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The CEC’s Role in Electronic Document Delivery

The role of the Commission of the European Communities in the promotion of electronic document delivery in Europe

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New Information Technologies and Libraries

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Abstract

The online information market can be looked upon as developing in (overlapping) phases:

  1. Phase 1

    a market for bibliographic references in electronic form to printed documents. There were 50.000 online searches in 1983 in Europe (compared with 500.000 in the USA). Euronet offers access to 500 online databases, of which 250 are bibliographic.

  2. Phase 2

    a market for electronic documents. Ten pilot experiments on electronic document delivery and electronic publishing are being carried out in 1984/1985 with CEC support.

  3. Phase 3

    a market for electronic information, as contained in factual databanks and in videotex systems. Applications of videotex with CEC support are being planned for Ireland, Italy and Greece.

  4. Phase 4

    a market for “electronic knowledge”, e.g. query answering systems.

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  1. Carlo Vernimb
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Editors and Affiliations

  1. Associations and Institutions, Brussels, Belgium

    H. Liebaers (Honorary President International Federation of Library, Commissioner-General Europalia) (Honorary President International Federation of Library, Commissioner-General Europalia)

  2. Washington, DC, USA

    W. J. Haas (President Council on Library Resources) (President Council on Library Resources)

  3. Amsterdam, The Netherlands

    W. E. Biervliet (Senior Research Fellow European Cultural Foundation) (Senior Research Fellow European Cultural Foundation)

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Vernimb, C. (1985). The CEC’s Role in Electronic Document Delivery. In: Liebaers, H., Haas, W.J., Biervliet, W.E. (eds) New Information Technologies and Libraries. Springer, Dordrecht. https://doi.org/10.1007/978-94-009-5452-6_29

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