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| Format: | Recurso educativo Open Access |
| Language: | en |
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1976
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| Online Access: | https://eric.ed.gov/?id=ED122750 |
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- A Review of Potential Components for the Western Bibliographic Network. Pearson, Karl M., Jr. Bibliographies Databases Library Automation Library Networks Online Systems Regional Cooperation Research Libraries Serials State Libraries Telecommunications Union Catalogs Described are existing components that could be linked together to form a Western Bibliographic Network or could provide products and services for Network members. The components reviewed are: (1) state library agencies, research libraries, state and multistate library networks, and other regional organizations in the 17-state western region and the province of British Columbia; (2) organizations acting as bibliographic utilities to offer centralized, on-line computer support for technical processing, reference, and interlibrary loan; (3) catalog, serials, citation, and inventory control types of bibliographic data bases; and (4) telecommunications services. A survey of union serials data bases in the West is appended. (Author/PF)