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Georgia Galileo: Georgia's electronic library
William Gray Potter, Ralph E. Russell, Charles E. Beard, George R. Gaumond, Merryll S. Penson, Jayne WilliamsIn the summer of 1994, Stephen Portch, the new chancellor of the University System of Georgia (USG), issued a call for projects that would benefit all 34 public colleges and…
New York: The electronic doorway library initiative
Frederick E. SmithNew York State has established the goal of enabling all libraries in the state—some 7,000—to become electronic doorway libraries. An electronic doorway library is a library…
Alabama: Multi‐library automation and connectivity initiatives
Patricia L. HarrisThere are a variety of multi‐library automation and connectivity initiatives in Alabama. Among these are programs of the following: the Alabama Public Library Service, Harrison…
Alaska: Defining connectivity and access in an expansive state
Susan Elliott, Mark Badger, Kay Brown, Patrick Griffin, Jimmy Jackson, Brenda Knavel, Alys Orsborn, Aja Markel Razumny, Phil Treuer, Fran Ulmer, Roberta WardThe real challenge of Alaska's changing telecommunications landscape is approaching the opportunities in an orderly and logical manner. Given the exciting nature of the…
Arizona: Meeting geographical and demographic challenges
Mary Johnson, AzTeC Board of Directors, Al Crawford, Mike Emerson, Mark Goldstein, Richard Gooding, Edward G. Groenhout, John B. Kelly, Robert MachinskiSeveral telecommunication networking activities are underway in Arizona. The state is experiencing a tremendous rate of growth, with an accompanying demand for services. Arizona's…
California: Library information technologies
Barbara Will, Holly Hinman, John Jewell, K.G. Ouye, Jackie Siminitus, Roy Tennant, Barbara WillAs in every state, rapid technological developments have affected the way California libraries deliver their services, and, in turn, have generated new relationships for them with…
Colorado: Making productive use of available resources
Nancy M. BoltThis article on networking and resource sharing in Colorado will consist of three parts:
Connecticut: The library network
Richard G. AkeroydPublic Act 95‐234, An Act Establishing a Commu‐nications Grant Program for Schools and Libraries and the Connecticut Library Network was passed by the Connecticut General Assembly…
Delaware: Library automation and networking
Tom SloanThe automation and networking of libraries in Delaware is moving rapidly. In 1991, Delaware conducted county‐ and state‐based pre‐conferences to the White House Conference on…
Florida: Library networking and technology development
Barratt Wilkins, Mark W. Flynn, Linda T. Fuchs, Marvin W. Mounce, Charles E. Parker, Peggy D. Rudd, Lawrence WebsterNetworking in Florida reflects the socioeconomic and geographic diversity of the state. Organizational, telecommunications, and governance structures are diverse and complex…
Idaho: Library automation and connectivity
Charles BollesThe development of cooperative library automation and connectivity in Idaho has been influenced by its geographical size, demographics, and technological development. Idaho has…
Illinois: Library automation and connectivity initiatives
Bridget L. Lamont, Kathleen L. BloombergAs Illinois completes 30 years of library systems and 100 years of the Illinois Library Association, it is appropriate to review “recent” history as a harbinger of what may lie…
Indiana: Nets—from hoops to resource sharing
Martha RobleeOn 11 July 1994, Governor Evan Bayh and State Superintendent for Public Instruction Suellen Reed announced the formation of ACCESS INDIANA, for the purpose of developing a…
Iowa: Making the information connection
Annette Wetteland, Jerry E. Caswell, Judy Jones, Patricia R. Leigh, Craig Shaw, Sharman B. Smith, Ted Stark, Larry WoodsNetworked information is viewed increasingly as a critical component to economic development and competitiveness, to essential improvements in our educational systems, and to…
Kansas: Library technology initiatives
