An Ontario Libraries' Network, or Cooperative Entanglement

Wright, Gordon H.

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Title

An Ontario Libraries' Network, or Cooperative Entanglement

Author(s)

Wright, Gordon H.

Issue Date

1973

Keyword(s)

• Library information networks
• Library cooperation
• Libraries --Automation
• Ontario

Date of Ingest

2007-06-11T23:40:42Z

Abstract

While I accepted the invitation to discuss the College Bibliocentre at this Clinic, I cannot say that I did so with equanimity. Quite apart from many organizational difficulties, the systems both in operation and in varying stages of development at the College Bibliocentre, have evolved from practical emersion without the benefit of the finite planning or initial test and research proce- dures from grant aids that many others have experienced. This is why I adopted the latter part of my title for this paper. I was asked particularly to discuss the techniques we are using to acquire the necessary input to the various systems. However, if I was asked to underline what I considered to be the major problems facing the development of a central technical service unit, the technicalities of how to input would be the least concern. The major problems are those beyond the technological requirements how to achieve the degree of coordination required and, in particular, how to overcome the financial hazards which face such an organiza- tion.

Publisher

Graduate School of Library Science. University of Illinois at Urbana-Champaign.

Series/Report Name or Number

Clinic on Library Applications of Data Processing (10th : 1973)

ISSN

0069-4789

Type of Resource

text

Genre of Resource

Conference Paper / Presentation

Language

en

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