global resource sharing

global resource sharing

[′glō·bəl ri′sȯrs ‚sher·iŋ]
(computer science)
The ability of all of the users of a local-area network to share any of the resources (storage devices, input/output devices, and so forth) connected to the network.
McGraw-Hill Dictionary of Scientific & Technical Terms, 6E, Copyright © 2003 by The McGraw-Hill Companies, Inc.
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describe how librarians can introduce, maintain, and improve global resource sharing. They overview international borrowing and lending and define the concept of global resource sharing, then describe the history of interlending; current issues; using the business techniques of PEST (political, economic, social, and technological) and SWOT (strengths, weaknesses, opportunities, and threats) analysis to identify factors influencing international interlibrary loan; and practical aspects such as the requesting process, locating a lender, catalogs, shipping, fees and payments, statistics, and issues and challenges; ending with case studies from various countries.
Global resource sharing
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