The emergence of distributed library services: A European perspective
Lorcan Dempsey, R.J. Russell, Robin Murray · Journal of the American Society for Information Science · 1998
This article discusses the emergence of distributed library services drawing on recent European initiatives to describe developments. It focuses on Z39.50-based services. It outlines a descriptive framework for such services and briefly introduces developments in other domains. Projects funded through the EU Telematics Application Programme are highlighted and some recent developments in U.K. higher education are introduced. © 1998 John Wiley & Sons, Inc.