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Building a Nationwide Bibliographic Database: The Role of Local Shared Automated Systems.
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Wetherbee, Louella V. – Resource Sharing and Information Networks, 1992
Discusses the actual and potential impact of local shared automated library systems on the development of a comprehensive nationwide bibliographic database (NBD). Shared local automated systems are described; four local shared automated system models are compared; and the current interface between local shared automated library systems and the NBD…
Descriptors: Bibliographic Databases, Comparative Analysis, Library Automation, Library Networks
Resource Sharing and System Interconnection.
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Sloan, Bernard G. – Resource Sharing and Information Networks, 1992
Describes ILLINET Online, a resource sharing network for the state of Illinois. The constituency of the network, recent usage statistics relating to interlibrary loan requests, and the development of recent technological changes involving standards for networks are discussed; and future plans are outlined. (LRW)
Descriptors: Futures (of Society), Interlibrary Loans, Library Networks, Library Standards
Technology-Driven Resource Sharing: A View of the Future.
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Rush, James E. – Resource Sharing and Information Networks, 1992
Discusses the need for resource sharing among libraries to go beyond traditional interlibrary loans. Topics addressed include resource sharing via circulation; a new publishing model; shared cataloging, acquisitions, serials control, management, personnel and expertise, and facilities; paying for services; and the role of networks. (LRW)
Descriptors: Cataloging, Electronic Publishing, Futures (of Society), Integrated Library Systems