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Computerisation of Library Operations in Singapore: An Overview.
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Pong, Lai Yeen – International Library Review, 1990
Traces the development of computerization of library operations in Singapore from 1970 to 1989. Highlights include the role of the Ministry of Finance; institutional computerization; consortiums; the Singapore Integrated Library Automation Service (SILAS), a national network whose main function is to provide online shared cataloging; and access to…
Descriptors: Academic Libraries, Cataloging, Computer Networks, Consortia
An Open Forum on the Provision of Electronic Federal Information to Depository Libraries. Report of the Staff of the Joint Committee on Printing to the Chairman of the Joint Committee on Printing. Ninety-Ninth Congress, First Session.
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Joint Committee on Printing, Washington, DC. – 1985
An open forum was held to let concerned parties comment on the report, "Provision of Federal Government Publications in Electronic Format to Depository Libraries," and to solicit suggestions for possible pilot projects that could test the feasibility of the proposal. More than 150 agency representatives, congressional staffers,…
Descriptors: Academic Libraries, Databases, Depository Libraries, Electronic Publishing
Connecticut: The Library Network.
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Akeroyd, Richard G. – Library Hi Tech, 1996
Describes the Connecticut Library Network, which was created through state legislation to expand the state library's existing database; to link all school, public, and academic libraries and municipal government offices; and to make the state library's information resources widely accessible. Public library Internet access, National Information…
Descriptors: Academic Libraries, Access to Information, City Government, Databases