World libraries on the information superhighway [electronic resource] : preparing for the challenges of the new millennium / [edited by] Patricia Diamond Fletcher, John Carlo Bertot.

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Publication details: Hershey, Pa. : IGI Global (701 E. Chocolate Avenue, Hershey, Pennsylvania, 17033, USA), c2000.Description: electronic texts (313 p. : ill.) : digital filesISBN:

9781930708792 (ebook)

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Z674.75.I58 W67 2000e

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1. Libraries and the internet / Patricia Fletcher -- 2. Building national collections of internet publications / Jasmine Cameron, Margaret Phillips -- 3. Connectivity, content and collaboration / Susan Haigh -- 4. Deposit collections of digital publications / Jose Borbinha, Fernanda Campos, Fernando Cardoso -- 5. National library of Korea / Ook Lee -- 6. Trends in web-based services in academic libraries / Lynn Fountain -- 7. Impact of the internet on Malaysian libraries / Diljit Singh -- 8. The University of Queensland Cybrary / Janine Schmidt, Jennifer Croud, Deborah Turnbull -- 9. Towards the people's network / Helen Baigent, Chris Moore -- 10. Providing multilingual internet services in the global information environment / Xuemao Wang, Malabika Das, Maria Sunio, Andrew Schlein -- 11. An analysis of using expert systems and intelligent agents for the virtual library project at the Naval Surface Warfare Center-Carderock Division / Jay Liebowitz, Monica Adya -- 12. Librarians as info architects / Paula Wolfe, Lori Olson -- 13. Subject access to quality-assured world wide web resources / Robert Newton, David Dixon -- 14. Progress and prospects for Estonian libraries / Sirje Virkus -- 15. The growing support crisis in federal STI / R. Lankes -- 16. Remote access / Lueinda Zoe -- 17. Libraries on the information highway / John Bertot.

Abstract: This book explores issues of Internet-based services in libraries and provides practitioners and educators with examples of libraries that have achieved success in this important emerging information area.

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This book explores issues of Internet-based services in libraries and provides practitioners and educators with examples of libraries that have achieved success in this important emerging information area.

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