Wide Area Networks in Libraries
Technology, Applications and Trends
Published on 1. September 1992
Book
Hardback
165 pages
978-0-88736-841-7 (ISBN)
Description
The wide-area network, or WAN, is defined as a group of computers that are both physically separated by long distances and logically tied together. The WAN has two primary functions - to allow people who are geographically separate to share common information, and to let them send information to each other. In this volume of case studies are discussions about the design, implementation and use of WANs in a variety of library environments.
The wide-area network, or WAN, is defined as a group of computers that are both physically separated by long distances and logically tied together. The WAN has two primary functions - to allow people who are geographically separate to share common information, and to let them send information to each other. In this volume of case studies are discussions about the design, implementation and use of WANs in a variety of library environments.
The wide-area network, or WAN, is defined as a group of computers that are both physically separated by long distances and logically tied together. The WAN has two primary functions - to allow people who are geographically separate to share common information, and to let them send information to each other. In this volume of case studies are discussions about the design, implementation and use of WANs in a variety of library environments.
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Language
English
Place of publication
New Jersey
United States
Target group
Professional and scholarly
Illustrations
index
Dimensions
Height: 228 mm
Width: 153 mm
ISBN-13
978-0-88736-841-7 (9780887368417)
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Content
Introduction, Gregory Zuck; the Ohio library and information network (OhioLINK), Len Simutis; high-tech information network in high energy physics, Ann-Sofi Israelsson et al; KICNET - microcomputer-based state-wide library WAN, Bruce Flanders; JANET - the educational and research network of the United Kingdom, Peter Stone; wide-area network application for libraries in Slovenia, Primoz Juznic and Emil Hudomalj; a wide-area network linking the campuses of Arizon Atate University - a library perspective, Henry Harken.