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ERIC Number: EJ565499
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Publication Date: 1998
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Why Continue To Be a Depository Library if It Is All on the Internet Anyway?
Kram, Lorraine
Government Information Quarterly, v15 n1 p57-71 1998
Provides a starting point from which individual libraries can evaluate continuation of their depository status. Many of the basic questions that a library needs to address are explored. Issues covered include availability of government information on the Internet, costs, and incentives. Recommended specifications for public workstations in depository libraries are appended. (JAK)
Descriptors: Access to Information, Computer System Design, Costs, Depository Libraries, Electronic Libraries, Evaluation Criteria, Federal Government, Federal Programs, Government Publications, Information Dissemination, Internet, Library Administration, Library Role, Library Services, Program Evaluation, Users (Information), Workstations
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Language: English
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