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CD-ROM + Fax = Shared Reference Resources.

Fitzwater, Diana; Fradkin, Bernard – American Libraries, 1988

Describes the Reference by GammaFax Project, which joined nine area libraries to provide cooperative reference access to optical disk databases. The configuration of disk players, microcomputers, and facsimile equipment used by the libraries is explained, and the improvements in cost effectiveness, provision of service, and librarian expertise are…

Descriptors: Databases, Facsimile Transmission, Library Networks, Microcomputers

Automated Resource Sharing in Massachusetts: Activities, Functions and Policies Supporting the Long Range Program. Approved by the Board of Library Commissioners.

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Massachusetts Board of Library Commissioners, Boston. – 1987

A revised and updated version of a 1983 automation plan, this report describes the long range program for resource sharing activities by the library network in Massachusetts, a program which is funded in part by the Library Services and Construction Act. The basis of the network--the development, continuation, and linking of machine-readable…

Descriptors: Bibliographic Databases, Interlibrary Loans, Library Automation, Library Cooperation