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Turner, Fay – Canadian Library Journal, 1990
Describes an international interlibrary loan (ILL) protocol that was developed by the National Library of Canada to permit the exchange of ILL messages between bibliographic institutions that use different computers, systems, and communications services. Standardization is discussed, protocol testing is described, and international ILL protocol…
Descriptors: Computer Networks, Computer Software, Foreign Countries, Interlibrary Loans
Ritchie, David G. – Computers in Libraries, 1997
Describes a project at SUNY (State University of New York) colleges that was designed to deliver wide area network access to CD-ROM-mounted databases to share library resources. Discusses the need for unsaturated telecommunications lines of sufficient bandwidth; CD-ROM applications software; and stable, proven network software. (LRW)
Descriptors: Computer Networks, Computer Software, Databases, Design Requirements

McGlamery, Susan; Coffman, Steve – Reference & User Services Quarterly, 2000
Explores the possibility of using Web contact center software to offer reference assistance to remote users. Discusses a project by the Metropolitan Cooperative Library System/Santiago Library System consortium to test contact center software and to develop a virtual reference network. (Author/LRW)
Descriptors: Computer Networks, Computer Software, Consortia, Electronic Libraries

Sugnet, Chris, Ed. – Library Hi Tech, 1989
Explores the future of library automation from the perspective of online vendors. The discussions cover CD-ROM, online catalog, and gateway technologies, together with such issues as standards, cooperation, and cost effectiveness. The emphasis is on problems that must be conquered if these technologies are to reach their potential. (CLB)
Descriptors: Computer Networks, Computer Software, Cost Effectiveness, Expert Systems
Maine Univ., Orono. Raymond H. Fogler Library. – 1991
The libraries of the University of Maine System, Bates, Bowdoin, and Colby Colleges have installed integrated systems which are being linked electronically and are designed to promote the maximum sharing of library resources, thereby significantly enhancing the teaching and research capabilities of each institution. The institutions propose to…
Descriptors: Academic Libraries, Access to Information, Computer Networks, Computer Software
Lopez de Prado, Rosario – 1996
This paper describes the creation of an automated network of museum libraries in Spain. The only way in which the specialized libraries in the world today can continue to be active and to offer valid information is to automate the service they offer, and create network libraries with cooperative plans. The network can be configured with different…
Descriptors: Access to Information, Computer Networks, Computer Software, Electronic Libraries
Woodsworth, Anne – Academic Computing, 1990
Discussion of electronic library services and information and resource sharing highlights cooperative ventures between Carnegie Mellon University, the University of Pittsburgh, and the Carnegie Library of Pittsburgh. Computer networks are described, online catalogs are explained, hardware and software are discussed, and future possibilities are…
Descriptors: Academic Libraries, Computer Networks, Computer Software, Databases