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Cooperation and Competition among Library Networks

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Pubblicato in:Journal of the American Society for Information Science (pre-1986) vol. 31, no. 6 (Nov 1980), p. 413-424
Autore principale: Robinson, Barbara M
Pubblicazione:
Wiley Periodicals Inc.
Soggetti:
University of Toronto Library Journal Library of Congress Online Computer Library Center > OCLC Council on Library Resources
Indianapolis Indiana
United States > US
Ohio
Software
Libraries
Success
Library and information science
Competition
Service centers
Councils
Academic libraries
National libraries
Cooperation
Consortia
Library resources
Networks
Nonprofit organizations
Databases
Customer services
Market positioning
Automation
Cost control
Product development
Library catalogs
Economies of scale
Economic factors
Stock brokers
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Abstract:Recent technological advances and the success of OCLC, Inc. has led to the emergence of three additional nonprofit library networks: the Research Libraries Information Net work (RLIN) of the Research Libraries Group, Inc., the University of Toronto Library Automation System (UTLAS), and the Washington Library Network (WLN). This paper examines the economic and technological factors affecting the evolution of these networks and also explores the role of those state and regional (multistate) networks that broker OCLC services. The competitive and cooperative nature of network relationships is a major theme of the discussion.
ISSN:0002-8231
1097-4571
Fonte:ABI/INFORM Global