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Peer reviewedCumming, Alister; And Others – Canadian Modern Language Review, 1996
Reports the results of a survey undertaken to identify language documentation centers at Canadian universities, to describe their chief characteristics and functions, and to assess the feasibility of linking several of them electronically to provide greater access to users throughout the country and internationally. (four references) (Author)
Descriptors: Computer Networks, Documentation, Feasibility Studies, Foreign Countries
Peer reviewedKavanagh, Rosemary – Canadian Library Journal, 1988
Describes TRESNET, a fully automated resource sharing network that provides an interlibrary loan and film booking system for the public libraries of seven counties and three municipalities in Ontario. The discussion covers the implementation and operation of the network and benefits being derived from it. (Author/CLB)
Descriptors: Computer Networks, Cost Effectiveness, Evaluation Criteria, Foreign Countries
Peer reviewedCopeland, Lynn – Public-Access Computer Systems Review, 1993
Describes the Online Journal Access Citation (OJAC) project developed with the British Columbia Electronic Library Network and Simon Fraser University to demonstrate the feasibility of an electronic document delivery system. Topics discussed include publicity, training, and documentation; telecommunications; effects on regular interlibrary loans;…
Descriptors: Academic Libraries, Computer Networks, Costs, Electronic Libraries
Download full textInstituto Tecnologico de Monterrey (Mexico). – 1994
At the fourth Trinational Library Forum in 1994, librarians from the United States, Canada, and Mexico gathered to discuss topics of international librarianship. Presentations, some in English and some in Spanish with a brief English language summary, include: (1) "Perspectivas de la Produccion y Exportaciones de la Industria Editorial…
Descriptors: Cataloging, Childrens Libraries, Computer Networks, Foreign Countries
Zeeman, J.; Turner, F. – 1997
A distributed union catalog is a network of bibliographic systems that cooperate to enable their users to discover sites that hold copies of known items. Some participating systems will be traditional union catalogs, others will be single sites with comprehensive collections, and others will be local or regional resource sharing systems. A…
Descriptors: Access to Information, Bibliographic Databases, Bibliographic Records, Cataloging
Lunau, Carrol; Turner, Fay – 1997
The virtual Canadian union catalog (vCuc) project is a project among Canadian libraries to use Z39.50 (an information protocol standard) for searching distributed individual library catalogs and union catalogs. This paper summarizes the major technical, vendor, bibliographic data, and administrative issues that must be resolved before the…
Descriptors: Access to Information, Bibliographic Databases, Bibliographic Records, Cataloging
PDF pending restorationArizona Library Association. – 1996
At the sixth transborder forum, librarians from the United States, Canada, and Mexico gathered to explore topics of interest to academic, public, school, and special librarians in all three countries. The conference program and general information are provided in English and Spanish. Presentations, some in English and some in Spanish, include:…
Descriptors: Academic Libraries, Computer Networks, Copyrights, Document Delivery
