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Markuson, Barbara – Resource Sharing and Information Networks, 1983
Discussion of state information networks highlights the network entrepreneurs, state network development, the third decade of networking, and six potential issues of special concern to state library networks: decentralization, standards, linkage, technical obsolescence, security, and appropriate technology for small libraries. (EJS)
Descriptors: Consortia, Futures (of Society), Information Services, Library Cooperation
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Grisham, Frank P. – Resource Sharing and Information Networks, 1983
Views of the executive director of the Southeastern Library Network (SOLINET) on the topic of regional networking are expressed, noting the needs of users of regional networks, cooperative program development among "networkers," state and multistate structures, and the impact of microcomputers, distributed processing, and resource…
Descriptors: Consortia, Futures (of Society), Information Needs, Information Services
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Brown, Rowland – Resource Sharing and Information Networks, 1983
This presentation by the president and chief executive officer of OCLC focuses on library automation and networking in the 1960s, 1970s, and 1980s, citing an article by Richard DeGennaro and relating experiences at OCLC in resource sharing and related information services. (EJS)
Descriptors: Consortia, Futures (of Society), Information Services, Library Automation
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Resource Sharing and Information Networks, 1984
Administrators relate their experiences in development and governance of library networks--AMIGOS (an OCLC local system); network developed by University of Minnesota Libraries; the California Library Authority for Systems and Services (CLASS); OCLC--and note past accomplishments and future prospects of the National Commission on Libraries and…
Descriptors: Consortia, History, Information Services, Information Systems
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Kreitz, Patricia A. – Resource Sharing and Information Networks, 1992
Presents an annotated bibliography of 103 information sources dealing with library networking activity. Highlights include improving access through interlibrary loans and document delivery; planning and financing; the history and the future of networks; special libraries; international development; cooperative collection development; and…
Descriptors: Access to Information, Annotated Bibliographies, Electronic Libraries, Futures (of Society)