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Gorman, Michael – American Libraries, 1981
Predicts that library cooperation, in its developed form, will involve state or regional electronic libraries having the following minimum components: (1) a short record automated system which will record the holdings of each member library, (2) an efficient document delivery system, and (3) a complete bibliographic system. (LLS)
Descriptors: Electronic Libraries, Futures (of Society), Library Cooperation, Online Systems
Westwood, Karen – American Libraries, 1997
Discussion of the use of interactive television highlights a program by the Minnesota State Law Library that provides reference services to prison inmates. Time, cost, and quality of reference services are considered versus on-site visits; technical difficulties are discussed; and a sidebar describes two other library experiments with interactive…
Descriptors: Correctional Institutions, Cost Effectiveness, Interactive Television, Law Libraries