Organizational dynamics of an NLM-grant-funded consortium: the Nursing Information Consortium of Orange County.
The development of the Nursing Information Consortium of Orange County (NICOC) is traced over time, and reasons for the crises encountered are explored. Based on the experiences of NICOC, recommendations for other consortia are included, as well as for the consortium grant process.
D002140:California; D004509:Education, Nursing, Continuing; D007255:Information Services / Q000458:organization & administration*; D007994:Libraries, Nursing; D009317:National Library of Medicine (U.S.); D014481:United States