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Technology, networking, and the expanding information marketplace represent a combination of factors affecting libraries and those who make administrative decisions about libraries. Networking facilities have already caused managers to make new policies on inter-library lending and reciprocal borrowing arrangements whilst it is anticipated that aspects of service delivery will change in the near future. This book explores the basic aspects of library networking. ...
Libraries are in the business of providing the deepest and the widest possible access to their collections. As we add to and develop those collections, we also respond to the need to provide more access and gain more use. We make the collection accessible, in form and in content, through the library's bibliographic access system: the organized collection and the means of access to the collection acting together as an integrated whole. The catalogue is the single ...
Digital libraries are a set of electronic resources and associated technical capabilities for creating, searching, and using information. Almost all digital libraries are made up of a number of virtual elements including the internet and intranets; integrated access to information; digitization of materials; access to electronic publication; electronic document delivery; resource sharing; cooperative developments; and, end-user services. A digital library that ...