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OF UNIVERSITY LIBRARY, ILLINOIS URBANA-CHAMPAfflH ^.jj. vJ^/l*-1 NOTICE:ReturnorrenewallLibraryMaterials!TheMinimumFeefor eachLostBookis$50.00. S?- -2V'^2 The person charging this material is responsible for itsreturn tothelibraryfrom which itwaswithdrawn on or before the Latest Date stamped below. Theft,mutilation,andunderliningofbooksarereasonsfordiscipli- naryactionandmayresultindismissalfromtheUniversity. TorenewcallTelephoneCenter,333-8400 UNIVERSITY OF ILLINOIS LIBRARY AT URBANA-CHAMPAIGN LIBRARY AND INFORMATION SC ENCE LIBRARY US 000 L161 O-1096 Networks, Open Access, and Virtual Libraries: Implications for the Research Library Papers presented at the 1991 Clinic on Library Applications of Data Processing, April 7-9, 1991 Sponsored by Graduate School of Library and Information Science University of Illinois at Urbana-Champaign and Committee on Institutional Cooperation Clinic on Library Applications of Data Processing: 1991 Networks, Open Access, and Virtual Libraries: Implications for the Research Library Edited by BRETT SUTTON and CHARLES H. DAVIS Graduate School of Library and Information Science University of Illinois at Urbana-Champaign 1992 byThe BoardofTrustees of the University ofIllinois ISBN 0-87845-087-4 ISSN 0069-4789 Printed in the United States of America on acid-free paper T CONTENTS Introduction 1 Brett Sutton Networked Information: A Revolution in Progress 12 Clifford A. Lynch Networked Information Resources and Services: Next Steps on the Road to the Distributed Digital Libraries of the Twenty-first Century 40 Paul Evan Peters Defining "It": NREN's Opportunities for Librarians 61 Susan K. Martin Keeping the Window of Opportunity Open for the Private Sector 74 James E. Rush The Use and Effect of Multimedia Digital Libraries in a National Network 84 Charles E. Catlett Jeffrey A. Terstriep Networking Applications for Research Libraries 99 M. E. L. Jacob The Changing Economics of Research Libraries 104 Martin Runkle The Real Costs and Financial Challenges of Library Networking: Part 1 118 Kenneth R. R. Gros Louis The Real Costs and Financial Challenges of Library Networking: Part 2 123 Thomas W. Shaughnessy Contents (Cont.) The Real Costs and Financial Challenges of Library Networking: Part 3 128 William Studer J. DRANET: An Information Network 132 Carl R. Grant Libraries and Networked Information Systems: Selected Bibliography 137 Brett Sutton Contributors 141 Index . . 145

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