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połączenia z telewizją kablową, z nauczaniem lub podróżami wirtualnymi, z zakupem elektronicznym.

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EWA CHMIELEWSKA-GORCZYCA

VIRTUAL LIBRARY — FICTION OR REALITY

The library automation started in sixties with the creation and distribution of bibliographic records on magnetic tapes and continued to develop with the creation of automated catalogs converted then from the printed form to Online public access. Further developments were focused on making OPAC both morę user friendly and morę flexible with elaborate index searches. The next decade was marked with the first automated central catalogs of library networks and beginnings of the automation of acąuisitions, circulation and interlibrary loans. The rapid growth of the Internet opened the catalogs and other information sources for access from virtually anywhere in the world. Simultaneously, electronic documents emerged changing the role of libraries with the new functions of online access to the documents over the netwoork without the need of visting thw library building itself.

The “virtual library” differs substantially from the ordinary library both with the intemal procedures and usage pattems. It seems that the libraries will evolve gradually into virtual ones. The main functions of the virtual libraries will be:

—    allowing users to access information sources — both local and remote — anytime and from anywhere with the help of a personal Computer and information netwoork;

—    integrate bibliographic search with full-text document delivery;