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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 reviewedCoco, Carolyn, Ed. – Library Hi Tech, 1996
This summary of library initiatives in Louisiana relating to information technology describes academic library initiatives; multitype library initiatives, including library networks that provide access to the Internet; the state library and public library initiatives, including interlibrary loan services; school library initiatives; and state…
Descriptors: Academic Libraries, Elementary Secondary Education, Higher Education, Information Technology
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
