ERIC Number: EJ586397
Record Type: Journal
Publication Date: 1999
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Building Earth's Largest Library: Driving into the Future.
Coffman, Steve
Searcher, v7 n3 p34-37,40-47 Mar 1999
Examines the Amazon.com online bookstore as a blueprint for designing the world's largest library. Topics include selection; accessibility and convenience; quality of Web sites and search tools; personalized service; library collection development, including interlibrary loan; library catalogs and catalog records; a circulation system; costs; selling used books; and links to online booksellers. (LRW)
Descriptors: Access to Information, Bibliographic Records, Bookstores, Costs, Electronic Libraries, Futures (of Society), Interlibrary Loans, Library Catalogs, Library Circulation, Library Collection Development, Library Development, Library Funding, Library Material Selection, Library Services, Online Systems, Search Strategies
Publication Type: Journal Articles; Reports - Descriptive
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Language: English
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