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Borgman, Christine L. – Journal of Documentation, 1996
Reports on a survey of 70 research libraries in Croatia, Czech Republic, Hungary, Poland, Slovakia, and Slovenia. Results show that libraries are rapidly acquiring automated processing systems, CD-ROM databases, and connections to computer networks. Discusses specific data on system implementation and network services by country and by type of…
Descriptors: Computer Networks, Databases, Foreign Countries, Information Services
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Rodger, Elizabeth M. – Journal of Documentation, 1988
Highlights some of the developments in the following areas that have taken place during the period 1977-87 in British university libraries: (1) library resources; (2) automation; (3) collection building; (4) technical services; (5) reader services; (6) management and staffing; and (7) cooperation. (71 references) (MES)
Descriptors: Academic Libraries, Foreign Countries, Higher Education, Library Administration
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Buckland, Michael K. – Journal of Documentation, 1989
Defines and describes three roles of library collections: archival, dispensing, and bibliographic. It is argued that the rise of remotely accessible materials makes possession less important relative to access, has implications for all three roles, and indicates a shift in emphasis away from collection development and conventional catalogs and…
Descriptors: Access to Information, Archives, Bibliographies, Cataloging