Patti Mersmann, Jim Bingham, Jerry Crow, William Crowe, Jane Hatch, Patti Mersmann, Michael PiperThe state of Kansas and the Kansas State Library are faced with the necessity of doing more with less. In a time of decreasing budgets and increasingly fastpaced technology…
Kentucky: Status of technology deployment
James A. NelsonWhile Kentucky lags somewhat in the exploitation of new technologies and is last in the Southeast for percentage of state general fund investments in technology, it probably leads…
Louisiana: Status summary of statewide library initiatives
Carolyn Coco, Ralph Boe', Carolyn Coco, Michael R. McKann, Terry ThibodeauxLOUIS is the online library system that automates and links 17 Louisiana academic libraries. The NOTIS Library Management System (LMS) is used to automate the catalog as well as…
Maine: Public access to telecommunications and information—local links to global horizons
Marilyn Lutz, Karl Beiser, Alan Caron, Anthony Citrano, Jay Johnson, Marilyn Lutz, Donald Nicoll, Jane RussoThe promise of the National Information Infra‐structure (NII) depends on how each state develops telecommunications policy and practice. In Maine that promise is being realized by…
Maryland: Sailing into the electronic future
Barbara G. Smith, Todd Kelley, Deborah J. Leather, Barbara G. Smith, David E. Sumler, Greg TalleyIn December 1995, Sailor held a “Golden Spike Ceremony” to mark the completion of a statewide telecommunications network that enables Marylanders in all 24 counties to access the…
Michigan: Building electronic community information centers: Public libraries
Eileen M. Palmer, Anne Donohue, Susan S. ParrOver the last three years, many of Michigan's public libraries have begun to redefine themselves in order to continue a long tradition of providing quality educational…
Minnesota: Library automation and technology in libraries
Jan Feye‐StukasIn the past two decades there has been enormous growth and change in library services in Minnesota due primarily to the automation of major library functions: catalogs…
Mississippi: Statewide technological initiatives affecting libraries
Alan Withoff, John Gaboury, Roger Graves, Mary Ellen Pellington, Glenda Segars, Helen Soule, Alan WithoffLibrary professionals are well aware that a telecommunication revolution is beginning. In Mississippi it is well underway; almost 20 percent of the national supercomputing power…
Missouri: Libraries and technology
Stanley Gardner, Julie Brunner, Ann Campbell, Chris Cook, Brian Dunlap, David Finch, Stanley Gardner, Bill Giddings, Madeline Matson, Steven V. Potter, Marilyn Probe, Pal Rao, George Rickerson, Susan Singleton, Tony WeningThe Missouri State Library was transferred from the Department of Higher Education to the Secretary of State's office in 1992. The State Library has been involved at some level in…
Montana: Pioneer spirits and library networking
Vicki Terbovich, Bill Cochran“Spirit of the West” is a phrase recently coined to announce the revival of an airline serving the western portion of the United States. It is also an expression that exemplifies…
Nebraska: Successes and challenges
Rod Wagner, Mike Boettcher, Lorin H. Lindsay, Sharon McCaslin, Robert S. Runyon, Peggy Brooks Smith, Sally SnyderNebraska libraries are involved in a variety of automation and connectivity initiatives. Libraries of all sizes and types are using information technology for internal operations…
Nevada: Library information technologies
Joan G. Kerschner, Derry Juneja, John Kupersmith, Myoung‐ja Lee Kwon, Arnie Maurins, Carol A. ParkhurstMost public and academic libraries and some school libraries in Nevada have been automated and connected in a statewide network since the early 1980s. These libraries are…
New Hampshire: The automated information system
Kendall F. WigginThe New Hampshire library community has been involved with statewide multi‐library automation and connectivity initiatives since 1982. In that year, the New Hampshire Library…
New Jersey: Libraries and the information superhighway
John H. LivingstoneThe Vision for a New Jersey Statewide Public Information Network (see below) has been initiated, to date, in a piecemeal fashion, utilizing the limited funds now available.
