Accurate and timely information, channelling through the university in various directions and packages, depending on what purpose it tried to serve. Special attention was given to network-based information. Gopher was launched in the United States in 1992 and it had a flying start in Finland soon after. The HUT Gopher server was installed by the CC in spring 1993. Among the very first units who saw the potential of incorporating network-based information services into their daily work at the University were the CC itself and the Library.
Necessity is the mother of invention.
The CC realized that it needed help in constructing the hierarchical structure of the Gopher, and turned to the Library for advice. Important in this event was that it was the first evidence of what balanced cooperation between these units could be. Since then the cooperative activities between the Library and the CC have focused on campus-wide information access and staff training. This had wide-ranging effects. The most notable feature of WWW is that it is the first Internet service able to act as an intelligent gateway to other Internet services, expanding the range of electronic information easily available.