The legislature also approved a Connecticut Education Network, which some day will provide high-speed connections for schools, libraries, and academic institutions. Membership in CLN is open to any library in the state. The CLN itself is governed by a Board that is basically representative of the library community. The serials catalog has 65,000 records and 150,000 holdings. In March, patrons and staff of Connecticut libraries placed over 4,100 ILL requests.
People talk about the changing face of interlibrary loan.
Well, it's changed its makeup, its hair color, and is in the process of changing its clothes. It's an exciting time to be a librarian, but we'll just have to wait to see where all these electronic wonders take us.