Describes the membership and activities of the Consortium. (PF)

The Bush Memorial Library was formally dedicated on October 9, 1971. As part of Hamline University in St. Paul, Minnesota, the Bush Memorial Library has a reading room, audio booths, and audio-visual classroom as well as an audio control room. The Bush Memorial Library is a member of the Cooperating Libraries in Consortium which is a cooperative…

Discusses how the formation of library consortia could improve library cooperation. (PF)

Describes how many college libraries are joining consortia as an economical way to expand their offerings, but that the groups face new competitive pressures. (EV)

An examination of 20 library network terminations reveals five major reasons for termination: lack of adequate funding, absorption by larger networks, loosely structured governance, partial termination of services, and networks programmed for short durations. Two tables present survey data. (RAA)

The Consortium of Foundation Librarians is a group of New York area librarians of philanthropic foundations and foundation interest organizations. Through interlibrary communications and cooperation it has achieved such concrete results as union lists of periodicals and reference works, and serves as a forum for discussion of problems and…

Presents arguments for the application of the interstate compact concept to coordination of library services. (PF)

The purpose of this directory is to identify and describe all academic library consortia in the continental United States that satisfy the following specified criteria for inclusion: participating institutions must be autonomous, more than half the members must be academic libraries, two or more libraries must be involved, library consortia must…

In 1971, System Development Corporation (SDC) performed a study of academic library consortia, under contract to the U. S. Office of Education. The purpose of the study was to collect extensive information on existing academic library consortia and to develop a set of guidelines for planning, developing, operating, and evaluating a library…

Examines the development of the Michigan Research Libraries Triangle, formed by the education librarians of Michigan State University at East Lansing, University of Michigan at Ann Arbor, and Wayne State University. Explores the unique qualities of each institution's history that have influenced cooperation and considers future possibilities. (LRW)

Includes four articles that discuss a distributed architecture for managing metadata that promotes interoperability between digital libraries; the use of electronic print (e-print) by physicists; the development of digital libraries; and a collaborative project between two library consortia in Ohio to provide digital versions of Sanborn Fire…

Phase II involves a case-study analysis of 15 selected consortia to help determine the usefulness and effectiveness of academic library consortia. The two major products resulting from the project are the "Directory of Academic Library Consortia" and the "Guidelines for the Development of Academic Library Consortia." The Phase II report presents…

The Five Associated University Libraries (FAUL) is an example of a network which is not yet really a network in its own right: it is a free-loader on components of other networks, e.g. NYSILL, national ILL codes, TWX, telephone, UPS, U.S. Mails and the like. In fact, the organization could wake up one day and find all of its objectives met by…

Librarians from Simon Fraser University, University of British Columbia, and University of Victoria formed a consortium for library cooperation, resource sharing, and professional communication. Aspects discussed include: collections; public services; processing and systems; reorganization; and effectiveness of the organization in meeting…