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Abstract
As a result of more sophisticated technology and a growing consumer pressure for product reliability, manufacturers, engineers, governmental representatives, and the general public alike are requiring improved access to standards and specifications. Traditionally, this information resource has been difficult to identify, to control, and to service. As a response to this problem, a small task force of Chicago area technical librarians conducted a survey of area users to ascertain what standards collections were available, what the level of need for standards might actually be, and the extent to which existing collections might be shared among users. The results of the survey were published by the Illinois Regional Library Council at Standards, Specifications and Codes Available in the Chicago Area: A Union List. (Chicago, IRLC, 1980.) In addition to the valuable data now available in the printed document, the project also served to encourage support for the concept of resource sharing among users in the local area.