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Effective Access to the Periodical Literature: A National Program.
Palmour, Vernon E. – 1976
In this report, a task force appointed by the National Commission on Libraries and Information Science (NCLIS) to prepare a plan for a National Periodicals program recommends a three level program consisting of: (1) local, state, and regional library systems responsible for meeting a substantial portion of routine needs for periodicals; (2) a…
Descriptors: Information Science, Library Collections, Library Expenditures, Library Networks
Collection Evaluation--Theory and the Search for Structure.
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McGrath, William E. – Library Trends, 1985
Reviews meaning and theory of library collections and structure and enumerates ways that data on collections can be organized to reveal underlying global structure (links and connections between collections, parts of collections, and users of collections). Definitions of terms applying to eight models described in text are appended. (53…
Descriptors: Evaluation Methods, Library Collection Development, Library Collections, Library Cooperation
The Paperless Library: Between Myth and Museum.
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van Gils, Wouter – Information Services and Use, 1994
Describes the library of the Royal Academy of Arts and Sciences in the Netherlands, explains its collaboration with other scientific libraries, and discusses the results of a survey of users that was conducted to determine document delivery needs. Highlights include interlibrary loan requests, information suppliers, methods of access, and price.…
Descriptors: Academic Libraries, Access to Information, Foreign Countries, Higher Education