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crl-12467	American Library Association, 	Other Books of Interest to Academic Librarians; Abstracts	1972-09-01	5	.pdf	application/pdf	2522	216	62	In his introduction to this volume the editor and conference director summarizes his personal observations of the conference as follows: ( 1) the papers represent the most comprehensive collection of material on networks available; ( 2) a national net- work of libraries and information centers appears to be a viable concept; ( 3) the in- dividual is the one to be served by a na- tional network; ( 4) the development of the network concept is an interdisciplinary task; ( 5) libraries and information centers will need to be proactive rather than reactive; and ( 6) new patterns of organization that will permit networks. While the papers are un- even, contain much duplication (Gone With the Wind is constantly being trans- mitted by telefacsimile in two minutes but Ralph Shaw's slow messenger is nowhere to be seen), and too often consist of specu- lation about networks they do, in general, bear out Becker's conclusion that this is the most comprehensive source of information on networks available.	cache/crl-12467.pdf	txt/crl-12467.txt