Library networking in North America in the 1980s Part 2: The response of bibliographic utilities to local, integrated systems
Abstract
Part I (in the previous issue of TEL) discussed how the changing library network environment and the trend towards decentralization and local, integrated systems was having an adverse affect on the growth of the bibliographic utilities. In this article, the reasons why the bibliographic utilities no longer dominate the North American library automation scene in quite the same way as before are summarized and their responses to the changing conditions and challenges brought about by microcomputers, integrated library systems and increased knowledge that libraries have about computers are discussed. Their responses can be viewed as a four part thrust: a move to distributed processing systems, participation in the Linked Systems Project; the introduction of new and improved services; and international ventures.
Citation
Hildreth, C.R. (1987), "Library networking in North America in the 1980s Part 2: The response of bibliographic utilities to local, integrated systems", The Electronic Library, Vol. 5 No. 5, pp. 270-275. https://doi.org/10.1108/eb044764
Publisher
:MCB UP Ltd
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