John Riemer's article To better bibliographic services is fantastic. Without dealing with the wasteland of information on the web, he gets down to brass tacks about how technology can be used to build better library systems.
As i read his article I began to envision, through the use of Worldcat, and Library 2.0 a single research library. One that may have many buildings across many geographic zones. One that may have duplicate items in the same building or duplicate items in many buildings, but one that only has enough of all the items to be useful and resourceful. A library with a singular system for locating, accessing and possibly delivering information quickly and easily to any researcher anywhere.
One can dream
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