Networks, open access, and virtual libraries : implications for the research library

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by  Clinic on Library Applications of Data Processing (28th : 1991 : University of Illinois at Urbana-Champaign)

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Networks, Open Access,
and Virtual Libraries:
Implications for the
Research
Library
Papers presented at the 1991 Clinic on Library Applications
of Data Processing, April 7-9, 1991
Sponsored by
Graduate School of Library and Information Science
University of Illinois at Urbana-Champaign
and
Committee on Institutional Cooperation
Clinic on Library Applications
of Data Processing: 1991
Networks, Open Access,
and Virtual Libraries:
Implications for the
Research
Library
Edited by
BRETT SUTTON
and
CHARLES H. DAVIS
Graduate School of Library and Information Science
University of Illinois at Urbana-Champaign
1992 byThe BoardofTrustees of the University ofIllinois
ISBN 0-87845-087-4 ISSN 0069-4789
Printed in the United States of America
on acid-free paper
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CONTENTS
Introduction 1
Brett Sutton
Networked Information: A Revolution in Progress 12
Clifford A. Lynch
Networked Information Resources and Services:
Next Steps on the Road to the Distributed Digital
Libraries of the Twenty-first Century 40
Paul Evan Peters
Defining "It": NREN's Opportunities for Librarians 61
Susan K. Martin
Keeping the Window of Opportunity Open for the
Private Sector 74
James E. Rush
The Use and Effect of Multimedia Digital Libraries
in a National Network 84
Charles E. Catlett
Jeffrey A. Terstriep
Networking Applications for Research Libraries 99
M. E. L. Jacob
The Changing Economics of Research Libraries 104
Martin Runkle
The Real Costs and Financial Challenges of Library
Networking: Part 1 118
Kenneth R. R. Gros Louis
The Real Costs and Financial Challenges of Library
Networking: Part 2 123
Thomas W. Shaughnessy
Contents (Cont.)
The Real Costs and Financial Challenges of Library
Networking: Part 3 128
William Studer
J.
DRANET: An Information Network 132
Carl R. Grant
Libraries and Networked Information Systems:
Selected Bibliography 137
Brett Sutton
Contributors 141
Index . . 145