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From the Traditional to a Digital Academic Library

At the Faculty of Electrical Engineering and Computing in Zagreb the development of computerised services concerning the libraries has lasted for six years. The institution consists of one central and eleven departmental libraries. It employs the staff of about 300 and enrols 3000 students. The libraries should primarily serve the insiders but also have to be open to the outside public. The software was developed closely to the student administration system. The classical alphanumeric interface has been gradually expanded with OPAC (On Line Public Access) features. The first purely digital materials were the abstracts. In the near future doctoral and master's theses will have to be submitted also in a digital form. Further enhancements derive from receiving of digital journals. A special topic are the lecture notes and examination materials and their (un)availability which calls for some legal issues to be solved.

University; Distributed library; Internet; OPAC; Student administration; Information oversupply; Software

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