The Public-Access Computer Systems Review

Volume 6, Number 2 (1995) ISSN 1048-6542

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Carol Pitts Hawks, OhioLINK: Implementing Integrated Library Services Across Institutional Boundaries

This paper discusses the issues and challenges associated with the implementation of the OhioLINK system, which primarily serves public academic institutions in Ohio as well as the State Library. It provides a brief history of OhioLINK, discusses its organizational structure, presents decision-making procedures, examines public relations strategies, and analyzes issues related to cooperative circulation, collection development, and database management efforts.

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Associate Editor, Columns

Leslie Pearse, OCLC

Associate Editor, Communications

Dana Rooks, University of Houston

Associate Editor, Production

Ann Thornton, University of Houston

Editorial Board

Ralph Alberico, University of Texas, Austin
George H. Brett II, Clearinghouse for Networked Information Discovery and Retrieval
Priscilla Caplan, University of Chicago
Steve Cisler, Apple Computer, Inc.
Walt Crawford, Research Libraries Group
Lorcan Dempsey, University of Bath
Pat Ensor, University of Houston
Nancy Evans, Pennsylvania State University, Ogontz
Charles Hildreth, University of Oklahoma
Ronald Larsen, University of Maryland
Clifford Lynch, Division of Library Automation, University of California
David R. McDonald, Tufts University
R. Bruce Miller, University of California, San Diego
Paul Evan Peters, Coalition for Networked Information
Mike Ridley, University of Waterloo
Peggy Seiden, Skidmore College
Peter Stone, University of Sussex
John E. Ulmschneider, North Carolina State University

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