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Breeding, Marshall – Computers in Libraries, 2008
The author has been extremely fortunate over the last few years to have had the opportunity to travel to many different parts of the world and speak and work with librarians in many countries and to have the chance to see first-hand some incredible libraries that demonstrate creative approaches to library services, innovative uses of technology,…
Descriptors: Global Approach, Libraries, Library Automation, Library Services
National Libraries Project on CD-ROM.
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Smith, Robert – Electronic Library, 1990
Describes cooperative project between the national libraries of the United Kingdom, France, West Germany, the Netherlands, Denmark, Portugal, and Italy that is working toward shared bibliographic data on CD-ROM. MARC conversion is discussed, problems with multilingual interfaces and linking CD-ROM to local library systems are addressed, and…
Descriptors: Bibliographic Records, Cataloging, Cooperative Programs, Foreign Countries
A Digital Library in the Mid-Nineties, Ahead or On Schedule?
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Dijkstra, Joost – Information Services & Use, 1994
Discussion of the future possibilities of digital library systems highlights digital projects developed at Tilburg University (Netherlands). Topics addressed include online access to databases; electronic document delivery; agreements between libraries and Elsevier Science publishers to provide journal articles; full text document delivery; and…
Descriptors: Copyrights, Databases, Electronic Libraries, Foreign Countries
The TESTLAB Project--Testing Systems Using Telematics for Library Access for Blind and Visually Handicapped Readers.
Deines-Jones, Courtney – Library Hi Tech News, 1998
Provides an overview of TESTLAB, a cooperative project of libraries in Austria, Ireland, the Netherlands, and the United Kingdom that addresses improved library access for visually impaired users. A sampling of TESTLAB projects is presented, and a TESTLAB survey on electronic service provision is described. Future efforts and implications are…
Descriptors: Access to Information, Blindness, Document Delivery, Foreign Countries
Information Technology Section. Management and Technology Division. Papers.
International Federation of Library Associations, The Hague (Netherlands). – 1982
Papers on library and information networks which were presented at the 1982 International Federation of Library Associations (IFLA) conference include: (1) "Introduction to the Open and Closed Networking Concepts" by R. M. Bennett (Canada), which differentiates between space-biased and time-biased communications media, relates these…
Descriptors: Cataloging, Foreign Countries, Information Networks, Interlibrary Loans
IFLA General Conference, 1985. Collection and Services Division. Section: Interlending and Document Delivery. The Online System of Union Catalogues and Interlibrary Loan ('NCC/IBL') in the Netherlands.
Willemsen, Arie W. – 1985
This paper describes the interlending system in the Netherlands and examines the country's union catalogs, the main instrument in the interlending procedure. An overview of the integrated interlending system is provided; the union catalogs of the Royal Library in The Hague, the Technical University Library at Delft, and the library of the…
Descriptors: Developed Nations, Foreign Countries, Information Systems, Interlibrary Loans
IFLA General Conference, 1985. Division on Collections and Services. Section on Interlending and Document Delivery. Papers.
International Federation of Library Associations, The Hague (Netherlands). – 1985
Papers on interlibrary loans and document delivery which were presented at the 1985 International Federation of Library Associations (IFLA) conference include: (1) "The Activities of the IFLA Office for International Lending" (Richard J. Bennett, British Library Lending Division, United Kingdom); (2) "Electronic Networking for…
Descriptors: Foreign Countries, Information Systems, Interlibrary Loans, International Organizations
Are We Ready for the Virtual Library? Technology Push, Market Pull and Organisational Response.
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Gilbert, J. D. – Information Services and Use, 1993
Discusses virtual libraries, i.e., library services available to users via personal computers; considers the issues of technological development, user demands, and organizational response; and describes progress toward virtual libraries in the Netherlands, including networks, online systems, navigation tools, subject classification, coordination…
Descriptors: Classification, Computer Networks, Costs, Foreign Countries
XML in Libraries.
Tennant, Roy, Ed. – 2002
This book presents examples of how libraries are using XML (eXtensible Markup Language) to solve problems, expand services, and improve systems. Part I contains papers on using XML in library catalog records: "Updating MARC Records with XMLMARC" (Kevin S. Clarke, Stanford University) and "Searching and Retrieving XML Records via the…
Descriptors: Academic Libraries, Bibliographic Records, Databases, Electronic Libraries
Pica and the Academic Libraries in the Netherlands.
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Oosterop, Danielle – Library Hi Tech, 1996
Describes Pica, an organization in the Netherlands which evolved from the Project for Integrated Catalogue Automation that includes the National Library and all university libraries. Topics include the organizational structure, the shared online cataloging system, interlibrary loan, library networks and database access, and electronic document…
Descriptors: Academic Libraries, Access to Information, Databases, Document Delivery