OCLC's linking strategy: Internet and NREN

Abstract

Advances in telecommunications are providing libraries with the ability to link networks, to move information at faster and faster speeds and to combine data in ways barely perceived 20 years ago. In Journey to the 21st Century, the summary of OCLC's Strategic Plan, OCLC's telecommunications strategy stated that between 1995 and 2000, OCLC would become fully integrated into the digital, global community that is emerging. This document summarizes OCLC's linking strategy with respect to US national networks that are becoming part of that global community — the Internet and its next phase, the National Research and Education Network (NREN).

Citation

(1992), "OCLC's linking strategy: Internet and NREN", The Electronic Library, Vol. 10 No. 6, pp. 371-379. https://doi.org/10.1108/eb045197