Automation Is the Answer, but What Is the Question? Progress and Prospects for Central and Eastern European Libraries.

Borgman, Christine L.

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ERIC Number: EJ531072

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Publication Date: 1996

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Automation Is the Answer, but What Is the Question? Progress and Prospects for Central and Eastern European Libraries.

Borgman, Christine L.

Journal of Documentation, v52 n3 p252-95 Sep 1996

Reports on a survey of 70 research libraries in Croatia, Czech Republic, Hungary, Poland, Slovakia, and Slovenia. Results show that libraries are rapidly acquiring automated processing systems, CD-ROM databases, and connections to computer networks. Discusses specific data on system implementation and network services by country and by type of library. Contains 66 references. (Author/AEF)

Descriptors: Computer Networks, Databases, Foreign Countries, Information Services, Information Technology, Library Automation, Library Development, Library Surveys, Optical Data Disks, Research Libraries, Statistical Data, Technological Advancement

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Language: English

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Identifiers - Location: Europe

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