id author title date pages extension mime words sentence flesch summary cache txt crl-13814 American Library Association, Abstracts: Other Publications of Interest to Academic Librarians 1982-05-01 11 .pdf application/pdf 5848 526 62 These pro- posals are intended to serve as an early practical step towards a wider and more complete nation- wide library and information network in the longer term. PC-$6.32. Conducted to review the present status of com- puterized bibliographic centers in Canada and to report on the most effective means of promoting computerized library network development in that country, this study summary of the findings of seven subsidies (1) describes the salient features of twenty Canadian and United States centers; (2) re- views major options relating to the development of a computerized national location service system, as well as technological and cost trends bearing on li- brary and information services networking in Can- ada; (3) summarizes the principal findings and conclusions of three studies dealing with more gen- eral aspects of network management and with the funding of network related research and develop- ment in Canada; and (4) summarizes the report compiled from externally submitted briefs con- cerning the role of the National Library of Can- ada. cache/crl-13814.pdf txt/crl-13814.txt