Cover; Half Title; Title Page; Copyright Page; Original Title Page; Original Copyright Page; Contents; News and Calendar; Introduction; Management Perspectives on Network Membership; Part I: Current Networking Problems and Prospects; The Issues and Needs of a Local Library Consortium; Multistate Library Networks: A Model for Lay Representation on Library Network Boards; Vision and Reality: The Research Libraries and Networking; Networking and Institutional Planning; Ownership of Bibliographic Data and Its Importance to Consortia; The Future of Networks and OCLC
Part II: The Future of NetworkingLibrary Networking: Statement of a Common Vision; Toward a Nationwide Library Network; Strategies for Networking in the Next Ten Years; Balancing Needs: The Ideal Network of the Future
