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The Telecommunications Landscape: 1986.
Lynch, Clifford A.; Brownrigg, Edwin B. – Library Journal, 1986
Explores issues relating libraries, telecommunications, the Communications Act of 1934, the Federal Communications Commission, and the common carriers. Computer networking technologies and standards are discussed and progress in library networking is compared to the development of a planned national science network. Future public policy issues…
Descriptors: Bibliographic Utilities, Computer Networks, Information Networks, Library Automation
The Linked Systems Project: Progress, Promise, Realities.
McCoy, Richard W. – Library Journal, 1986
Lists recent agreements reached by participants in the Linked Systems Project Policy Group on standards of bibliographic networks. The first applications planned in intersystem search capabilities are described, and cost considerations, international standards, and possible future developments in linking bibliographic networks are discussed. (EM)
Descriptors: Bibliographic Utilities, Cost Estimates, Interlibrary Loans, Library Cooperation
The Microcomputer Revolution.
Fosdick, Howard – Library Journal, 1980
Examines the development of the microcomputer and focuses on its potential for library automation. The characteristics of microcomputers and minicomputers are contrasted and a selected annotated bibliography includes a list of specialty magazines on microcomputers. (RAA)
Descriptors: Library Automation, Library Circulation, Library Networks, Library Technical Processes
Research Libraries Enter the Information Age: The 1979 Richard Rogers Bowker Memorial Lecture.
De Gennaro, Richard – Library Journal, 1979
Discusses strategies for research libraries to meet current demands and limitations through networks and resource sharing. Explored in terms of their importance to research library development are OCLC, the Research Libraries Group and their networks, the concept of a central resources pool, and the impact of the information industry. (SW)
Descriptors: Information Needs, Library Cooperation, Library Networks, Library Role
Library Automation and Networking: Perspectives on Three Decades.
De Gennaro, Richard – Library Journal, 1983
Presents overview of three decades of library automation: the 1960s, dominated by primitive local systems; the 1970s, dominated by large multitype and multipurpose networks; and the 1980s, which will be dominated by a return to local systems. Bibliographic utilities and library networks and cooperation are noted. Twenty-one references are listed.…
Descriptors: Decentralization, Information Systems, Library Automation, Library Cooperation
Technology and the Modern Library.
Boss, Richard W. – Library Journal, 1984
Overview of the impact of information technology on libraries highlights turnkey vendors, bibliographic utilities, commercial suppliers of records, state and regional networks, computer-to-computer linkages, remote database searching, terminals and microcomputers, building local databases, delivery of information, digital telefacsimile,…
Descriptors: Databases, Display Systems, Information Networks, Information Retrieval
Books into Bytes.
Hoffert, Barbara – Library Journal, 1992
Discusses current technology for electronic publishing, including various options in desktop-based, television-based, and portable platforms, and describes the capabilities of CD-I (compact disk-interactive). Future directions for electronic publishing in the areas of networking, potential for creativity in producing multimedia versions of titles,…
Descriptors: Computer Networks, Computer Peripherals, Electronic Publishing, Futures (of Society)