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Gertz, Janet – Library Resources & Technical Services, 1995
Outlines the development and implementation of the New York State Program for the Conservation and Preservation of Library Research Materials, highlighting specific grants awarded to the 11 Comprehensive Research Libraries. The decision of the 11 research libraries to redefine themselves as a consortium is discussed and their priorities are…
Descriptors: Consortia, Grants, Library Cooperation, Library Materials
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Hawks, Carol Pitts – Public-Access Computer Systems Review, 1995
Discusses the implementation of the OhioLINK (Ohio Library and Information Network) system, an integrated library system linking 23 public and private academic institutions and the Ohio State Library. Topics include a history of OhioLINK; organizational structure; decision-making procedures; public relations strategies; cooperative circulation;…
Descriptors: Consortia, Databases, Integrated Library Systems, Library Administration
Rothlisberg, Allen P. – 1992
Rural Arizona libraries received a severe blow when the Arizona Inter-Library Loan Center closed because of lack of funds. No northeastern Arizona libraries have been invited to join a new Arizona database, which is a spin-off of OCLC, and none of these rural libraries are in OCLC. The libraries will also have to pay long distance and user fees to…
Descriptors: Advocacy, Community Colleges, Consortia, Interlibrary Loans
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Zhang, Wenxian – Journal of Educational Media & Library Sciences, 1997
Explains the Palladian Alliance Project of the Associated Colleges of the South (ACS) that is designed to provide member institutions with an effective means to enhance information access through electronic resource sharing of indexes and journals. Planning, individual library needs, evaluation of possible sources, and implementation are…
Descriptors: Academic Libraries, Access to Information, Consortia, Electronic Journals
Ison, Jan – Illinois Libraries, 1994
Discussion of resource sharing and interlibrary loans in Illinois libraries focuses on patron-initiated interlibrary loans. The implementation of a patron-initiated service in the Lincoln Trail Libraries System Automation Consortium is described; results are discussed; and a shift in lending and borrowing patterns is examined. (LRW)
Descriptors: Consortia, Interlibrary Loans, Library Cooperation, Library Networks
Lopata, Cynthia – Proceedings of the ASIS Annual Meeting, 1991
Describes preliminary results of a longitudinal study that examined implementation of an automated library system in a three-college consortium, focusing on technical services departments. Mutual adaptation research and factors affecting implementation are discussed. Findings on organizational issues, changes in work and workflow, role changes,…
Descriptors: Academic Libraries, Adoption (Ideas), Change, Consortia