Graduate School of Library Science. University of Illinois at Urbana-Champaign.
Abstract
While I
accepted the invitation to discuss the College Bibliocentre at
this Clinic, I cannot
say that I did so with equanimity. Quite apart from many
organizational difficulties, the systems both in operation and in varying stages
of
development at the College Bibliocentre, have evolved from practical emersion
without the benefit of the finite
planning or initial test and research proce-
dures from
grant aids that many others have experienced. This is why I
adopted the latter part of my title for this paper.
I was asked
particularly to discuss the techniques we are using to
acquire the necessary input to the various systems. However, if I was asked to
underline what I considered to be the
major problems facing the development
of a central technical service unit, the technicalities of how to
input would be
the least concern. The
major problems are those beyond the technological
requirements how to achieve the degree of coordination required and, in
particular, how to overcome the financial hazards which face such an organiza-
tion.published or submitted for publicatio
