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Download full textKuehn, Jennifer – 2001
This paper discusses the services offered by OhioLINK, a consortia providing a variety of services to a statewide user population of college and university libraries, focusing on the impact of these services on traditional interlibrary loan. The first section describes patron-initiated book requesting. The second section addresses the Electronic…
Descriptors: Academic Libraries, Consortia, Electronic Journals, Electronic Libraries
Vocino, Michael; And Others – 1990
The final report from the Higher Education Library Integrated Network (HELIN)'s Task Force on Bibliographic and Authority Control begins with a statement of the charge to the task force. It then summarizes its activities in each of five areas: (1) documentation of local authority control (cataloging) practices; (2) consultation with vendors of…
Descriptors: Academic Libraries, Bibliographic Databases, Cataloging, Classification
Peer reviewedPotter, William Gray – Library Trends, 1997
Describes five statewide academic library consortia providing access to electronic resources via the Internet: GALILEO in Georgia, the Louisiana Library Network, OhioLINK, TexShare in Texas, and VIVA in Virginia. Highlights participating libraries, core programs, reason for formation, funding, involvement of larger academic libraries in the…
Descriptors: Academic Libraries, Access to Information, Comparative Analysis, Consortia
Peer reviewedUmberger, Sheila S. – Library Hi Tech, 1996
Describes Virginia's statewide and community electronic resource access projects, including the Blacksburg Electronic Village, connected with Virginia Tech and the Internet; a public education network; a consortium of college and university libraries; the state library's digital initiative; and a cooperative library network. (LRW)
Descriptors: Academic Libraries, Access to Information, Consortia, Electronic Libraries
Peer reviewedFatzer, Jill B. – Journal of Library Administration, 1996
Explores the cases of two states, Louisiana and Ohio, which found budget problems to be the occasion for concerted statewide efforts to improve academic library services. Both states ultimately established statewide multipurpose resource-sharing academic library consortia, supported by electronic library networks, as the solutions to their very…
Descriptors: Academic Libraries, Budgets, Case Studies, Change Agents
Peer reviewedSanville, Thomas J. – Catholic Library World, 1995
OhioLINK (Ohio Library and Information Network) is transforming library and information access at 35 universities and colleges in Ohio. Document delivery, resource sharing, collection development, and reference and research database access are all undergoing rapid evolution and expansion. This model can be put into operation at other consortia.…
Descriptors: Academic Libraries, Access to Information, Change Agents, Consortia
