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Haas, Warren J.; And Others – Library Journal, 1979
Describes the Bibliographic Service Development Program begun in 1978 by the Council on Library Resources. The program's goals include (1) providing effective bibliographic services for all who need them, (2) improving the nature and quality of bibliographic products, and (3) stabilizing the costs of many bibliographic processes in individual…
Descriptors: Cataloging, Library Administration, Library Networks, Library Services

Rastogi, Kunj B. – Journal of the American Society for Information Science, 1980
Considers a study of two models of name/title-derived search keys in a large online library network. Results predicted by the models are compared with results obtained from actual retrieval behavior of keys entered by users of the system. (FM)
Descriptors: Information Retrieval, Information Systems, Library Networks, Models

Gwinn, Nancy; Jones, C. Lee – Journal of Library Automation, 1979
Announces a project for national bibliographic control under the sponsorship of the Council on Library Resources. Areas explored will be the possibility of linking various bibliographic utilities and networks, cooperative planning, review of the Library of Congress' Network Development Office project as a potential nationwide database, and the…
Descriptors: Cataloging, Cooperative Planning, Databases, Library Networks

Bertot, John Carlo; McClure, Charles R.; Ryan, Joe – Public Libraries, 2002
Describes external sources of funding for public libraries to establish and maintain their technology infrastructure, telecommunications services, and network-based resources and services. Highlights include LSTA (Library Services and Technology Act); the E-rate program; and the Bill and Melissa Gates Foundation U.S. Library Program. (LRW)
Descriptors: Computer Networks, Library Automation, Library Funding, Library Networks

Sugnet, Chris, Ed.; And Others – Library Hi Tech, 1988
Eight articles deal with library networking issues: (1) the library role; (2) development of a real computer network; (3) attitudes toward networks; (4) the emergence of local systems; (5) the Western Library Network; (6) the Cooperative Library Agency for Systems and Services; (7) the future of OCLC; and (8) building a unified information…
Descriptors: Bibliographic Utilities, Futures (of Society), Library Automation, Library Networks

Richards, David; Lerche, Carol – Library Hi Tech, 1989
Discusses current RLIN (Research Libraries Information Network) communications technology and motivations for change. Goals, topology, hardware, software, and protocol, terminal wiring, and deployment are considered. Sidebars provide a diagram of the current RLIN communications technology and describe the integrated RLIN network. (one reference)…
Descriptors: Computer Software, Higher Education, Information Technology, Library Networks
Flanders, Bruce – American Libraries, 1991
Discusses issues involved in the creation of the National Research and Education Network (NREN). Telecommunications technology is described; support from industry and libraries is discussed; and problems with NREN are raised, including equal access to computerized information, privacy issues, and protection of First Amendment rights. (LRW)
Descriptors: Access to Information, Computer Networks, Library Networks, Privacy

Lester, Dan – Library Computing, 1999
An experienced library technology manager relates what happened in the wake of a serious library computer virus attack, which he accidentally unleashed. The narrative describes the combination of coincidences, mistakes, assumptions, and delays that caused the incident, and outlines the 10 key lessons learned. (AEF)
Descriptors: Computer Security, Electronic Mail, Library Equipment, Library Networks
Colwell, Chetz; Jelfs, Anne; Mallett, Elizabeth – Learning, Media & Technology, 2005
This paper reports the findings from an observational study of a digital video library system, DiVA, involving deaf students and students with other medical conditions affecting their use of video material. The Digital Video Applications (DiVA) system supports searching for and playing educational videos, and displays transcripts of the audio…
Descriptors: Educational Technology, Disability Discrimination, Deafness, Disabilities
Dawson, Jennifer – Computers in Libraries, 2004
Employees of a West Virginia library system were tired of intervening in frequent patron fights over the public access PCs. In this article, the author discusses how the implementation of time-control software for an automated session reservation/management service reduced the conflict. A team was assigned to investigate PC management software.…
Descriptors: Computer Software, Computers, Library Networks, Libraries
Primich, Tracy; Richardson, Caroline – Acquisitions Librarian, 2006
The Integrated Library System remains a true innovation that forms the baseline of service provided by the contemporary library. The purpose of this paper is to take a moment and reflect upon this innovation, and also to comment about ways to boost and revive innovative endeavors that can further develop the ILS. (Contains 1 table.)
Descriptors: Innovation, Academic Libraries, Library Networks, Online Catalogs
Oliver, Kevin; Moore, John – Journal of Computing in Higher Education, 2008
A gap analysis of web tools in Engineering was undertaken as one part of the Digital Library Network for Engineering and Technology (DLNET) grant funded by NSF (DUE-0085849). DLNET represents a Web portal and an online review process to archive quality knowledge objects in Engineering and Technology disciplines. The gap analysis coincided with the…
Descriptors: Delphi Technique, Educational Technology, Library Networks, Engineering Education
Godbee, Sara; de Jong, Mark – Journal of Access Services, 2007
The University of Maryland University College (UMUC) serves a dispersed patron base, and its library has developed, over time, a circulation system for distributing physical research materials to its patrons throughout the United States. This article discusses the development of this system and its associated interface/database management system…
Descriptors: Distance Education, Programming, Internet, Database Management Systems
Crooks, Joyce – Library Journal, 1976
The civil liberties issues involved in the keeping of public records certainly arose prior to the use of computers, but automated information systems have, beyond any question, aggravated those issues involved in all areas of application and have made the need for legal protection crucial, if we are not to see a synergistic development of national…
Descriptors: Civil Liberties, Computers, Confidentiality, Databases

Parker, Thomas F. – College and Research Libraries, 1975
Several models and methods applicable to university library networks are discussed as tools to increase understanding of cause and effect relationships in these complex organizations. Collection of data by unobtrusive measures and display of information by graphic techniques are briefly described. (Author)
Descriptors: Administration, College Libraries, Library Administration, Library Cooperation