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Plotnik, Arthur – American Libraries, 1980
Profiles four major bibliographic utilities: the Research Libraries Information Network (RLIN), the Ohio College Library Center (OCLC), the Washington Library Network (WLN), and the University of Toronto Library Automation Systems (UTLAS). (FM)
Descriptors: Databases, Information Networks, Information Retrieval, Library Networks
Stam, David H.; And Others – American Libraries, 1980
Contains three letters responding to Michael Gorman's column on bibliographic democracy and the major information networks ("Network! Or, I'm Rational as Hell and I'm Not Going to Take It Anymore,""American Libraries," January 1980). (FM)
Descriptors: Democracy, Information Networks, Information Retrieval, Library Networks
Matthews, Joseph R. – American Libraries, 1980
Briefly describes the origin and development of some major online bibliographic utilities, including the Ohio College Library Center (OCLC), the Research Libraries Information Network (RLIN), the University of Toronto Library Automation Systems (UTLAS), and the Washington Library Network (WLN). (FM)
Descriptors: Databases, History, Information Networks, Information Retrieval
Martin, Susan K. – American Libraries, 1980
Presents a series of questions and answers pertaining to the relationship between the Ohio College Library Center (OCLC) and the Research Libraries Group (RLG) and touches on matters of policy and linkages. (FM)
Descriptors: Databases, Information Networks, Information Retrieval, Library Networks
