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Linking: Today's Libraries, Tomorrow's Technologies. Report of the Bibliographic and Communications Network Pilot Project. Canadian Network Papers Number 7 = Le Lien entre les Bibliotheques d'Aujourd'hui et les Technologies de Demain. Rapport du Projet Pilote du Reseau de Services Bibliographiques et de Communications. Documents sur les Reseaux Canadiens Numero 7.
National Library of Canada, Ottawa (Ontario). – 1984
A pilot project was conducted from May 1980 to November 1983 to test the application of iNet--a decentralized, packet-switched telecommunications network--to bibliographic data interchange in Canada. The principal components of the project were participation of the Bibliographic Common Interest Group (BCIP), a group of libraries with stand-alone,…
Descriptors: Foreign Countries, Information Networks, Interlibrary Loans, Library Services
Public/Private Sector Interactions: The Implications for Networking. A Discussion Report Prepared by the Network Advisory Committee.
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Network Planning Paper, 1983
At a 2-day meeting in October 1982, the Library of Congress Network Advisory Committee (NAC) members discussed the complex issues involved in public and private sector interactions and their relationship to networking activities. The report, "Public Sector/Private Sector Interaction in Providing Information Services," prepared by the…
Descriptors: Government Role, Information Networks, Information Services, Interaction
Computer-Assisted Reference Services: What the Computer Will Not Do.
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Kibirige, Harry M. – RQ, 1988
Analyzes computerized reference and information services with respect to problems in the areas of (1) communication barriers between the user and the information specialist; (2) local resources development; (3) external resources policy; (4) search strategy development; and (5) artificial intelligence. (24 references) (Author/MES)
Descriptors: Access to Information, Artificial Intelligence, Interpersonal Communication, Literature Reviews
Use of Ready Reference Searching in Business Reference.
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Belanger, Sandra E.; Emmick, Nancy J. – Journal of Academic Librarianship, 1986
Describes a study undertaken by San Jose State University of business-related ready reference searches done at that library. The results suggest that within certain restrictions of patron questions, librarian training, search cost, and the database, ready reference online searches can be the most cost effective approach to providing business…
Descriptors: Academic Libraries, Business, Cost Effectiveness, Databases
Report of the Study Group on Electronic Access to Information.
Bassett, Robert J.; And Others – 1984
This document reports the findings of a study group charged with reviewing the current and future prospects for database searching and electronic access to information in the Library of the University of Tennessee at Knoxville. Specific points of interest include factors influencing the demand for these services, costs of providing the services,…
Descriptors: Academic Libraries, Databases, Fees, Higher Education
Public Library Automation Report: 1984.
Gotanda, Masae – 1984
Data processing was introduced to public libraries in Hawaii in 1973 with a feasibility study which outlined the candidate areas for automation. Since then, the Office of Library Services has automated the order procedures for one of the largest book processing centers for public libraries in the country; created one of the first COM…
Descriptors: Costs, Data Processing, Library Acquisition, Library Automation