1968: Cooperation between Types of Libraries: The Beginnings of a State Plan for Libraries

Allerton Park Institute Proceedings (no 15, 1968); Edited by Cora E. Thomassen

The Fifteenth Allerton Park Institute sponsored by the faculty of the Graduate School of Library Science of the University of Illinois was conducted from Sunday, November 3 to Wednesday, November 6, 1968, at Allerton Park, the university-owned estate near Monticello, Illinois.

The Institute theme focused on "Cooperation Between Types of Libraries." The conference was supported by the Illinois State Library through funds made available under Title III of the Library Services and Construction Act, as amended in 1966. Illinois librarians representing various types and sizes of libraries were invited to the conference. An attempt was made by the planning committee to have the various regions within the state represented by librarians from the various kinds of libraries located within the several regions. The committee was most interested in creating an environment for interaction among these librarians in order to stimulate greater local cooperative efforts among types of libraries. A related objective was the desire that the beginnings of a state plan for library services in Illinois would emerge.

The complete text of the Institute is available here as well as the individual papers. The papers included here are:

• Emerging Trends In Interlibrary Cooperation - Lowell A. Martin
• Cooperation Between Different Types Of Libraries In Technical Services - Sarah K. Vann
• Cooperation Between Types Of Libraries In Illinois Today - Donald E. Wright
• Cooperation Between School Libraries And Other Types Of Libraries - Carolyn Crawford
• Cooperation Between Special Libraries And Other Types Of Libraries - Russell Shank
• Getting People And Institutions To Cooperate In The Local Community - Craig E. Lovitt
• Discussion
  

The Proceedings of the Allerton Park Institute have been digitized through the Open Content Alliance at the University of Illinois at Urbana-Champaign.