JANET and the Librarian.

Buxton, Andrew

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Publication Date: 1988

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JANET and the Librarian.

Buxton, Andrew

Electronic Library, v6 n4 p250-63 Aug 1988

Describes Janet (the Joint Academic Network), a wide area network linking computers and users in the British academic community. Topics discussed include interactive working; file transfer; electronic mail; job transfer; and online access to library catalogs, bibliographic and numeric databases, and commercial online hosts in Great Britain or overseas. (29 references) (Author/CLB)

Descriptors: Bibliographic Databases, Bulletin Boards, Developed Nations, Electronic Mail, Foreign Countries, Information Networks, Information Services, Library Catalogs, Library Services, Numeric Databases, Online Catalogs, Online Systems, Telecommunications

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