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Download full textWallace, Danny P. – 1982
Using data provided by the annual reports of Illinois public libraries and by the Illinois state library, this publication is a companion to the November 1982 issue of "Illinois Libraries," which enumerated the 16 data elements upon which the analyses are based. Three additional types of information are provided for each of six…
Descriptors: Library Expenditures, Library Networks, Library Services, Library Surveys
Peer reviewedRouse, Sandra H.; Rouse, William B. – Information Processing and Management, 1979
Discusses the design of a model-based management information system in terms of mathematical/statistical, information processing, and human factors issues and presents a prototype system for interlibrary loan networks. (Author/CWM)
Descriptors: Data Collection, Databases, Human Resources, Information Processing
Technology Management Corp., Alexandria, VA. – 1990
The National Library Service for the Blind and Physically Handicapped (NLS) commissioned a study to determine the baseline costs of operation for the network of libraries and agencies that provide braille, playback machine, and recorded book services to patrons of the free national program. A 15-year projection of costs was also prepared. The…
Descriptors: Disabilities, Library Expenditures, Library Materials, Library Networks
Bills, Linda G. – 1984
From January 1980 through December 1982 the Illinois Valley Library System (IVLS) and 33 of its participating libraries conducted an experimental project to test the costs and benefits of OCLC use in small and medium-sized libraries. This report, one of eight describing the results of the OCLC Experimental Project, examines interlibrary loan…
Descriptors: Academic Libraries, Interlibrary Loans, Library Catalogs, Library Cooperation
