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Supporting Solo at the District Level
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Woodard, Mary – Knowledge Quest, 2011
School librarians in the Mesquite Independent School District (ISD) have been operating solo on their campuses since the 1970s. Campus clerical assistance in the school libraries was a luxury that they couldn't afford. Since the district's vision was of a teaching librarian, a Library Processing Department was established in 1972. As years passed,…
Descriptors: Private Schools, School Libraries, Library Services, Librarians
School Library Media Centers in Networks.
Doan, Janice K. – School Library Media Quarterly, 1985
Discussion of role of school library media centers (SLMCs) in multitype library networks notes five basic factors that contribute to their exclusion from library networks: psychological, political and legal, funding, communication, and planning. Examples of programs attempting to reduce barriers to school participation in library networks are…
Descriptors: Consortia, Elementary Secondary Education, Learning Resources Centers, Library Cooperation
The Sister Libraries Programs.
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Sager, Don – Public Libraries, 2000
These articles describe the Sister Libraries program, part of the White House Millennium project, sponsored by the National Commission on Libraries and Information Science and the American Library Association to build relationships with libraries in other cultures. Discusses projects with public and school libraries and library development in…
Descriptors: Consortia, Developing Nations, Foreign Countries, Intercultural Programs
What Do Kids Rate? Assessment as a Political Tool.
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Kroll, Carol; Persson, Dorna; Salmon, Sheila – Knowledge Quest, 2000
Discussion of the way technology is changing the delivery of information services to students and teachers focuses on an assessment rubric designed to upgrade library services by focusing on library media specialists' responsibilities. Provides examples of use of the rubric in an elementary school and in a library consortium. (Contains 2…
Descriptors: Consortia, Elementary Secondary Education, Evaluation Utilization, Learning Resources Centers
Library Resource Sharing in Maryland: A Case History in Successful Networking.
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Walker, H. Thomas – Catholic Library World, 1983
Discusses the development of interlibrary lending and union catalogs, problems of library resource sharing, the development of resource sharing and interlibrary lending in Maryland, governance and costs of interlibrary lending systems, and the Maryland Interlibrary Organization School Media Project. Twenty-five references are provided. (EJS)
Descriptors: Consortia, Costs, Elementary Secondary Education, Interlibrary Loans
Think Outside of the B...uilding: Why Linking School Libraries Together Is Essential.
Prestebak, Jane – Book Report, 2001
Explains why school libraries need to share resources and describes a number of projects that share physical, intellectual, and digital resources. Highlights include district union catalogs and integrated systems; consortia and community catalogs with public libraries; statewide union catalogs; statewide integrated systems; gateways; and statewide…
Descriptors: Consortia, Databases, Gateway Systems, Integrated Library Systems
Resource Sharing. Acting Locally: Resource Sharing Through a Community Network [and] A New Vision for Resource Sharing: TRLN Document Delivery Project [and] The Internet Comes to School [and] A Vision Becomes Reality [and] Just Say No?: Special Collections and Interlibrary Loan [and] The Birth and Growth of Library Resource Sharing in Wayne County [and]"North Carolina Libraries": The Ultimate Resource Sharing [and] Resource Sharing: A Webliography.
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Marson, Barbara Miller, Ed.; And Others – North Carolina Libraries, 1995
A collection of eight articles discusses resource sharing in a variety of settings. Highlights include: community networks, document delivery in library consortia, Internet access for schools, automation and resource sharing at community college libraries, lending of special collections materials, cooperative rural library services, and web sites…
Descriptors: Academic Libraries, Access to Information, Community Colleges, Consortia
Distance Education and School Library Media Specialists.
Barron, Daniel D. – School Library Media Annual (SLMA), 1991
Discusses developments in distance education programs and considers roles for school library media specialists in distance education projects. The Star Schools Project is described, access to information and resources in new formats is considered, the Library and Information Science Distance Education consortium is explained, and directions for…
Descriptors: Access to Information, Consortia, Distance Education, Elementary Secondary Education
Starting Small, Dreaming Big: The OSLIS Project Brings Resources Statewide.
Claus-Smith, Diane – MultiMedia Schools, 1999
Describes the development of the grant-funded Oregon School Library Information System (OSLIS), a project design to provide cost-effective access to online resources in school libraries across the state. Notes that online database provides offer substantial discounts for group acquisition of their products which has prompted the development of…
Descriptors: Access to Information, Consortia, Cooperative Planning, Cooperative Programs