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Peer reviewedBoyce, Grace; Carr, Diane – Inquiry, 1997
Reviews the resources available through the Virtual Library of Virginia (VIVA) Web site, a consortium of the libraries of the 39 state-assisted colleges and universities in the Commonwealth of Virginia. States that VIVA provides, in an equitable, cooperative, and cost-effective manner, enhanced access to library and information for these higher…
Descriptors: Consortia, Educational Media, Electronic Libraries, Higher Education
Peer reviewedScheid, Barbara L.; And Others – Information Technology and Libraries, 1992
Includes seven articles that report on the 1991 library director's conference sponsored by VTLS Inc. Highlights include linking multimedia digital libraries; NREN (National Research and Education Network) and CNI (Coalition for Networked Information); the role of NCLIS (National Commission on Libraries and Information Sciences): library…
Descriptors: Computer Networks, Conferences, Copyrights, Electronic Libraries
Garrett, John R. – EDUCOM Review, 1993
Describes the technical, economic, social, and cultural challenges to building a national digital library system. Selecting and filtering information, building and scaling distributed digital library networks, invoicing, payment, authorizing access, the locus of planning leadership, and the information poor are discussed. (Contains three…
Descriptors: Access to Information, Costs, Economic Factors, Electronic Libraries
Kibbey, Mark; Evans, Nancy H. – EDUCOM Review, 1989
Discussion of electronic libraries and networks as foundations for the delivery of information services highlights Project Mercury at Carnegie-Mellon University. Topics discussed include ease of use; standards for documentation representation and exchange, information retrieval, communication and networking, and computer display interfaces;…
Descriptors: Academic Libraries, Computer Networks, Documentation, Electronic Libraries
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This submission represents the views of a newly formed organisation known as Public Libraries Australia. Formed to aggregate the political, service and infrastructure capacity of Australia's 1510 (ABS June 2000) public libraries, Public Libraries Australia will support and represent public libraries on a national basis. Networked across Australia…
Descriptors: Public Libraries, Foreign Countries, Library Associations, Library Role
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
Woodsworth, Anne – Academic Computing, 1990
Discussion of electronic library services and information and resource sharing highlights cooperative ventures between Carnegie Mellon University, the University of Pittsburgh, and the Carnegie Library of Pittsburgh. Computer networks are described, online catalogs are explained, hardware and software are discussed, and future possibilities are…
Descriptors: Academic Libraries, Computer Networks, Computer Software, Databases
Peer reviewedSwan, John; And Others – Reference Librarian, 1992
Three articles discuss the issue of the mediator's role in the library of the electronic age. Topics addressed include computer-assisted instruction; online catalogs; computer networks; professional identity; reference service and bibliographic instruction; CD-ROMs; online systems; personal home microcomputers; Internet and list servers;…
Descriptors: Computer Assisted Instruction, Computer Networks, Electronic Libraries, Librarians
Peer reviewedSaunders, Laverna M. – Information Technology and Libraries, 1995
Discusses collection development and acquisitions in virtual, or networked, libraries. Topics include electronic versus digital libraries; philosophical issues of library acquisition; user expectations, including wants and needs; strategic planning, including resource sharing agreements, retrospective conversion, and staff training; collection…
Descriptors: Electronic Libraries, Library Acquisition, Library Collection Development, Library Expenditures
