Peer reviewedERIC Number: EJ478037
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Publication Date: 1994
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The Machine Readable Data Center: A Model Approach to Data Services in Academic Research Libraries.
Treadwell, Wendy; Cogswell, James A.
Library Hi Tech, v12 n1 p87-92 1994
Presents a model approach to data services in academic research libraries through the Machine Readable Data Center, an information center established at the University of Minnesota to facilitate end-user access to government data files such as the Census. Organizational issues, service issues, and collections issues are addressed; and future plans are discussed. (LRW)
Descriptors: Academic Libraries, Access to Information, Census Figures, Computer Networks, Databases, Futures (of Society), Government Publications, Grants, Higher Education, Information Centers, Information Services, Library Collection Development, Models, Research Libraries, User Needs (Information)
Publication Type: Opinion Papers; Reports - Descriptive; Journal Articles
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Language: English
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