http://hdl.handle.net/2142/1230 28th Clinic on Library Applications of Data Processing (1991). Edited by Brett Sutton and Charles H. Davis. http://hdl.handle.net/2142/1290 Libraries and Networked Information Systems: Selected Bibliography Sutton, Brett This bibliography is intended to suggest background reading on the origins and emerging uses of electronic networks by libraries and higher education. It is not the purpose of this list to provide an exhaustive or comprehensive set of references in so wide-ranging and rapidly evolving a field as networking. The list does not focus, for example, on the technology of networking, local area networks, specific software applications, or the commercial aspects of networking, although all of these subjects are touched on occasionally in the sources cited here. The best source of current information about library networking is the Internet itself. Interested readers with network access who are willing to do some browsing will discover a variety of relevant and continuously updated discussion groups, electronic journals, information servers, and document archives devoted to these topics. Research libraries --United States --Automation Library information networks --United States Bibliography http://hdl.handle.net/2142/1289 DRANET: An Information Network Grant, Carl R. Data Research, a library automation firm, is also a database provider and the implementors and administrators of a nationwide library network called DRANET. Mounted on this network are the Library of Congress machine-readable cataloging (LCMARC) database (some 4 million records), Information Access Co. (IAC) indexes, and other library bibliographic files. LCMARC authority files and full text for selected serials will be added soon. Research libraries --United States --Automation Library information networks --United States http://hdl.handle.net/2142/1288 The Real Costs and Financial Challenges of Library Networking: Part 3 Studer, William J. The development of electronic networks is seen by some as a way to lower the high costs associated with collecting, maintaining, and storing traditional print-based library material. In reality, at least for the near future, libraries will be faced with double costs associated with the storage of dual formats. Additional costs will also result from the need to inform and train potential users. And as users are exposed to a wider variety of relevant materials held at other libraries, interlibrary loan activity will increase with resulting increased costs associated with staff time, computer equipment and support, and network use. Finally, as a result of increased networking, a structure to coordinate resources and access will have to be developed. Research libraries --United States --Automation Library information networks --United States http://hdl.handle.net/2142/1287 The Real Costs and Financial Challenges of Library Networking: Part 2 Shaughnessy, Thomas W. The development of the virtual electronic library and the resulting shift in emphasis from ownership to access raise questions about the responsibility for local collection development. However, access depends on ownership; a network does not create new resources, it facilitates the sharing of existing resources. This sharing has resulted in burdensome levels of interlibrary loan activity. In addition to the financial costs that result from this activity, convenience costs to local users at the lending library and increased preservation costs must be considered. Finally, research libraries will not only be measured by ownership statistics but by access criteria as well, and they will also have to deal with the politics of virtual libraries and networking. Research libraries --United States --Automation Library information networks --United States http://hdl.handle.net/2142/1286 The Real Costs and Financial Challenges of Library Networking: Part 1 Gros Louis, Kenneth R. R. Library networking has created a number of administrative and policy issues. Questions of governance, budgeting, cooperation, and reporting lines must be addressed. In some cases, these issues must be addressed by librarians; in others, by campus administrators. In any event, the importance of the research library must be recognized, and support for the library's priorities must be marshalled. Research libraries --United States --Automation Library information networks --United States http://hdl.handle.net/2142/1285 The Changing Economics of Research Libraries Runkle, Martin This paper discusses, from the viewpoint of a library administrator, the economic and funding problems raised by the involvement of academic libraries in networks. With increased access to electronic information provided by networks, librarians must be involved with planning what will be available on the network. In addition, a structure is needed to facilitate collaboration among various members of the university community to manage the system. Given the development of electronic information technology and libraries' limited financial resources, librarians must budget for expenditures related to providing electronic information as well as expenditures related to providing access to traditional materials. Librarians will have to determine priorities, scrutinize budgets, and consider alternatives for reallocating money. Research libraries --United States --Automation Library information networks --United States http://hdl.handle.net/2142/1284 Networking Applications for Research Libraries Jacob, M.E.L. This panel consisted of four speakers who are involved with a number of different network applications: Steve Cisler of Apple Computer, Clifford A. Lynch of the University of California at Oakland, Ward Shaw of the Colorado Alliance of Research Libraries (CARL), and Bernard G. Sloan of the Illinois Library Computer Systems Office (ILCSO). The panel was chaired by M. E. L. Jacobs and encompasses some eighty-two years of combined networking experience. Research libraries --United States --Automation Library information networks --United States http://hdl.handle.net/2142/1283 The Use and Effect of Multimedia Digital Libraries in a National Network Catlett, Charles E. Terstriep, Jeffrey A. The Internet has supported information archives for some time. These archives have traditionally allowed users to retrieve text and image data as well as software to their own computers for examination. As the Internet grows in scale and in performance and services, more sophisticated information archives and access modes are possible. This paper reviews the growth of the Internet with its current information archive services and proposes methods for providing interactive access to multimedia data. Various information types and their access modes are discussed in terms of their role in defining advanced digital library and network services. A prototype digital library system and user interface developed at the National Center for Supercomputing Applications is examined. Research libraries --United States --Automation Library information networks --United States http://hdl.handle.net/2142/1282 Keeping the Window of Opportunity Open for the Private Sector Rush, James E. If libraries are to grow in the coming years, they must redefine the services offered, the clientele served, and the mechanisms for financing operations. Through existing regional telecommunication networks and the proposed National Research and Education Network (NREN), libraries can de-emphasize physical collections and become virtual libraries, providing global access to information not only to their traditional clientele but to business and industry as well. By serving the private sector, libraries can contribute to the economic growth of society; however, by charging for these information services, they may do so on a profitable basis. PALINET is developing a program that will enable its members to deliver fee-based services to business and industry; this program could serve as a model for services that would be available on a national network. Research libraries --United States --Automation Library information networks --United States http://hdl.handle.net/2142/1281 Defining "It": NREN's Opportunities for Librarians Martin, Susan K. Various aspects of the National Research and Education Network (NREN) are discussed. Legislation currently under consideration is characterized by a focus on the research community to the exclusion of other potential user communities and is also characterized by a low level of federal funding. Librarians have already played a role in changing the focus of the proposed network and need to continue this effort. Other issues discussed include defining when the Internet evolves into the NREN, who will have access to the network, what will be accessible on the network, and who will pay for access to the network. Finally, the role of the librarian in a leadership capacity in the implementation of the network is discussed. Research libraries --United States --Automation Library information networks --United States