Only a few minutes ..

[Albert Kemp Jr.]

Jaap,  rumor has it that the University of Waterloo's Electronic Library
is also a good example of library web technology.  The URL is as follows:
	http://www.lib.uwaterloo.ca

Thanks,
Albert

On Tue, 21 Nov 1995 sbacks at unity.ncsu.edu wrote:

> Jaap,
> If you are able to actually use the web during your presentation I would 
> suggest pointing one particularly good library web. That would provide an 
> example of the web's funtionality and the opportunities that are 
> available throught that technology.
> 
> My personal opinion is that the web allows us to bring faculty and 
> students a greater variety of information. Where we used to only have a 
> catalog online, we now have an expanding array of access points to the 
> community. Via our site, there is a growing list of resources, 
> interactive services, online class information, etc. All of these would 
> not be possible without the web, which means it is creating a new 
> communication network between us and our clients.
> 
> There are a variety of really good sites here in the states like Stanford 
> University's Virtual Library project or Cornell University's Mann Library.
> I don't have the exact URLs for these, but they are easy to find if you 
> go to each university's homepage.
> 
> http://www.cornell.edu
> http://www.stanford.edu
> 
> Sorry, but I wish I could also suggest some good sites to you from Europe.
> 
> 
> --Steve.
> 
> Steven Backs
> Research and Information Services Department
> North Carolina State Univ. Libraries
> Box 7111 NCSU 
> Raleigh, NC 27695-7111
> Email: sbacks at unity.ncsu.edu
> http://www.lib.ncsu.edu/staff/sbacks/
> 
>