TY - JOUR AB - This paper is about advanced library information systems in Russia. The urgent need is obvious in Russia for library systems based on open standards and Internet technology, and for integrating library systems in common library information space. The Regional University and Science Library Advanced Network in the north‐west of Russia (RUSLANet) Project is an initiative of St Petersburg State Technical University, aimed at joining the collections of university libraries and providing access to them via the Internet. The paper discusses briefly the concept of the RUSLANet Project, ways of implementing it, its position today, and plans for the near future. VL - 14 IS - 4 SN - 0264-0473 DO - 10.1108/eb045484 UR - https://doi.org/10.1108/eb045484 AU - Plemnek Alexander AU - Sokolova Natalia PY - 1996 Y1 - 1996/01/01 TI - RUSLANet — A new generation library system project in Russia T2 - The Electronic Library PB - MCB UP Ltd SP - 303 EP - 306 Y2 - 2024/05/14 ER -