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Doran, Kirk – Computers in Libraries, 1995
Discussion of the Internet highlights its use in libraries and the need to teach patrons what it can and cannot be used for. Topics include the number and variety of existing sources, vendor organization and reliability issues, speed, quality control and regulation issues, and permanence of sources. (LRW)
Descriptors: Change, Computer Networks, Information Sources, Libraries
Peer reviewedSager, Don; Dewey, Patrick R.; Dowlin, Kenneth; Hogan, Patricia M. – Public Libraries, 1999
Includes three articles that consider the effects of the Internet on public library reference services. Highlights include the reliability of Internet information sources, its timeliness as a tool for information access and dissemination, the Internet as change agent for libraries; reference publishing, helping the searcher refine requests, and an…
Descriptors: Access to Information, Change Agents, Electronic Libraries, Futures (of Society)
