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Peer reviewedMasuda, Yoneji – Electronic Library, 1983
Considers three-dimensional impact of future information society on libraries--diffusion of information technology (library automation, electronic bibliographic control, remote access to library); transformation of societal systems (appearance of information literacy educational system, intelligence infrastructure); and changing human needs (goal…
Descriptors: Futures (of Society), Information Needs, Information Networks, Library Automation
Peer reviewedDiebler, Mary – Electronic Library, 1984
Briefly describes various types of telecommunication technologies--cable communications (video and nonvideo uses), instructional television fixed service (provides video programing within a 50-mile radius), satellite communications (links in providing nationwide communications)--and explores their applications in libraries. Libraries and…
Descriptors: Cable Television, Communications Satellites, Educational Television, Futures (of Society)
Peer reviewedLanoue, Margaret – Electronic Library, 1994
Describes the development of the French Minitel videotex system and reports results of a survey of Internet users regarding the use of Minitel. Telecommunications and government involvement are discussed; business, political, cultural, and sociological perspectives are considered; Minitel use in libraries is reviewed; and expansion in the United…
Descriptors: Foreign Countries, Government Role, Information Networks, Library Role
Peer reviewedPrice, Sandra P.; And Others – Electronic Library, 1996
Outlines the Follet Report, the United Kingdom's Electronic Libraries Programme, and the Focused Investigation of Document Delivery project, and describes document delivery research projects in the areas of resource sharing, network communication, scanning, and electronic delivery systems. Suggests that librarians reassess their roles, and calls…
Descriptors: Delivery Systems, Document Delivery, Electronic Libraries, Foreign Countries
Peer reviewedDempsey, Lorcan – Electronic Library, 1999
Focuses on the development of libraries and other information institutions in a new network space created by flows of data. Discusses the active user; the need for integration; rising level of infrastructure; shared activity; new divisions of labor; managing data flows; and rights and sale. (AEF)
Descriptors: Computer Mediated Communication, Computer Networks, Information Industry, Information Networks
Peer reviewedBuxton, Andrew – Electronic Library, 1988
Describes Janet (the Joint Academic Network), a wide area network linking computers and users in the British academic community. Topics discussed include interactive working; file transfer; electronic mail; job transfer; and online access to library catalogs, bibliographic and numeric databases, and commercial online hosts in Great Britain or…
Descriptors: Bibliographic Databases, Bulletin Boards, Developed Nations, Electronic Mail
Peer reviewedHeijne, Maria – Electronic Library, 1992
Describes the activities of SURFnet BV, a research network that provides information and communication services in higher education and scientific or industrial research in The Netherlands. Topics discussed include standardization; user services, including electronic mail; costs of using SURFnet; user support services; and the role of libraries in…
Descriptors: Computer Networks, Costs, Databases, Electronic Mail
