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BALLOTS: A Second Pioneering On-Line System
American Libraries, 1976
Briefly describes BALLOTS (Bibliographic Automation of Large Library Operations using a Time-sharing System). (PF)
Descriptors: Cataloging, Databases, Library Networks, Library Technical Processes
RLIN, OCLC, WLN, and UTLAS.
Plotnik, Arthur – American Libraries, 1980
Profiles four major bibliographic utilities: the Research Libraries Information Network (RLIN), the Ohio College Library Center (OCLC), the Washington Library Network (WLN), and the University of Toronto Library Automation Systems (UTLAS). (FM)
Descriptors: Databases, Information Networks, Information Retrieval, Library Networks
OCLC for You--and Me?!: A Humanized Anatomy for Beginners
Plotnik, Art – American Libraries, 1976
This simplified description of the Ohio College Library Center (OCLC) includes an interview with OCLC director Fred Kilgour. (PF)
Descriptors: Cataloging, Costs, Databases, Library Networks
Understanding the Utilities.
Matthews, Joseph R. – American Libraries, 1980
Briefly describes the origin and development of some major online bibliographic utilities, including the Ohio College Library Center (OCLC), the Research Libraries Information Network (RLIN), the University of Toronto Library Automation Systems (UTLAS), and the Washington Library Network (WLN). (FM)
Descriptors: Databases, History, Information Networks, Information Retrieval
OCLC and RLG: Living Together.
Martin, Susan K. – American Libraries, 1980
Presents a series of questions and answers pertaining to the relationship between the Ohio College Library Center (OCLC) and the Research Libraries Group (RLG) and touches on matters of policy and linkages. (FM)
Descriptors: Databases, Information Networks, Information Retrieval, Library Networks
CD-ROM + Fax = Shared Reference Resources.
Fitzwater, Diana; Fradkin, Bernard – American Libraries, 1988
Describes the Reference by GammaFax Project, which joined nine area libraries to provide cooperative reference access to optical disk databases. The configuration of disk players, microcomputers, and facsimile equipment used by the libraries is explained, and the improvements in cost effectiveness, provision of service, and librarian expertise are…
Descriptors: Databases, Facsimile Transmission, Library Networks, Microcomputers
News Libraries in Eastern Europe Help a Newly Free Press Find Its Power.
Mower, Joan – American Libraries, 1994
Describes the Freedom Forum International Library Network that has been established in Central and Eastern Europe since 1992 to provide journalists in formerly Communist countries with current, accurate information through print materials, online databases, and CD-ROMs. Plans for future expansion are also discussed. (LRW)
Descriptors: Access to Information, Databases, Futures (of Society), International Programs
The Rise and Fall and Rise of RLG.
Shurkin, Joel – American Libraries, 1982
Recounts the history of the Research Libraries Group (RLG) and Stanford University's involvement in it, with an account of the problems that developed with the system, particularly several computer failures which almost spelled the end of the network. The comments of key figures in the RLG story are included. (JL)
Descriptors: College Libraries, Computer Programs, Databases, Financial Support
Will Optical Discs Be the End of Online Networks?
Epstein, Susan Baerg; And Others – American Libraries, 1987
Seven experts in system planning offer their views on how optical disk systems will affect library participation in online networks, and discuss opportunities presented by these new products. (CLB)
Descriptors: Access to Information, Bibliographic Utilities, Computer Storage Devices, Cost Effectiveness