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Download full textMichigan Library, Lansing. – 1994
This handbook was assembled to aid Michigan communities in the establishment of district libraries, or libraries formed by united efforts and resources of two or more municipalities. Two major areas are covered, establishment and funding. The "Establishment" section outlines steps involved in the process, sample resolutions of…
Descriptors: Contracts, Legal Responsibility, Library Administration, Library Funding
OCLC Use by Library Clusters. Illinois Valley Library System OCLC Experimental Project Report No. 5.
Bills, Linda G. – 1983
A project was conducted from 1980 to 1982 to examine the costs and benefits of OCLC use in 29 small and medium-sized member libraries of the Illinois Valley Library System (IVLS). Academic, school, public, and special libraries participated in the project. A major project objective was to determine whether the sharing of an OCLC terminal by two to…
Descriptors: Attitudes, Cataloging, Cost Effectiveness, Input Output Devices
Martin, Harry S. – 1974
In order to identify an appropriate legal structure for an interstate library agency in the southwest region of the United States the variety of existing organizational patterns actually used by various interstate service operations or potentially available for use were surveyed. Attention was paid to the legal requirements which influence the…
Descriptors: Agency Cooperation, Contracts, Federal Programs, Interstate Programs
Dively, Dwight – 1990
An initiative of the Western Interstate Commission for Higher Education (WICHE), the Western Cooperative for Educational Telecommunications is a membership organization working to strengthen the efficiency, impact, and quality of educational telecommunications systems and programs. Most of the members are institutions of higher education, but the…
Descriptors: Elementary Secondary Education, Higher Education, Instructional Systems, Microcomputers
Congress of the U.S., Washington, DC. Senate Committee on Labor and Human Resources. – 1987
The use of telecommunications to enhance local educational opportunities, especially in science and mathematics, was the subject of two hearings before a Senate committee. Eleven persons made presentations and/or submitted written statements at the first hearing: (1) Joseph Duffey, University of Massachusetts at Amherst; (2) Andy Turner,…
Descriptors: Communications Satellites, Computer Assisted Instruction, Curriculum Enrichment, Educational Television
Ambach, Gordon M. – 1983
This report describes actions and results from the third year (1981/82) of a library resource sharing program authorized by Chapter 787 of New York State's Laws of 1978. It is noted that the program, which was intended to enable resource sharing between reference, research, academic, public, special, and both public and private school libraries,…
Descriptors: Formative Evaluation, Interlibrary Loans, Library Cooperation, Library Networks
Peer reviewedFaull, Sandra K. – Government Information Quarterly, 1985
Describes the development and current status of state plans that address depository departments in regional libraries. The effectiveness of existing programs is assessed, and suggestions for improvements are offered. (CLB)
Descriptors: Depository Libraries, Government Publications, Library Planning, Library Services
Michigan State Library, Lansing. – 1983
Completed in accordance with the provisions of the Library Services and Construction Act (LSCA), this agreement outlines the criteria to be used in Michigan for determining adequacy of public library services and assessing programs and projects to be funded by LSCA Title I grants. Members of the Michigan Legislative Council, administrative…
Descriptors: Criteria, Economically Disadvantaged, Library Networks, Library Services
Michigan State Dept. of Education, Lansing. Bureau of Library Services. – 1980
In January 1980, a Task Force on Interlibrary Loan was appointed to work with Michigan State Library Services (SLS) staff to formulate a series of recommendations for an interim interlibrary loan structure which could evolve out of the existing system. What has evolved is a multi-type regional concept involving public, school, academic, and…
Descriptors: Criteria, Guidelines, Interlibrary Loans, Library Cooperation
