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Maruyama, Lenore S. – 1985
This paper was commissioned in part to provide an institutional memory for the Network Advisory Committee, not only for its new members but for the entire library and information service community. The deliberations of this committee, which has been the catalyst for a number of significant efforts in networking, are presented in this detailed…
Descriptors: Information Networks, Information Science, Library Cooperation, Library Networks
de Grolier, Eric – 1977
The development of a National Documentation Centre in the Hashemite kingdom of Jordan's East Bank is described in five major sections including basic data (geographical background, historical background, population, natural resources, services, finance, research and development, and planning); the information situation (user studies, media, data…
Descriptors: Developing Nations, Documentation, Information Networks, Information Systems
National Commission on Libraries and Information Science, Washington, DC. – 1985
This report begins with an executive summary and an introduction; the introduction provides a brief statement about the innovative process which led to the proposal to establish a National Advisory Board on Rural Information Needs (NABRIN) in the U.S. Department of Agriculture (USDA). A background statement gives an overview of the many problems…
Descriptors: Advisory Committees, Federal Programs, History, Information Needs
International Federation of Library Associations, The Hague (Netherlands). – 1985
Papers on regional library activities which were presented at the 1985 International Federation of Library Associations (IFLA) conference include: (1) "Importance of Information Resources in National Development with Particular Reference to the Asian Scene" (Yogendra P. Dubey, India); (2) "Report of the Activities of the Regional…
Descriptors: Developing Nations, Foreign Countries, Information Sources, Institutional Role
International Federation of Library Associations, The Hague (Netherlands). – 1984
The three papers in this collection on library statistics were presented at the 1984 IFLA general conference. In "The Management Use of Library Statistics," Geoffrey G. Allen of the Western Australian Institute of Technology discusses current uses and misuses of library statistics and illustrates some practical applications of statistics…
Descriptors: Developing Nations, Foreign Countries, International Organizations, Library Administration
National Library of Canada, Ottawa (Ontario). – 1976
The Task Group advocates the development, with the guidance and support of the National Library of Canada, of a Canadian Library Network with the objectives of equalizing opportunity for access to information and making use of total Canadian library resources more cost-effective. This network would be composed of three interrelated components--a…
Descriptors: Bibliographies, Communications, Cost Effectiveness, Databases