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Interlibrary Loan: Integral Component Of Global Resource Sharing, Robert A. Seal
Interlibrary Loan: Integral Component Of Global Resource Sharing, Robert A. Seal
University Libraries: Faculty Publications and Other Works
Presentation from IFLA/SEFLIN International Summit on Library Cooperation in the Americas held in Miami, Florida, on April 19, 2002.
The Intangible Benefits Of International Resource Sharing, Robert A. Seal
The Intangible Benefits Of International Resource Sharing, Robert A. Seal
University Libraries: Faculty Publications and Other Works
Presentation from Second China/US Conference on Libraries in Flushing, NY, August 2001.
Erasing Boundaries: Global Resource Sharing In The 21st Century, Robert A. Seal
Erasing Boundaries: Global Resource Sharing In The 21st Century, Robert A. Seal
University Libraries: Faculty Publications and Other Works
Academic libraries have long been accustomed to participating in cooperative ventures with neighboring institutions as well as with those in other regions of their country. In large part, such activities have grown out of a desire to reduce or control costs, as well as to provide users with a broader base of materials for research, study, and teaching. Because not even a well-developed national library is able to fulfill all its users' needs all the time, today's university libraries must depend upon one another to fulfill those needs. For many decades, the resource sharing tradition has been particularly strong among …
Mexican And U.S. Library Relations, Robert A. Seal
Mexican And U.S. Library Relations, Robert A. Seal
University Libraries: Faculty Publications and Other Works
This paper examines recent library interactions involving the United States and Mexico, providing a review of the literature and commentary on current and potential future cooperative endeavors. However, due to space considerations and a dearth of literature describing early work, the focus is limited to the past 30 years, with only selected references to earlier activity. The potential impact of the North American Free Trade Agreement (NAFTA), recent developments in telecommunications and computer technology, and a rising number of "grass roots" binational conferences and projects all make this a good time to review our relationship, librarywise, with our neighbors to …
The U.S.-Mexico Interlibrary Loan Project, Robert A. Seal
The U.S.-Mexico Interlibrary Loan Project, Robert A. Seal
University Libraries: Faculty Publications and Other Works
Initiated in the fall of 1989, the U.S.-Mexico Interlibrary Loan Project is a cooperative effort providing for the formal exchange of books, photocopies, and microforms between libraries in the Southwest United States and Mexico City. The 25 U.S. participants are all members of the AMIGOS Bibliographic Council and are primarily academic libraries. The Mexican collaborators include six libraries at private colleges and universities and the Benjamin Franklin Library of the United States Information Service. The University Library of the University of Texas at El Paso coordinates the program, the first of its kind between the United States and its neighbor …