ERIC ED243479: Automated Resource Sharing in Massachusetts pdf

ERIC ED243479: Automated Resource Sharing in Massachusetts

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This report presents a conceptual framework for developing a multitype resource sharing library network utilizing automated technologies in Massachusetts. Sections describe the need for a resource sharing network plan; past planning efforts; current library automation and cooperative activities; goals and objectives related to meeting the information needs of Massachusetts residents; user and library needs; activities and advantages of resource sharing networks; barriers to networking; automated networking; the mission statement for developing automated library networking in Massachusetts; principles which should be employed in designing the resource sharing network; the designated structure of the network; activities relating to the resource sharing mission statement; adherence to standards; network funding and governance; legislation needed to facilitate resource sharing in Massachusetts; the role of the Massachusetts Board of Library Commissioners in an automated resource sharing network; the need for and methods of bibliographic record conversion to machine readable form; making the public aware of the network; and network evaluation.

Also presented are 10 recommendations for establishing an automated resource sharing network, a 106-item bibliography, a position paper by Roland R. Piggford, and a policy report on resource sharing among libraries within the Massachusetts higher education system. (ESR

• Creator/s: ERIC
• Date: 1983-09
• Year: 1983
• Book Topics/Themes: ERIC Archive, Databases, Guidelines, Information Needs, Interlibrary Loans, Library Catalogs, Library Circulation, Library Networks, Objectives, Online Systems, Program Design, Shared Services, State Programs, Statewide Planning

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