... the respective systems, is fairly unique. The processes involved and the evaluation of the scheme are of value to other prospective partnerships where organisations are geographically aligned. © Emerald Group Publishing Limited 2015 SWRLS objectives are, through co-operation, interlending and joint...

...Penelope Street The contents include: The view from the British Library – a national library perspective. An overview of current co‐operation within the UK. The increasing role of Resource: the Council for Museums, Archives and Libraries in the co‐operative agenda. The regional...

..., but this is far from the reality. This paper reviews four of the key challenges surrounding global library resource sharing: the Internet and end‐user behaviour; languages and character sets; lack of a critical mass of online metadata for the world’s libraries; and lack of a tradition of library co‐operation...

...: © MCB UP Limited 2000 Libraries Co‐operation Interlending Chile “Alerta al Conocimiento” is a private corporation owned by nine Chilean universities: Pontificia Universidad Católica de Chile, Universidad de Concepción, Universidad Técnica Federico Santa Maria, Universidad de...

... formulated when all SHARES institutions were located in North America. © MCB UP Limited 2000 Library materials Co‐operation Interlending New technologies have greatly enhanced the international delivery of ILL non‐returnables in the past decade. But most monographs and many other...

... Resources Co‐operation Document delivery Academic libraries Arabian Gulf Developing countries Saudi Arabia Throughout the world but particularly in developing countries libraries are unable to satisfy the needs of their users from their own collections. Interlibrary lending and document supply...

...Stella Pilling Details the BL’s history of co‐operation and partnership. Outlines how this tradition has evolved into working in new areas and with new people in the LIS sector. © MCB UP Limited 2000 Co‐operation Partnering Libraries UK The British Library has a long tradition...

... that are not held within the UK. © MCB UP Limited 1999 Libraries Interlending Co‐operation Alliances Risk Benefits Interlending between libraries is not a new concept. In the UK, the National Central Library was operating in 1916 and, in the US, libraries have participated in formal...

... © MCB UP Limited 1999 --> Libraries Co-operation Interlending Cataloguing Resource management UK Keywords: Libraries, Co-operation, Interlending, Cataloguing, Resource management, UK In a recent survey, Ukoln (UK Office of Library and Information Networking)have...

... © MCB UP Limited 1999 --> Special libraries Information services Interlending Co-operation Japan Keywords: Special libraries, Information services, Interlending,Co-operation, Japan The Japan Special Libraries Association (Senmon Toshokan Kyogikai) was created in 1952...

... databases available, including an option that guarantees unlimited access to authorised sites. CHEST will offer new OCLC FirstSearch service packages to the UK higher education community under a five-year agreement which began on 1 September 1998. Keywords Co-operation, Databases, Higher education...

... © MCB UP Limited 1999 --> Catalogues Co-operation Databases Public libraries United Kingdom Unity looks to the future Keywords Catalogues, Co-operation,Databases, Public libraries, United Kingdom Immediate steps are being taken to reshape the future...

.... There are many such generous libraries in Germany, Sweden, Norway, Finland, Denmark, France, Switzerland and The Netherlands ‐ and thanks are due to them. Generally speaking, in the world of libraries, co‐operation is more intense and focused within certain geographical areas. Countries belonging...

...Margaret Barwick Describes some national developments in the interlibrary loans field and various tools of the trade. Highlights relevant case studies and surveys along with examples of co‐operation, at various levels. Discusses more contributions to the Access versus Ownership issue and outlines...

...Maurice B. Line Library co‐operation has always been assumed to be a good thing, but much thinking has focused on the means of co‐operation rather than on the ends that co‐operation is intended to serve, neglecting to fully explore other means of attaining those ends. Co‐operative schemes have...

... West. © MCB UP Limited 1996 Co‐operation Database management Interlending Networking In June 1994 the North Western Regional Library System (NWRLS) and the South Western Regional Library System (SWRLS) made the decision to undertake jointly the development of a union catalogue...

... which we appear to require? Basically, what I am asking is: how do we know what we need and what do we need to know without an overall analysis? Co‐operation Interlending Library and Information Commission Networking Policy management Project EARL Public libraries Strategic planning...

... in a geographical area together in co‐operation to make a wider range of material available to their readers. It is worth remembering that at this time there was no equivalent of the British Library′s Document Supply Centre; although the Central Library for Students had been set up as early as 1916...

...Patricio del Sol; F. Maria Luisa Arenas; W. Gabriel San Martin; L. Estela Argomedo Knowledge Alert uses periodicals in ten Chilean universities and the latest automated, computer and telecommunications technologies available, to provide the services of co‐operative serials acquisition,and current...

...Kjell Nilsson Organized co‐operation between Swedish research libraries dates back to the end of the nineteenth century, when work began on the Swedish union catalogue. In 1990, Sweden, with 6,127 requests per 100,000 population,was the most interlending intensive country in Europe. However...