Journal Details
Resource Sharing & Information Networks
Innovations in Library Consortia, Systems, and Networks for Interlibrary Cooperation
Published By: Routledge
Volume Number: 20
Frequency: 4 issues per year
Print ISSN: 0737-7797
Online ISSN: 1541-1125
Aims & Scope
A major force in the field of library networking, this valuable journal provides a forum for ideas on the basic theoretical and practical problems faced by planners, practitioners, and users of shared services. Articles from professionals in all types of libraries--academic, public, school, and special--will keep librarians informed of the most recent developments in the area of interlibrary cooperation.
Resource Sharing & Information Networks focuses on topics appropriate to local, state, regional, national, and international networks and their associated activities, such as interlibrary loan, cooperative collection development and management, information delivery, and inter-agency collaboration. Recent issues of this journal have included articles on the “Rethinking Resource Sharing” initiative; participation in statewide virtual reference services; best practices in licensing and negotiation of electronic resources; shared long-term storage facilities; the role of document delivery in collection management; K-20 partnerships in information literacy; library assessment as a collaborative enterprise; collaboration with community agencies; administration and governance of networks, consortia and cooperatives; and shared training endeavors.
Peer Review Policy: All articles in Resource Sharing & Information Networks have undergone editorial screening and peer review.
Publication office: Taylor & Francis, Inc., 325 Chestnut Street, Suite 800, Philadelphia, PA 19106.
