Military Education Research Library Network Ed Burgess Combined Arms Research Library, Fort Leavenworth
A Dedicated Civil Servant at Work
What is MERLN? n United States military education libraries, United States Department of Defense Regional Center libraries and their international counterpart libraries in a comprehensive website devoted to international military education outreach
Who can access MERLN? n MERLN is a website available on the Internet and is open to all. Due to licensing agreements, some databases are available only to students, staff, faculty and alumni of the participating institutions.
Members n Air University Library Air University Library n Asia-Pacific Center for Security Studies Library Asia-Pacific Center for Security Studies Library n Combined Arms Research Library Combined Arms Research Library n Gray Research Center Library Gray Research Center Library n Joint Forces Staff College Library Joint Forces Staff College Library n Marshall Center Research Library Marshall Center Research Library n National Defense University Library National Defense University Library n Naval Postgraduate School Library Naval Postgraduate School Library n Naval War College Library Naval War College Library n Pentagon Library Pentagon Library n U.S. Army War College Library U.S. Army War College Library n U.S. Coast Guard Academy Library U.S. Coast Guard Academy Library n U.S. Military Academy Library U.S. Military Academy Library
Resources Union Catalog of member libraries Access (password controlled) to full text ejournals, documents and reference sources Digital Collections of full text lectures, papers, legislation. Military Policy Awareness Links (MIPALS) Publications Individual libraries websites Links to worldwide military library online catalogs in multiple languages
Non-geographic network n OCLC initiated n Pilot program n Incentives n Mission-related n Pricing n Public availability n Various views n Integrate with other services n Branding
Issues n Proliferation of passworded systems n Remote users worldwide n Security, appropriate access, content n How many access points can we provide? n Cataloging/metadata/integration n Cost/cost sharing/partners n Digitization of legacy resources
U.S. Army Command and General Staff College
CGSC n Command and General Staff College n For professional soldiers n Five Schools –CGSOC (Best Majors at 15 yrs of service) –CAS3 (All Captains) –SAMS (follow-on to CGSOC) –PCC (LTCs & COLs) –Nonresident n MMAS, Cooperative graduate programs for MA and PhD n International and sister services students
My Environment n Combined Arms Research Library, Fort Leavenworth, KS n Staff of 36 FTE –17 professional (plus 2 temps) –23 techs n Dual mission –Academic, supporting CGSC –Public, supporting installation population, including family members and retirees in area
n Combined Arms Research Library n New Building, 1994 n 280K Books, 180K docs, etc. –Heavily electronic; OPAC, online svcs, web –Productivity programs & Internet for users n c. $700K non-personnel budget n
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