Overview

Follow the development of the Research Library Project as it changes the way libraries operate! The 1990s were a decade of increased institutional cooperation among university research libraries, in great part due to spiraling serials costs. Management for Research Libraries Cooperation offers a historical summary of the Research Library Project, the landmark program begun by the American Association of Universities and joined by the Association of Research Libraries. The selection of source documents includes progress reports, conference proceedings, and panel transcripts.This comprehensive book offers an inside look at the Research Library Project, its task forces, the Global Resources Program, and SPARC. In addition, this useful book delivers sound advice, models, and strategies for increasing sharing between institutions. These suggestions for successful cooperation will allow libraries to maximize the available amount of printed and electronic research material while keeping costs under control.Management for Research Libraries Cooperation presents ideas and suggestions for some of the toughest challenges to face librarians today, including: licensing of copyrighted materials for reproduction and distribution funding intellectual property initiatives the implications of electronic publishing gaining acceptance from research faculty for the new library systems fostering the use of technology to improve scholarly communication establishing new modes of cooperation between academic and research libraries finding successful strategies for handling fast-changing scientific and technical information Management for Research Libraries Cooperation is more than a valuable historical collection of documents not readily available elsewhere. It offers ideas to make the librarian's job easier in a field that is changing every day.

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Author:   Sul H Lee
Publisher:   Taylor & Francis Inc
Imprint:   Routledge
Dimensions:   Width: 15.70cm , Height: 2.70cm , Length: 22.20cm
Weight:   0.703kg
ISBN:  

9780789010278

ISBN 10:   0789010275
Pages:   328
Publication Date:   16 January 2001
Audience:   College/higher education ,  General/trade ,  Tertiary & Higher Education ,  General
Format:   Hardback
Publisher's Status:   Out of Print
Availability:   Out of stock  

Table of Contents

Contents Introduction Part I AAU Research Librarians Project Project Steering Committee Foreign Acquisitions Task Force Task Force on Scientific and Technical Information Intellectual Property Task Force AAU Research Libraries Project: Presidential Panel AAU/ARL Initiatives in Scholarly Communication: A Brief History Association of American Universities Research Libraries Project: Reports of the AAU Task Forces Foreword Acquisition Distribution of Foreign Language and Area Studies Materials Research Libraries in a Global Context: An Exploratory Paper A National Strategy for Managing Scientific and Technical Information Intellectual Property Rights in an Electronic Environment AAU/ARL Research Libraries Action Agenda: An Update and Map Check AAU/ARL Research Libraries Project: Update Report Part II ARL Promotes Competition Through SPARC: The Scholarly Publishing & Academic Resources Coalition Building the Global Collection-World Class Collection Development: A Chronicle of the AAU/ARL Global Resources Program The AAU/ARL Global Resources Program: Both Macrocosm and Microcosm

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