Virtuous Funding for the Virtual Library: The Annual SCOUG Retreat, 1997.

Ebbinghouse, Carol

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ERIC Number: EJ554251

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Publication Date: 1997

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Virtuous Funding for the Virtual Library: The Annual SCOUG Retreat, 1997.

Ebbinghouse, Carol

Searcher, v5 n10 p52-56 Nov-Dec 1997

Describes how information professionals at the 1997 SCOUG (Southern California Online User Group) conference created a Virtual Library Corporation of librarians to serve a worldwide, digital clientele. Mission statements were developed which included promoting/developing synergistic structures and systems for universal access, promoting information access, and evaluating and approving funding for entities providing solutions to community needs. (AEF)

Descriptors: Access to Information, Community Needs, Conferences, Electronic Libraries, Financial Support, Information Networks, Information Services, Information Sources, Mission Statements, Online Vendors, User Needs (Information)

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Language: English

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