. . . . . . . . "This article discusses the emergence of distributed library services drawing on recent European initiatives to describe developments. It focuses on Z39.50-based services. It outlines a descriptive framework for such services and briefly introduces developments in other domains. Projecs funded through the EU Telematics Application Programme are highlighted and some recent developments in U.K. higher education are introduced."@en . . . "The emergence of distributed library systems : a European perspective"@en . . . . . . . .