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Bolles, Charles – Library Hi Tech, 1996
Provides an overview of the development of cooperative library automation and connectivity in Idaho, including telecommunications capacity, library networks, the Internet, and the role of the state library. Information on six shared automation systems in Idaho is included. (LRW)
Descriptors: Internet, Library Automation, Library Cooperation, Library Networks

Tracy, Janet; DeJohn, William – Library Hi Tech, 1983
Describes two projects that tested use of digital facsimile technology for interlibrary communication. Columbia Law School/New York University Law School study emphasized equipment selection criteria (copy quality, compatibility, ease of operation, operation and costs). Pacific Northwest Library Facsimile Network project focused on operational…
Descriptors: College Libraries, Costs, Electronic Equipment, Facsimile Transmission

Wilkins, Barratt, Ed. – Library Hi Tech, 1996
Explains the development of library networks in Florida and the role of the state library. Topics include regional multitype library consortia; a statewide bibliographic database; interlibrary loan; Internet access in public libraries; government information, including remote public access; automation projects; telecommunications; and free-nets.…
Descriptors: Bibliographic Databases, Computer Mediated Communication, Consortia, Interlibrary Loans

Umberger, Sheila S. – Library Hi Tech, 1996
Describes Virginia's statewide and community electronic resource access projects, including the Blacksburg Electronic Village, connected with Virginia Tech and the Internet; a public education network; a consortium of college and university libraries; the state library's digital initiative; and a cooperative library network. (LRW)
Descriptors: Academic Libraries, Access to Information, Consortia, Electronic Libraries

Maul, Helen Meadors – Library Hi Tech, 1996
Describes the development of library technology and the need for telecommunications in a state with a lack of population density. Topics include the state library's role; shared library resources and library networks; government information; the Wyoming State Home Page on the World Wide Web; Ariel software; network coordinating; and central…
Descriptors: Computer Software, Information Technology, Library Acquisition, Library Automation

Coco, Carolyn, Ed. – Library Hi Tech, 1996
This summary of library initiatives in Louisiana relating to information technology describes academic library initiatives; multitype library initiatives, including library networks that provide access to the Internet; the state library and public library initiatives, including interlibrary loan services; school library initiatives; and state…
Descriptors: Academic Libraries, Elementary Secondary Education, Higher Education, Information Technology

Corbett, John, Ed. – Library Hi Tech, 1996
Presents an overview of past, present, and future activities involving automation and networking in Oklahoma libraries. Topics include a library technology network concerned with equitable library service; a union list of CD-ROM library holdings; telecommunications infrastructure; telephone charges and Internet access; upgrades of rural library…
Descriptors: Computer Networks, Full Text Databases, Futures (of Society), Internet

Akeroyd, Richard G. – Library Hi Tech, 1996
Describes the Connecticut Library Network, which was created through state legislation to expand the state library's existing database; to link all school, public, and academic libraries and municipal government offices; and to make the state library's information resources widely accessible. Public library Internet access, National Information…
Descriptors: Academic Libraries, Access to Information, City Government, Databases

Thompson, Ronelle, Ed. – Library Hi Tech, 1996
Discusses multitype library cooperation in South Dakota, including a statewide automated network that supports library operations and contains periodical indexes; state library activities that include providing service to rural libraries via the Internet as well as library staff training; and school library projects. (LRW)
Descriptors: Computer Networks, Elementary Secondary Education, Indexes, Information Services

Boss, Richard W.; Espo, Hal – Library Hi Tech, 1987
The recent history of facsimile use in libraries is described, including detailed reports of its use and usefulness at specific libraries. Three major issues to be addressed in deciding to adopt telefacsimile for document delivery (need, copy quality, and cost) are explored. (Author/CLB)
Descriptors: Academic Libraries, Cost Effectiveness, Delivery Systems, Electronic Equipment

Baker, Thomas – Library Hi Tech, 1996
Discusses German libraries' access to the Internet and World Wide Web, and reviews German library development and organization. Topics include state libraries; research library networks; national scientific service organizations that provide specialized information services; funding; standards; online catalog software; document delivery and…
Descriptors: Computer Software, Document Delivery, Foreign Countries, Futures (of Society)

Christian, Elaine J., Ed. – Library Hi Tech, 1996
Describes statewide information automation and connectivity efforts in North Carolina. Highlights include Triangle Research Libraries Network Document Delivery System; cooperative networking projects; public library connectivity to the state library; rural access projects; community college automation; K-12 technology plans; electronic government…
Descriptors: Access to Information, Community Colleges, Document Delivery, Educational Technology