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Interconnected and Innovative Libraries: Factors Tying Libraries More Closely Together

Webster, Peter

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Title
Interconnected and Innovative Libraries: Factors Tying Libraries More Closely Together
Author(s)
Webster, Peter
Issue Date
2006
Keyword(s)
  • Library cooperation
  • Library information networks
Abstract
This article considers the many developments in technology and practice that are making libraries more connected and interdependent. It looks at new integrated online services and reviews the increasing importance of both formal and informal standards. Global centralized Web services are discussed. The relationships between information industry companies and libraries are considered. Virtual reference services and far-reaching digitization projects are explored. The article concludes that close cooperation is allowing libraries to take their services to new levels and is key to the continued innovation of those services.
Publisher
Graduate School of Library and Information Science. University of Illinois at Urbana-Champaign.
ISSN
0024-2594
Type of Resource
text
Language
en
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http://hdl.handle.net/2142/3623
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Copyright 2006 Board of Trustees of the University of Illinois.

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Library Trends 54 (3) Winter 2006: Library Resource Sharing Networks PRIMARY
Library Trends 54 (3) Winter 2006: Library Resource Sharing Networks. Edited by Peter Webster.