New Mexico: Information technology initiatives
Karen WatkinsInformation technology in New Mexico has not yet become an integral part of education, government, or library functions. In recent years, however, diverse local and regional…
North Carolina: Statewide automation and connectivity efforts
Elaine J. Christian, Frances Bradburn, Sandra M. Cooper, Janice L. Daquila, Pamela Doyle, Beverley Gass, Pat Langelier, Lynne Lysiak, Julie Blume Nye, Pat Ryckman, Joel SigmonFrom providing public Internet access in rural communities to pioneering the development of a model automated document delivery system, libraries of every type in the state are…
North Dakota: Connectivity and cooperation
Doris Daugherty, Mike Jaugstetter, John Burbank, Doris Daugherty, Jody French, Jim Heck, Bruce Jacobs, Mike Jaugstetter, Joseph LinnertzNorth Dakota has in place a telecommunications infrastructure that is advanced and active, given the state's rural nature and large pockets of low population communities. The…
Ohio: Library and information networks
Greg ByerlyImagine a state where a student teacher in a rural elementary school classroom can check the holdings of the school district's high school library, order a video from the regional…
Oklahoma: Statewide automation‐related activities
John Corbett, Bill YoungOklahoma is a sprawling state of topographically diverse landscapes—plains, grasslands, mountains, and man‐made lakes. It is a people as diverse as the land and imbued with the…
Oregon: Library automation developments
Rushton BrandisSeveral efforts cover the Oregon library automation landscape. They include Oregon Information Highway Project; Oregon Bibliographic Information System (ORBIS); Portland Area…
Pennsylvania: Public‐private partnership
Gary D. Wolfe, Barbara Cole, John Emerick, James S. Fogerty, Larry Olson, Ann WitmerOver the past two years, Commonwealth Libraries, the State Library of Pennsylvania, has extended Internet access to 220 school, public, academic, and special libraries. Using a…
Rhode Island: Multi‐library networks and the virtual library
Barbara Weaver, Howard Boksenbaum, Andrew EganThe “Libraries in Rhode Island” menu of the Ocean State Free‐Net (OSFN; see figure 1) presents the overarching multilibrary network in the state of Rhode Island (see figure 2)…
South Dakota: Maximizing service through multitype library cooperation
Ronelle Thompson, Bonnie Harrison, Jane Kolbe, Ronelle ThompsonThe South Dakota Library Network (SDLN) is a statewide automated library system of 40 member libraries with more than 2.8 million items in its database. Begun in 1986, SDLN member…
Tennessee: Library and information technologies
Edwin S. Gleaves, Edwin S. Gleaves, Jose Marie Griffiths, Rita Hamilton, Edward G. Mahon, Tamara J. Miller, Sandra S. Nelson, Sidney Owen, Linda L. PhillipsWhen, back in 1994, I spoke to the National Commission on Libraries and Information Science (NCLIS) on the state of network development in Tennessee, I began by saying, “In…
Texas: Library automation and connectivity: A land of contrast and diversity
Robert S. Martin, Michael Clark‐Madison, Elizabeth Crabb, Lisa deGruyter, Jean Hamrick, George E. Huffman, Toni Lambert, Gloria McClanahan, C. Rooks, Mary Kay SnellThe challenge of connectivity in Texas, between libraries and between citizens, is complicated by the state's size—both geographic and demographic—and its diversity—ethnic…
Utah: The quest for service and resource equity
Chip Ward, Maggie Hopffgarten, Wayne Peay, Chip WardUtah is well known for its wide open horizons, natural beauty, and conservative traditions and lifestyles. In the winter, tourists flock to majestic mountains to ski deep powder…
Vermont: Library and information technology
Patricia E. KlinckThe Vermont library environment has been heavily involved with information technology since the early 1980s. Like most of the library world, Vermont's introduction came through…
Virginia: Statewide and community connectivity and resource access projects
Sheila S. Umberger, Katherine A. Perry, Elizabeth Roderick, Sheila S. UmbergerBell Atlantic of Virginia, Virginia Tech, and the town of Blacksburg have joined to create the Blacks‐burg Electronic Village. Blacksburg, located in a rural area of southcentral…
Washington: Library automation, connectivity, and public policy initiatives
Doreen Turpen, Jeanne Crisp, Jeanne Crisp, Dennis Small, Terry Teale, Doreen Turpen, Nancy ZussyTraditional boundaries formed by geography, governance structure, and type of library are being set aside as libraries face an issue of common concern: equity of access. Demand…
West Virginia: Library automation
Thomas M. Brown, Joseph W. Barnes, Thomas M. Brown, Josephine Fidler, Frederic Glazer, Ruth M. Jackson, James E. Justice, Richard RekowskiTopography is a problem in West Virginia. “If you took all the mountains of West Virginia and made them flat, West Virginia would be larger than Texas” is our boast and our…
Wisconsin: Events signal promising future
Bill Wilson, Bob Bocher, Sally Drew, Neah Lohr, Todd Penske, Bill WilsonOne word characterizes the implementation of information technologies and advanced telecommunications in Wisconsin over the past decade: “uneven.” Wisconsin was a leader in the…
Wyoming: Open range for library technology
Helen Meadors MaulWyoming has been referred to as a small town with long streets. It ranks fiftieth in population with an estimated 475,000 people living in 97,914 square miles. This small‐town…
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