This policy statement provides the guidelines for the development of library collections and coordinates all collection development efforts of the California Polytechnic State University library. It discusses clientele and user needs, subject boundaries, general priorities and limitations, and categories of materials. It defines the collections…

A first attempt to codify interlibrary loan patterns in Wisconsin, these guidelines are the result of an eight month study by a committee representing all types of libraries and geographic areas of the state. An introduction outlines and comments on interlibrary loan responsibilities, operating assumptions, principles, and goals. Comments on a…

In 1983, the Association of Research Libraries adopted as its third principal objective for a 5-year plan: "to increase the number of member libraries engaged in programs to preserve their collections." ARL efforts to achieve this objective are aimed at helping libraries meet this responsibility locally and these guidelines propose an…

A review of cooperative collection development activities among Association of Research Libraries (ARL) member institutions indicates that many are involved with local, statewide, or regional consortia that develop and operate one or more fairly traditional cooperative programs. This kit contains 11 documents illustrating cooperative activities:…

This third edition of guidelines for interlibrary lending in Wisconsin outlines the responsibilities of borrowing and lending libraries; the operating assumptions, principles, and goals of the interlending program; the steps for developing area interlibrary loan plans; and the recommended interloan patterns for public, school, academic, and…

The Library Statistics Cooperative Program collects statistics about all types of libraries--academic libraries, public libraries, school library media centers, state library agencies, federal libraries and information centers, and library cooperatives. The Library Statistics Cooperative Program depends on collaboration with all types of libraries…

Working in a cooperative team environment across libraries and job classifications, librarians and support staff at the University of California at Irvine (UCI) have mounted several successful web projects, including two versions of the Libraries' home page, a virtual reference collection, and Science Library "ANTswer Machine." UCI's…

No major substantive changes from the 1980 guidelines for interlibrary lending in Wisconsin are made in this edition, which outlines the interlibrary loan responsibilities of borrowing and lending libraries; the operating assumptions, principles, and goals of the interlending program; the steps for developing area interlibrary loan plans; and the…

Results of a 1978 Association of Research Libraries (ARL) survey indicated that 68 (89%) of responding libraries utilized an automated cataloging system. Of those 68, 53 participated in the Ohio College Library Center (OCLC), five in BALLOTS, and the rest in other networks or local systems. At the beginning of this collection, a concise summary…

A cooperative serials project was undertaken by eight members of the Association of Research Libraries to develop a regional resource sharing system for current serials. The goals of the program were to implement a cooperative serials acquisitions and deselection program and to promote a rapid and extensive interlibrary loan program through the…

The Association of Research Libraries' Office of Management Services (OMS), working with the Research Libraries Group, Inc. (RLG), began the North American Collections Inventory Project (NCIP) in July 1983 as a cooperative effort intended eventually to involve research libraries throughout the United States and Canada. The project's long-term goal…

The purpose of this manual is to assist libraries throughout Alabama in requesting materials and information through the Alabama Library Information Network (ALIN). Designed as part of an ongoing effort that will be updated, the guide contains profiles of the interlibrary loan policies from academic, public, special, and junior college libraries…

Based on a need to assess current library strengths and weaknesses and to project potential library roles in supporting higher education, this master plan makes a series of recommendations to Colorado's academic libraries. It is noted that the plan was endorsed by both the Colorado Commission on Higher Education and the Colorado State Department…

Urges the research library community, in which ownership is traded for access and competition for cooperation, to take concerted action to survive declining resources and the impact of electronic information technology. Concrete steps that can be taken toward contributing to a new world of scholarly communication are suggested. (Contains 12…

Geographic Information Systems (GIS) integrate computer hardware, software, data, and the human mind to bring new perspectives to creative problem solving. The power of GIS is in adding a graphic, spatial dimension to problem solving. Still an emerging technology for most libraries, GIS can be expensive, entails a steep learning curve, and…