Library resource sharing and L Guide - Resources and Review

The New York Metropolitan Reference and Research Library Agency (METRO) is a not
for-profit library cooperative which promotes resource sharing among member libraries.
 
Regional library cooperative established in 1987 to support the information and research needs of seven universities in the Washington DC metropolitan area. A voluntary alliance which grew out of a long history of inter
library cooperation among the academic libraries in this area.
 
Provides information about the British Library's Co
operation and Partnership Programme which encourages library and information service collaboration in the areas of collection development, preservation and retention, access, bibliographic services, and record creation. Offers an FAQ section, and details of events and publications.
 
A consortium established in 1992 to develop co
operative information services in support of teaching and research in the five member institutions; University of Manchester, UMIST, Manchester Business School, Manchester Metropolitan University and University of Salford. Resources include the CALIM Union List of Serials and CALCATS multiple catalogue searcher.
 
OCLC is as non
profit computer library service and research organisation. It operates the PRISM service for cataloguing and resource sharing, provides online reference systems for both librarians and end users, and distributes online electronic journals. Site includes information about OCLC, its services and products, news releases, publications, and research results.
 
Abstracts and full text of papers given at the 1998 IATUL Conference in Pretoria, South Africa, on 1
5 June 1998. Topics include library purchasing consortia, information literacy, benchmarking knowledge management, faculty publishing productivity, performance measurement in libraries and information services, and using the Internet to support lifelong learning.
 
ELib project to produce software to enable the Welsh higher education community to maximise use of the library resource base in Wales.
 
CURL is a group of UK research libraries whose mission is to promote, maintain and improve library resources for research in universities. The CURL database supports a record retrieval and reference service for library staff.
 
An organisation of public and private institutions committed to working cooperatively to expand and enrich the information resources and services necessary for the scholarly and wider community around the Portland area.
 
A shared library system for all Norwegian University Libraries, the National Library and a number of research libraries. The BIBSYS database is searchable and includes around 1.8 million records.
 
The main focus of standardisation in the library arena has moved from that of supporting efficiency to allowing library users to access external resources and facilitating remote access to library resources. The potential of full interoperability in the field is examined along with its likely impact. Some of the gaps in current standards are examined, with a focus on information retrieval.
 
RSLP
funded research project aiming to improve resource discovery and sharing, and facilitate access to research materials in and about Wales. Project outcomes will include a bilingual online inventory of research collections in Wales, a gateway providing researchers with access to other relevant physical and digital collections, Web materials and OPACs held elsewhere in the UK and overseas, and a working model of the RSLP/UKOLN Collection Level Schema. Available in Welsh and English.
 
Internationally accessible union catalogue providing free access to the combined online catalogues from some of the largest university research libraries in the UK and Ireland.
 
Analytical report delivered to the RSLP (Research Support Libraries Programme) in 2002 investigating the factors impeding resource sharing and deeper collaboration among UK higher education libraries, with recommendations and strategies for facilitating cooperation. Available in Microsoft Word format.
 
A consortium of academic libraries in Virginia (US) aiming to create a network of shared electronic resources within Virginia for students and faculty to facilitate cooperation among its members.
 
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