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Stanford Univ., CA. ERIC Clearinghouse on Information Resources. – 1975
This second compilation of library network acronyms and initialisms cites 61 networks throughout the United States. Each annotated entry includes the network's acronym or initials, name, and address. A source of further information is cited in many entries, and an ED number is given for references available through the Educational Resources…
Descriptors: Abbreviations, Information Networks, Libraries, Library Cooperation
Duggan, Maryann; And Others – 1975
The Western Interstate Commission for Higher Education (WICHE) received a year's grant from the Council on Library Resources to design and develop a library network for the 17 western states. Major activities of the first quarter included: (1) hiring a systems analyst, cost study investigator, research assistant, and secretary, and selecting a…
Descriptors: Bibliographies, Costs, Library Automation, Library Networks
Monroe, Elizabeth Jean – 1972
During 1970 it became increasingly clear that with limited funds from the National Library of Medicine (NLM), some mechanism would have to be found to control the ever-increasing interlibrary loan (ILL) workload of the Kentucky-Ohio-Michigan Regional Medical Library (KOMRML). It was obvious that NLM could not completely support the document…
Descriptors: Financial Problems, Financial Support, Interlibrary Loans, Library Networks
Clement, Hope E. A. – 1974
Library automation in Canada is complicated by the large size, dispersed population, and cultural diversity of the country. The National Library of Canada is actively planning a Canadian library network based on national bibliographic services for which the library is now developing automated systems. Canadian libraries are involved in the…
Descriptors: Bibliographies, Databases, Information Retrieval, Information Systems
New York State Education Dept., Albany. – 1970
The background section discusses the current status of library development in New York State including: (1) school libraries, (2) public libraries, (3) college and university libraries, (4) special libraries, (5) systems and networks and (6) library functions at the state level. The committee's recommendations cover: (1) user access to library…
Descriptors: Library Networks, Library Planning, Library Services, Public Libraries
Kitchner Public Library (Ontario). – 1970
This anthology of opinions about the roles and functions of public and school libraries covers the following topics: (1) The School-Housed Public Library--An Evaluation; (2) School and Public Library Relationships; (3) The Case for Independent School Libraries; (4) Report on Killarney Branch Library (Vancouver); (5) Report on the Flint Public…
Descriptors: Anthologies, Library Networks, Library Role, Library Services
Kansas State Library, Topeka. – 1970
This study was made to investigate new dimensions for a statewide interlibrary loan service and the means for financing an interlibrary loan service for Kansas public Libraries in fiscal year 1972. Some new dimensions considered worthy of investigation were: (1) inclusion of some system library headquarters as suppliers to a state interlibrary…
Descriptors: Financial Support, Interlibrary Loans, Library Networks, Library Services
Morehouse, H.G. – 1966
A 30-day test of the Xerox Magnavox Telecopier was conducted in order to evaluate its feasibility as a means of transmitting printed pages between libraries, primarily as a faster alternative to the usual method of mailing a Xerox copy of a journal article from one library to another in response to a mailed request. The test was carried on between…
Descriptors: Automation, Facsimile Transmission, Information Dissemination, Library Cooperation
Henderson, Madeline; Geddes, Susan – 1973
A survey of the status of the federal library community and its involvement with automation was undertaken; the results are summarized in this report. The study sought to define which library operations were susceptible to automation, to describe potentially useful automation techniques and to establish criteria for decisions about automation.…
Descriptors: Government Libraries, Library Automation, Library Networks, Library Planning
Five Associated Univ. Libraries, Syracuse, NY. – 1970
Each of the objectives of the Five Associated University Libraries (FAUL) is discussed in terms of the effort FAUL has made to attain them during the past twenty-six months. These are: (1) to develop coordinated acquisitions policies, (2) to develop means for sharing resources, (3) to develop shared storage facilities, (4) to develop easy and…
Descriptors: Library Acquisition, Library Cooperation, Library Networks, Library Planning
Washington State Legislature, Olympia. – 1970
Background information about libraries in Washington State, and a series of recommendations for consideration by the legislature and the libraries of the State are outlined in this report. The Appendices include: (1) Brief Historical Review and Statement of Objectives, (2) Public Libraries of Washington by Size of Population Served in 1969, (3)…
Descriptors: Libraries, Library Networks, Library Planning, Library Services
Kentucky State Dept. of Libraries, Frankfort. – 1971
Library networks are much more than telephones, teletypewriters or closed circuit television. Networks are a new concept in library service that requires a new mentality on the part of every participating librarian in every type of library. Librarians wishing to join the growing information and materials community with its improving delivery…
Descriptors: Communications, Guides, Interlibrary Loans, Library Cooperation
Swank, Raynard C. – 1970
The principle issues and parameters of concern at this conference on Interlibrary Communications and Information Networks are discussed. Information networks are defined as having information resources, readers, or users, schemes for the intellectual organization of documents and data, methods for the delivery of resources to users, formal…
Descriptors: Conferences, Definitions, Information Networks, Information Services
Casey, Genevieve M. – 1970
John Cory speaking at a conference on library networks identified four generations of library organization, each achieving increasing levels of capacity, effectiveness, complexity and versatility and decreasing unit cost. The four generations are: (1) A single library of a single type - a public, college, school or special library; (2) A system or…
Descriptors: Conferences, Decentralization, Information Networks, Library Cooperation
Norwood, Frank W. – 1970
In a recent issue of "Fortune," the leading article carried the predictive title, "The Coming Shake-Up in Telecommunications." Increasingly, the attention of the business community and the general public is being called to the emergence of such new and potentially revolutionary communications technologies as CATV (community…
Descriptors: Conferences, Federal Legislation, Information Networks, Library Cooperation
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