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Peer reviewedEdwards, Heather M. – Information Technology and Libraries, 1999
Describes GAELIC (Gauteng and Environs Library Consortium), the largest academic library consortium in South Africa. Formed in response to conditions in higher education and the need to become more cost effective, GAELIC is working to overcome the effects of the previous government's discriminatory approach through resource sharing and…
Descriptors: Academic Libraries, Consortia, Cost Effectiveness, Foreign Countries
Download full textEdwards, Heather – 1998
This paper discusses GAELIC (Gauteng and Environs Library Consortium), a regional consortium of South African higher education libraries with the vision of creating a virtual library by linking together autonomous libraries via networks. Topics covered include: (1) GAELIC objectives; (2) selection of INNOPAC as the common library system for GAELIC…
Descriptors: Academic Libraries, Consortia, Electronic Libraries, Foreign Countries
Kaniki, Andrew M. – 1999
Academic libraries in South Africa are increasingly under pressure to provide Internet-based information services. Due to the historical background (i.e., apartheid policies), however, some postsecondary institutions were better endowed than others in terms of financial resources, library personnel, material resources, and with respect to Internet…
Descriptors: Academic Libraries, Advantaged, Consortia, Disadvantaged
