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Open Systems: A Second Opinion.

Rice, James – American Libraries, 1987

Describes the advantages of the development of open systems, i.e., a configuration which combines software and hardware from separate vendors into a single system, as a means of increasing the possible applications of library automation. (CLB)

Descriptors: Bibliographic Utilities, Computer Networks, Electronic Equipment, Library Automation

Libraries as Life-Systems: Information, Entropy, and Coevolution on Campus.

Peer reviewed

Weiskel, Timothy C. – College and Research Libraries, 1986

New technologies for generating, storing, and transmitting information will radically change information flow on college campuses and in society at large. University librarians will need to design environments for storing and retrieving these new types of information that will continue to nurture the life of the mind and support scholarship.…

Descriptors: Academic Libraries, Access to Information, Computer Networks, Costs