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Impact of Electronic Resources on Collection Development, the Roles of Librarians, and Library Consortia.
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Thornton, Glenda A. – Library Trends, 2000
As the purchase of virtual resources accelerates, particularly through consortial agreements, the autonomy of the local library will fade and the roles of librarians will change drastically. This rapid transformation is illustrated by a discussion of OhioLINK and its positive and negative effects on one member library. (Contains 21 references.)…
Descriptors: Change, Consortia, Information Technology, Librarians
Is There a Future for Cooperative Collection Development in the Digital Age?
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Shreeves, Edward – Library Trends, 1997
The transition to a digital environment offers new opportunities for cooperative collection development but raises questions about models based on a print environment. Examines assumptions related to cooperative collection development and resource sharing, discusses directions future cooperation in information resources might take, and suggests…
Descriptors: Cooperative Programs, Electronic Libraries, Futures (of Society), Information Management
Resource Sharing in the Systemic Context of Scholarly Communication.
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Grycz, Czeslaw Jan – Library Trends, 1997
Surveys resource sharing among libraries in the cycle of scholarly communication. Highlights include emergence of digital technologies; coherence within disciplines; collection development and innovative solutions; digital works for world knowledge; National Periodicals Center; subscription cancellations; electronic documents; new research areas;…
Descriptors: Academic Libraries, Copyrights, Electronic Publishing, Fair Use (Copyrights)
Resource Sharing in the Electronic Era: Potentials and Paradoxes.
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Dannelly, Gay N. – Library Trends, 1995
Discusses library resource sharing. Highlights include access to information, document delivery, interlibrary loan, and the social, economic, and technological complexities of new mechanisms; and traditional roles of libraries that provide both opportunities for cooperation and paradoxes for the continuation of selection, archiving, and…
Descriptors: Access to Information, Cooperative Programs, Economic Factors, Interlibrary Loans
Interlibrary Loan and Resource Sharing: The Economics of the SUNY Express Consortium.
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Kingma, Bruce R. – Library Trends, 1997
Using data on the cost of interlibrary loan, journal prices, and journal use, this article presents an economic analysis of the SUNY (State University of New York) Express consortium and the potential savings from consortium delivery of scholarly articles and joint collections development. Concludes that while considerable savings are possible…
Descriptors: Academic Libraries, Consortia, Cost Effectiveness, Delivery Systems
Resource Sharing in a Changing Ohio Environment.
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Kohl, David F. – Library Trends, 1997
Expanded resource sharing will be a feature of twenty-first century libraries. Discusses and illustrates, with reference to OhioLINK, steps to expanding resource sharing: joining a consortium, integrating intellectual access (catalogs and circulation), providing for physical and electronic delivery of materials, and integrating the collection…
Descriptors: Academic Libraries, Access to Information, Change Strategies, Consortia