A consortium of small public libraries share an OPAC, an interlibrary loan system, and maintain reciprocal borrowing among its patrons. A study was conducted for this consortium to investigate whether or not it would benefit from centralized processing. Raw data show that the consortium should...

Librarians involved with the US Federal Depository Library system need to seriously reconsider their roles and economic arguments, as more federal agencies bypass the Government Printing Office and publish government information directly through the World Wide Web. If “ownership” and...