ABSTRACT

This book, first published in 1986, is a comprehensive review of American library cooperative development programs at the regional, state-wide, interstate, and national levels. The distinguished contributors offer thoughtful assessments of the challenges of effectively implementing programs and analyse the successes and limitations of these programs.

chapter |4 pages

Introduction

ByGlenn R. Scharfenorth

chapter |10 pages

Library Resource Sharing: The Illinois Experience

ByRobert Wallhaus

chapter |16 pages

Cooperative Collection Development Among Research Libraries: The Colorado Experience

ByJoel Rutstein, Johannah Sherrer

chapter |8 pages

Discussion #1

ByTerry L. Weech

chapter |4 pages

Discussion Summary of the California and New York State Plans

ByMary Alice Moulton

chapter |6 pages

Discussion #2

ByMary Alice Moulton

chapter |10 pages

HILC at Thirty-Four: A View from Within

ByBillie Rae Bozone

chapter |6 pages

Response to the Paper HILC at Thirty-Four: A View from Within

BySusan M. Maltese

chapter |6 pages

Discussion #3

BySusan Maltese

chapter |14 pages

The Pacific Northwest Collection Assessment Project

ByAnne Haley, Douglas K. Ferguson

chapter |4 pages

Commentary on the Stephens and Haley Papers

ByScott Bennett

chapter |12 pages

Discussion #4

ByScott Bennett

chapter |18 pages

A Model Criterion for a Statewide Plan/Process/System

ByCarl W. Deal

chapter

Panel Discussion

ByCarl W. Deal