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Stearns, Susan – Computers in Libraries, 1996
Gopher and other early implementations of the virtual library are being superseded by the World Wide Web concept of "the global village library." Public libraries are implementing institutional Web pages, patron access to Internetwide e-mail, interagency programs, and Web training. Legislative issues and implications for the future are…
Descriptors: Access to Information, Agency Cooperation, Computer Mediated Communication, Computer Networks

Phillips, Margaret; And Others – inCite, 1996
Includes five articles that focus on the theme of "the future of the book" in Australia. Topics are library acquisitions and the impact of electronic publishing, censorship of networked communications in public libraries, copyright law reform in the digital environment, technology's implications for library facility design, and…
Descriptors: Censorship, Computer Mediated Communication, Computer Networks, Copyrights
Bertot, John Carlo; McClure, Charles R. – 1996
This report describes the results of an assessment of Sailor, Maryland's Online Public Information Network, which provides statewide Internet connection to 100% of Maryland public libraries. The concept of a "statewide networked environment" includes information services, products, hardware and software, telecommunications…
Descriptors: Community, Computer Mediated Communication, Computer Networks, Futures (of Society)
Bertot, John Carlo; McClure, Charles R. – 1996
This compendium is a companion document to the Maryland Sailor Online Public Information Network assessment final report, and contains detailed study findings, study data collection activity write-ups, detailed methodologies, data collection tools, and consultant notes on the uses of the study's data collection instruments. The purpose of the…
Descriptors: Case Studies, Community, Computer Mediated Communication, Computer Networks

Wolfe, Gary D., Ed. – Library Hi Tech, 1996
This overview of information technology in Pennsylvania discusses Internet access in public libraries; technology infrastructure; strategic partnerships; future possibilities; distance learning for small, rural, and/or poor school districts; an electronic communication network; a computer bulletin board for teachers; and a database for school,…
Descriptors: Academic Libraries, Bibliographic Databases, Computer Mediated Communication, Computer Networks