Towards distributed library systems: Z39.50 in a European context

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Volumn 30, Issue 1, 1996, Pages 1-22

  Dempsey, Lorcan ^a   Russell, Rosemary ^a   Kirriemuir, John ^a  

^a UNIVERSITY OF BATH   (United Kingdom)

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EID: 0041111016     PISSN: 00330337     EISSN: None     Source Type: Journal    
DOI: 10.1108/eb047214     Document Type: Article

References (25)

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7. Details based on Synopses document and personal communications.
8. Description based on project reports available at and on personal communications from project members, 27 July 1995.
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19. Project information available at
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22. The UK-ZIG mailing list is hosted by Mailbase. . To join send a message with this text join uk-zig your-first-name y our-last-name to mailbase@mailbase.ac.uk.
23. The eLib information server is at .
24. Ariadne .
25. UK/European Z39.50 homepage .