National Library of Australia Staff Papers, 1998

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Connecting and Sharing: the Emerging Role of Z39.50 in Library Networks

Andrew Wells, Judith Pearce, Linda Groom, Bronwyn Lee

Abstract


This paper examines the potential of Z39.50 to enable new methods of data creation and exchange in library networks. Particular focus is given to the role of union catalogues, and comparisons are made between the familiar centralised national union catalogue and the emergence of distributed models.

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