) the effectiveness of the guidelines and assessment form as published in the "Manual for Assessing the Quality of Health Sciences Libraries in Hospitals"; (2) the present…
Descriptors: Financial Support, Interlibrary Loans, Library Networks, Library Services
Blasingame, Ralph; Ridinger, Thornton J. – 1966
The scope of this study included (1) reviewing the present plan for regional library development; (2) analyzing statutes affecting library organization and financing; (3) conducting a survey of the library collections, staff, and physical facilities presently existing; (4) compiling data on educational, social, and economic conditions in West…
Descriptors: Financial Support, Intellectual Property, Librarians, Libraries

Linsley, Laurie S. – College and Research Libraries, 1982
Presents results of a survey of users of Florida Library Information Network (FLIN), a statewide multitype interlibrary loan network. The paper centers on the role of academic libraries (the heaviest users) and discusses interlibrary loan staffing, request fulfillment, OCLC utilization, network performance and other factors. Eight references are…
Descriptors: Academic Libraries, Higher Education, Interlibrary Loans, Library Networks
Goldstein, Harold – 1968
The following matters are encompassed in this study: (1) the state library--its internal activities, its relationships to the library structure of the state, and a projection of its future role and services in relation to its responsibilities statewide; (2) regional systems of cooperating libraries--a review and evaluation of current programs with…
Descriptors: Decentralization, Financial Support, Legislation, Libraries
Tolliver, Don L. – 1972
A survey of twelve public libraries was conducted to determine the effects of the Teletype Writer Exchange (TWX) on library service in the State of Indiana. The centers seem to try very hard to provide excellent service for their satellites, and the satellites overwhelmingly support the centers. The TWX System is not being overtaxed consistently…
Descriptors: Communication Problems, Evaluation, Interlibrary Loans, Libraries

Van House, Nancy A.; Childers, Thomas – Library and Information Science Research, An International Journal, 1984
Reports on an evaluation of the higher levels of California's statewide reference referral network that involved an unobtrusive method utilizing existing records of actual reference transactions evaluated by panel of judges. Reference evaluation methods, findings of other studies, and other uses of the method are discussed. (Nineteen references…
Descriptors: Evaluation Methods, Library Cooperation, Library Networks, Library Services
New York State Library, Albany. – 1982
The 3-year retrospective catalog conversion project described involved the conversion of 446,913 selected monographic records of six major New York State research libraries into machine readable format. The records were searched against the OCLC, Inc., data file. If a match or an identical record was found, the corresponding OCLC record was…
Descriptors: Cataloging, Databases, Guidelines, Higher Education
Schneider, Frank A. – 1969
This survey proposes a course of action to overcome the problems currently facing public libraries in Delaware. Included is information on (1)patterns of population, occupational and educational change in the state; (2)public library collections, personnel, finances, and deficiencies; (3)the role of the Library Commission for the State of…
Descriptors: Financial Support, Legislation, Librarians, Library Collections
HUMPHRY, JOHN A.; HUMPHRY, JAMES, III – 1968
THIS SURVEY WAS CONDUCTED TO EVALUATE THE PRESENT PROGRAM OF LIBRARY SERVICE AND LIBRARY EDUCATION IN LOUISIANA AS WELL AS TO FORMULATE PLANS FOR CONTINUED PROGRESS. BASED ON HISTORICAL BACKGROUND MATERIAL, CURRENT STATISTICS, AND VISITS TO REPRESENTATIVE LIBRARIES OF ALL TYPES, RECOMMENDATIONS INVOLVE--(1) STATEWIDE COOPERATION OF PUBLIC, SCHOOL,…
Descriptors: Cooperative Programs, Coordination, Decentralization, Evaluation
Technology Management Corp., Alexandria, VA. – 1990
The National Library Service for the Blind and Physically Handicapped (NLS) commissioned a study to determine the baseline costs of operation for the network of libraries and agencies that provide braille, playback machine, and recorded book services to patrons of the free national program. A 15-year projection of costs was also prepared. The…
Descriptors: Disabilities, Library Expenditures, Library Materials, Library Networks
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
Illinois Libraries, 1986
Reports results of 1985 survey of federal depository libraries in Illinois, including the arrangement of collections and bibliographic access, acquisitions and weeding, services and equipment, library and librarian cooperation, documents staff, State Plan and State Plan Coordinating Council, online systems and access to government documents, and…
Descriptors: Annotated Bibliographies, Cataloging, Depository Libraries, Federal Programs
Haynes, Elizabeth – 2000
The Texas Library Connection (TLC) is a state-funded project that began in 1995. TLC is intended to provide a statewide electronic network for school libraries that provides a union database of school library holdings, access to commercial full-text databases, access to MARC cataloging records, and access to interlibrary loan functions. This paper…
Descriptors: Access to Computers, Access to Information, Elementary Secondary Education, Information Networks
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