Management issues in the networking environment
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Management issues in the networking environment
Haworth Press, c1988
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"Has also been published as Journal of library administration, volume 8, numbers 3/4, fall/winter 1987"--T.p. verso
Includes bibliographies
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Description
Administrators will learn to develop and improve interlibrary cooperative programs on the local, regional, and national levels with this timely book. The contributors--all chosen for their expertise and representation of a broad spectrum of librarianship--offer valuable discussions on networking concerns such as governance, planning, economic and legal problems, leadership needs, appropriate products and services, improving the political environment, and more. They address many of the reservations about interlibrary cooperative programs that are privately expressed by some administrators--the need for reliance on other institutions, the loss of autonomy, and the cost, benefits, and feasibility of such commitments. This book's valuable contributions-- reflecting the changed environment for library administrators--provide a variety of different perspectives and respond to pertinent management issues.
Table of Contents
Contents Introduction
Management Perspectives on Network Membership
Part I: Current Networking Problems and Prospects
The Issues and Needs of a Local Library Consortium
Multistate Library Networks: A Model for Lay Representation on Library Network Boards
Vision and Reality: The Research Libraries and Networking
Networking and Institutional Planning
Ownership of Bibliographic Data and Its Importance to Consortia
The Future of Networks and OCLC
Part II. The Future of Networking
Library Networking: Statement of a Common Vision
Toward a Nationwide Library Network
Strategies for Networking in the Next Ten Years
Balancing Needs: The Ideal Network of the Future
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