Libraries

The emphasis of the symposium was the Internet, or information superhighway, and the provision of information services to end users. Many internationally recognized librarians shared their experiences and expressed their ideas on new developments and possibilities related to the information superhighway. The 34 papers presented at the symposium addressed the following issues: (1) definition, applications, cost, security, privacy, access, delivery, and ease of use; (2) strategies and tactics for accessing information. on the superhighway, as well as concern for unauthorized use; (3) tremendous amounts of irrelevant information, and who will regulate the superhighway; (4) librarians and Internet developer cooperation in developing user-oriented services on the Internet; (5) electronic publishing of academic research; (6) provision of access to users in tt.e third world; (7) cyberspace as a process of virtualization, and the resultant virtual electronic library; (8) librarians should no