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Download full textSouth Carolina State Library, Columbia. – 1988
Prepared as an outline of the long-range South Carolina Library development program required by the Library Services and Construction Act (LSCA), this document describes: (1) the library public, with emphasis on the disadvantaged, illiterate, blind and physically handicapped, persons with limited English speaking ability, the elderly, and the…
Descriptors: Information Needs, Library Cooperation, Library Networks, Library Personnel
South Carolina State Library, Columbia. – 1985
Prepared as an outline of the long range South Carolina library development program required by the Library Services and Construction Act (LSCA), this document describes: (1) the library public, with emphasis on disadvantaged, blind, physically handicapped, elderly, and institutionalized persons as well as persons with limited English speaking…
Descriptors: Information Needs, Library Cooperation, Library Networks, Library Personnel
Gidseg, Mitchell, Ed. – 1987
Based on 403 responses to a survey of the 980 libraries on the Texas State Library Mailing List, this directory is designed to describe the variety and depth of special information resources in Texas and to provide a tool for identifying special information not readily obtainable through other means. A listing of special libraries includes…
Descriptors: Budgets, Consultants, Databases, Information Centers
Saint Louis Regional Library Network, MO. – 1981
Included in this set of manuals are: (1) guidelines for document delivery to member libraries within the St. Louis Regional Library Network (SLRLN) in which eligible materials are described, addressing and packing are outlined, routing and deliveries are discussed, and a list of delivery system participants is provided; (2) a descriptive guide to…
Descriptors: Academic Libraries, Administrative Policy, Check Lists, Delivery Systems
Peat, Marwick, Mitchell and Co., Washington, DC. – 1981
Cost estimates provided by cataloging vendors during January 1981 are analyzed to identify the costs of catalog conversion options and alternatives to the card catalog for six Minnesota regional library systems. Following an executive summary of the study is a discussion of its background, scope, objectives, data gathering methodology, and…
Descriptors: Cataloging, Computer Output Microfilm, Costs, Library Catalogs
International Federation of Library Associations, The Hague (Netherlands). – 1982
Papers on the impact of information technology on library services and the provision of library services to ethnic and linguistic minorities which were presented at the 1982 International Federation of Library Associations (IFLA) conference include: (1) "The Challenge of Electronic Technologies to the Information Society: A Call for…
Descriptors: Cultural Pluralism, Ethnic Groups, Foreign Countries, Immigrants
International Federation of Library Associations, The Hague (Netherlands). – 1982
Papers on library and information networks which were presented at the 1982 International Federation of Library Associations (IFLA) conference include: (1) "Introduction to the Open and Closed Networking Concepts" by R. M. Bennett (Canada), which differentiates between space-biased and time-biased communications media, relates these…
Descriptors: Cataloging, Foreign Countries, Information Networks, Interlibrary Loans
Robertson, Cameron D. – 1982
This evaluation of the California Title-Author List (CATALIST), second edition, a union catalog on microfiche published from computer output microform tapes which contains location records for approximately 700,000 titles held in 152 public, academic, and special libraries throughout California, is presented as a means of assessing progress to…
Descriptors: Academic Libraries, Cataloging, Computer Output Microfilm, Interlibrary Loans
Hehman, Thomas J., Comp. – 1982
Guidelines and sample multi-part forms for interlibrary lending in Virginia are presented in this manual, which updates a 1978 edition by including material on the Catalog of Virginia Library Resources (CAVALIR). CAVALIR is a statewide computer output microfiche (COM) catalog of library holdings, prepared from the contributions of 61 Virginian…
Descriptors: Academic Libraries, Computer Output Microfilm, Copyrights, Interlibrary Loans
Heise, George F. – 1984
This paper examines the barriers to cooperation among a group of librarians and trustees in the Bergen County Cooperative Library System (BCCLS) in New Jersey as the group explored the potential advantages of a cooperative automated circulation system. This network of public libraries shares reciprocal borrowing, direct access to borrowing, and…
Descriptors: Adoption (Ideas), Attitude Change, Interlibrary Loans, Interviews
New York State Library, Albany. – 1984
This sixth and final report on 14 library pilot projects initiated in 1979 and concluded in June 1984 describes the actions and results of the fifth year of the program and provides summary information on the five years of experience in library resource sharing. It is noted that resource sharing increased dramatically as a result of the pilot…
Descriptors: Interlibrary Loans, Library Cooperation, Library Networks, Pilot Projects
Council on Library Resources, Inc., Washington, DC. – 1976
The 1976 20th annual report for the Council in Library Resources (CLR) reviews the highlights of the past two decades, describes current activities in the context of the past, and relates those activities to the Council's perception of the development of an improved library system in the U.S. and abroad. The Council's board of directors, committee…
Descriptors: Annual Reports, Archives, College Libraries, Fellowships
PDF pending restorationKraft, Donald H.; Hill, T. W., Jr. – 1972
The problem of selecting which sites to use in locating library and information centers in order to best achieve system objectives is modeled as a mixed zero-one linear programming problem and examined in detail. The model incorporates an objective function based on the costs of locating centers and of transmitting information to the users. The…
Descriptors: Cost Effectiveness, Decision Making, Information Centers, Information Retrieval
Givens, Patsy B. – 1981
A survey was conducted of school media centers throughout the United States to determine: (1) how computers are being utilized by these centers, (2) the levels of satisfaction with present services, and (3) whether or not the services being provided by the computer are cost effective. Responses to survey forms returned by 20 school districts and…
Descriptors: Cataloging, Computer Oriented Programs, Elementary Secondary Education, Learning Resources Centers
Bradler, Reinhard; And Others – 1981
These seven papers on library management and networks focus on: (1) computerized access to archival and library materials, describing the methodological problems associated with a pilot project in the German Democratic Republic, as well as the efficiency of data bank systems; (2) present and future development of libraries and information centers…
Descriptors: Administration, Archives, Cataloging, Foreign Countries
