Kansas has a large number of small city-supported public libraries. In many cases because the cities are unable to provide adequate financial support for their libraries, limited services are offered. Because of the need for greater tax bases for libraries, a number of county libraries and one regional library have been formed. However, many of…

Describes the Kansas Interlibrary Communications Network (KICNET), a private electronic mail wide-area network (WAN) administered by the Kansas State Library that was developed to transmit interlibrary loan requests for high school, public, academic, and community college libraries. Topics discussed include software, costs for software and…