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By Our Own Bootstraps: Making Document Delivery Work in Oregon.
Burkholder, Sue A. – Computers in Libraries, 1992
Describes the development of a courier service in Oregon for document delivery between libraries to support coordinated collection development activities. Organization of the service by individual libraries without dependence on the Library Services and Construction Act is discussed, and costs and response time are considered. (two references)…
Descriptors: Costs, Library Automation, Library Collection Development, Library Cooperation
Building a Library Network from Scratch: Eric & Veronica's Excellent Adventure.
Sisler, Eric; Smith, Veronica – Computers in Libraries, 2000
Describes library automation issues during the planning and construction of College Hill Library (Colorado), a joint-use facility shared by a community college and a public library. Discuses computer networks; hardware selection; public access to catalogs and electronic resources; classification schemes and bibliographic data; children's…
Descriptors: Access to Information, Bibliographic Records, Childrens Libraries, Classification
Networked Information: Issues for Action.
Anderson, Mary Sieminski – Computers in Libraries, 1991
Summarizes issues raised at the 1991 spring conference of the Association of College and Research Libraries/New England Chapter (ACRL/NEC) concerning computer networks and libraries. Highlights include national information policy; library resources and services; developments at the National Agricultural Library (NAL); ILLINET; resource sharing in…
Descriptors: Computer Networks, Futures (of Society), Government Role, Library Networks
Utah Article Delivery: A New Model for Consortial Resource Sharing.
Kochan, Carol A.; Lee, Daniel R. – Computers in Libraries, 1998
Describes the UTAD (Utah Article Delivery) Pilot Project, an innovative resource-sharing service that provides journal articles to the Utah higher education community, developed by the Utah Academic Library Consortium (UALC) in partnership with EBSCO Document Services. Highlights include goals, options considered, challenges, and evaluation. The…
Descriptors: Academic Libraries, Consortia, Cooperative Programs, Document Delivery
Making CD Databases Work over a WAN: Requirements and Expectations.
Ritchie, David G. – Computers in Libraries, 1997
Describes a project at SUNY (State University of New York) colleges that was designed to deliver wide area network access to CD-ROM-mounted databases to share library resources. Discusses the need for unsaturated telecommunications lines of sufficient bandwidth; CD-ROM applications software; and stable, proven network software. (LRW)
Descriptors: Computer Networks, Computer Software, Databases, Design Requirements
Document Delivery: An Annotated Selective Bibliography.
Khalil, Mounir A.; Katz, Suzanne R. – Computers in Libraries, 1992
Presents a selective annotated bibliography of 61 items that deal with topics related to document delivery, including networks; hypertext; interlibrary loan; computer security; electronic publishing; copyright; online catalogs; resource sharing; electronic mail; electronic libraries; optical character recognition; microcomputers; liability issues;…
Descriptors: Annotated Bibliographies, Computer Networks, Copyrights, Electronic Libraries
Database Licensing: A Future View.
Flanagan, Michael – Computers in Libraries, 1993
Access to database information in libraries will increase as licenses for tape loading of data onto public access catalogs becomes more widespread. Institutions with adequate storage capacity will have full text databases, and the adoption of the Z39.50 standard, which allows differing computer systems to interface with each other, will increase…
Descriptors: Access to Information, Copyrights, Databases, Full Text Databases