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ERIC Number: EJ405631
Record Type: CIJE
Publication Date: 1989
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The Development and Impact of a Global Information System.
Kranch, Douglas A.
Information Technology and Libraries, v8 n4 p384-92 Dec 1989
Predicts that, over the next several decades, technological advancements in large scale database construction and maintenance, high speed digital transmission networks, and highly precise intelligent searchware will result in a worldwide information system. A projected model illustrates pricing and retrieval rate changes that may be expected over the next 50 years. (15 references) (CLB)
Descriptors: Computer Software, Cost Estimates, Database Design, Futures (of Society), Global Approach, Information Systems, Library Role, Models, Online Searching, Prediction, Technological Advancement, Telecommunications
Publication Type: Journal Articles; Opinion Papers; Reports - Research
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Language: English
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