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Peer reviewedBurke, Colin – Information Processing & Management, 1996
Presents a history of Project INTREX, a mid-1960s project sponsored by the Council on Library Resources and hosted by the Massachusetts Institute of Technology. The project's goal was to lay the foundation for research libraries of the 1970s and beyond. Findings show that INTREX failed because of inadequate funding and slow technological…
Descriptors: Economic Factors, Financial Support, History, Information Technology
Peer reviewedMarchionini, Gary; Fox, Edward A. – Information Processing & Management, 1999
Introduces the nine papers in a special issue focusing on progress toward digital libraries. Articles fall into three categories: history and activities about digital libraries (DL); understanding digital library users; and extending and integrating through digital libraries. (AEF)
Descriptors: Electronic Libraries, Futures (of Society), Information Technology, Library Automation
