Access to library resources is growing at a much slower rate. AACR is slightly too complex for cataloguing of network items. However, all the online search engines differ from each other, so it is not a user-transparent navigator of various resources. Project at Pasadena Public Library where users can look in their own catalogue, then automatically go out and check holdings at L.A. County Public via Z39.50. How to make the information resources work together is vitally important area.
Integration is the next step after providing access.
Move from holdings to sources to content. RealAudio, multimedia Pointcast, First Digital Television. Future growth area is delivery of reference and training via networks. A database of the link between the name and the actual location can be updated as required. There is also a PURL FAQ .