40. évfolyam, 1994. 2. szám
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40. évfolyam, 1994. 2. szám |
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Network information sources and their impact on libraries.
MOLDOVÁN István
A summary of the information minimum librarians
must have about large area networks. Hardware conditions, OSI standards, services
of the Information Infrastructure Development Project, the role and basic services
of EARN, RARE, and Internet are dealt with. - The author describes the role
of OPAC catalogues, shared cataloguing systems, electronic journals, newsletters
in relation with the utilization of network information resources. Problems,
requiring decisions, with the library processing of these are also raised. Gopher,
a distributed textual database management system working on client-server principle,
is introduced. Network information has not only advantages but disadvantages
as well that must be taken into account: they are unreliable, difficult to survey,
their structured management is not easy, there are many irrelevant records.
Libraries must accept and get used to electronic information, too. Electronic
communication, know ing no borders, is a great possibility, and it is the best
if a library collects, manages and mediates electronic information relevant
for its collection interest. (pp. 195-212)
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