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Peters, Paul Evan – CAUSE/EFFECT, 1991
This article examines the role of advanced networks such as the National Science Foundation Network, with emphasis on their potential in improving information distribution and access in college and university libraries. Questions are posed concerning technical, political, institutional, and human aspects of networked information. (DB)
Descriptors: Academic Libraries, Change Agents, Computer Networks, Futures (of Society)
Lynch, Clifford A. – CAUSE/EFFECT, 1990
This article examines the technical access barriers that inhibit the effective use of the information resources available on higher education networks; the emerging information server technology that promises to alleviate many access problems; and the growing popularity of the Z39.50 protocol, including questions about this information retrieval…
Descriptors: Academic Libraries, Access to Information, Computer Networks, Computer Software