I am posting this for someone not on the list. Please reply directly to
him. Assistance from law librarians is especially welcome. / submitted
for posting by Peggy Geoghan Braly, Export Import Bank of the US Library
his message & request for help:
>>>The Assistant General Counsel of a cabinet level federal agency has
asked
>>>me to suggest to him the names of persons who might be able to advise
>them
>>>about ways to link all of their individual libraries so that they can
>more
>>>effectively and efficiently share the resources in their various
>>>collections. This agency has offices and libraries in various cities and
>>>already has a system for delivering items from one location to another.
>>>They seek a means by which a user at one location can have access to
>>>bibliographic information for the collections elsewhere plus a means of
>>>determining the availability for his or her use of a selected item and
>for
>>>the placing of an order for its delivery to that end user.
>>>
>>>Rather than my just suggesting the names of various vendors of
integrated
>>>automated library systems, I thought that I should first ask around to
>see
>>>if anyone has had experience with this kind of undertaking, especially
in
>>a
>>>federal government setting, and, if so, might be willing to talk with
the
>>>Assistant General Counsel about it. If you are qualified and interested,
>>>please drop me an e-mail to that effect so we can talk further about the
>>>matter. Thank you for your attention to this request. Since I do not
>want
>>>to fill all our in boxes and don't currently subscribe to the law lib
>>list,
>>>please respond directly to me off the list.
>>>Thanks.
>>>
>>>Patrick E. Kehoe
>>>Professor of Law and Director of the Library
>>>American University Law School
>>>4801 Massachusetts Avenue, N.W.
>>>Washington, DC 20016-8182
>>>[log in to unmask]
>>>Phone: voice 202 274 4374 fax 202 274 4365
>>>
>>>
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