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Peer reviewedSokvitne, Lloyd – Australian Library Journal, 2002
Assesses the changing nature of information and user needs in the modern electronic networked environment. Suggests that library services must adapt to these changes and develop appropriate new services, and describes examples of such services that were developed by the State Library of Tasmania. (Author/LRW)
Descriptors: Computer Networks, Electronic Libraries, Foreign Countries, Library Services
Brownrigg, Edwin – Proceedings of the ASIS Mid-Year Meeting, 1992
Provides background on the California State Library Packet Radio project, which will use packet radios to deploy a wireless, high-speed, wide-area network of 600 nodes, including 100 libraries, in the San Francisco Bay Area. Project goals and objectives, plan of operation, equipment, and evaluation plans are summarized. (MES)
Descriptors: Access to Information, Computer Networks, Futures (of Society), Information Networks
Ryan, George H.; Lamont, Bridget L. – Illinois Libraries, 1996
This annual report includes the Illinois State Library Mission and guiding principles for Illinois libraries; reading and literacy initiatives; library system developments; expanded access to timely information, including networks; governmental library services; special publications; and the budget. (LRW)
Descriptors: Access to Information, Annual Reports, Budgets, Computer Networks
Flanders, Bruce L. – Online, 1991
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…
Descriptors: Computer Networks, Computer Software, Costs, Electronic Mail
Peer reviewedYavarkovsky, Jerome – Journal of Library Administration, 1993
Describes the New York State Library's planning process and visions for its future in networked services. Topics discussed include roles for the library in a networked environment; leadership in networked services and training; network navigation; organizational response; services to state agencies and local government; and public kiosk services.…
Descriptors: Computer Networks, Futures (of Society), Information Networks, Leadership
Peer reviewedByerly, Greg – Library Hi Tech, 1996
Describes the development, current status, and future goals and plans of library and information networks in Ohio. Highlights include OCLC; OhioLINK, incorporating state-assisted universities, two-year colleges, the state library, and private university libraries; a school library network; a public library information network; a telecommunications…
Descriptors: Academic Libraries, Computer Networks, Elementary Secondary Education, Futures (of Society)
Peer reviewedCorbett, John, Ed. – Library Hi Tech, 1996
Presents an overview of past, present, and future activities involving automation and networking in Oklahoma libraries. Topics include a library technology network concerned with equitable library service; a union list of CD-ROM library holdings; telecommunications infrastructure; telephone charges and Internet access; upgrades of rural library…
Descriptors: Computer Networks, Full Text Databases, Futures (of Society), Internet
Peer reviewedThompson, Ronelle, Ed. – Library Hi Tech, 1996
Discusses multitype library cooperation in South Dakota, including a statewide automated network that supports library operations and contains periodical indexes; state library activities that include providing service to rural libraries via the Internet as well as library staff training; and school library projects. (LRW)
Descriptors: Computer Networks, Elementary Secondary Education, Indexes, Information Services
Peer reviewedKohl, David F. – RSR: Reference Services Review, 1994
Describes OhioLINK, a statewide academic library automation project being developed for state colleges, selected private universities, and the state library. Topics addressed include cost savings; centralized funding; vendor selection; bibliographic and circulation information; commercial databases; cooperation between vendors and librarians; and…
Descriptors: Academic Libraries, Bibliographic Records, Computer Networks, Cooperative Programs
