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| author | Brown, Rowland C. W. |
| author_facet | Brown, Rowland C. W. Brown, Rowland C. W. |
| collection | Education Resources Information Center |
| contents | The Nationwide Network and OCLC: A Vision and a Role. Brown, Rowland C. W. Information Science International Cooperation International Programs Libraries Library Cooperation Library Networks National Programs Position Papers Technological Advancement Before turning to the OCLC vision of nationwide networking, a review of some of the issues that have influenced that vision are presented, including: technology as a driving force; library and information economics; the challenge of providing ever-proliferating services to an ever more computer-literate end user; the changing role of the library itself--in the university, college, municipality, or school system, and in the professions; the increasing role of commercial enterprises; and the increasing number of technology-driven local options and local cost-benefit considerations that ignore networking in a national resource-sharing environment. The paper then examines the OCLC vision of future networking in the face of strong decentralizing forces including: the continued development of "networks of networks" in the United States that create a nationwide network with no monolithic structure; greater cooperation and resource-sharing among the bibliographic networks; changes in networking concepts to accommodate technological change; and specific efforts that must be made at every level in the library and education community. Finally, OCLC's vision of national and international resource-sharing projects and their role in the future is discussed in light of directions set by the OCLC charter. A short list of references is included. (THC) |
| format | Recurso educativo Open Access |
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| institution | ERIC Institute of Education Sciences |
| language | en |
| publishDate | 1986 |
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| spellingShingle | The Nationwide Network and OCLC: A Vision and a Role. Brown, Rowland C. W. Information Science International Cooperation International Programs Libraries Library Cooperation Library Networks National Programs Position Papers Technological Advancement The Nationwide Network and OCLC: A Vision and a Role. Brown, Rowland C. W. Information Science International Cooperation International Programs Libraries Library Cooperation Library Networks National Programs Position Papers Technological Advancement Before turning to the OCLC vision of nationwide networking, a review of some of the issues that have influenced that vision are presented, including: technology as a driving force; library and information economics; the challenge of providing ever-proliferating services to an ever more computer-literate end user; the changing role of the library itself--in the university, college, municipality, or school system, and in the professions; the increasing role of commercial enterprises; and the increasing number of technology-driven local options and local cost-benefit considerations that ignore networking in a national resource-sharing environment. The paper then examines the OCLC vision of future networking in the face of strong decentralizing forces including: the continued development of "networks of networks" in the United States that create a nationwide network with no monolithic structure; greater cooperation and resource-sharing among the bibliographic networks; changes in networking concepts to accommodate technological change; and specific efforts that must be made at every level in the library and education community. Finally, OCLC's vision of national and international resource-sharing projects and their role in the future is discussed in light of directions set by the OCLC charter. A short list of references is included. (THC) |
| title | The Nationwide Network and OCLC: A Vision and a Role. |
| topic | Information Science International Cooperation International Programs Libraries Library Cooperation Library Networks National Programs Position Papers Technological Advancement |
| url | https://eric.ed.gov/?id=ED266786 |