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Peer reviewedMartin, Susan K. – Journal of Library Administration, 1987
Discussion of library networking issues that may be relevant to Japanese and U.S. libraries as they increase their use of central databases and local systems includes the role of the traditional library, distributed systems, linked systems, and the emergence of commercial systems. (Author/CLB)
Descriptors: Access to Information, Developed Nations, Foreign Countries, Interlibrary Loans
Download full textMiyakawa, Takayasu – 1996
This paper outlines the market developments, governmental promotion policies, and efforts by private industries for online database services in Japan since the late 1970s. The combination of these efforts over the years has resulted in an online database service market of US$20 billion annually, of which approximately one third is Western online…
Descriptors: Change, Computer Networks, Database Producers, Databases
