internet public library

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internet public library - Free On-line Dictionary of Computing (26 May 2007) :

  Internet Public Library
  
     (IPL) A project at the University of Michigan School of
     Information and Library Studies to provide an on-line, 24 hour
     public library, chaired by an assemblage of librarians and
     information industry professionals.  The library aims to
     provide library services to a target audience estimated to
     number 1/4 of the entire American population by the end of the
     century.
  
     The Internet Public Library is scheduled to go on-line in
     March 1995.  Among the first services will be on-line
     reference; youth services; user education; and professional
     services for librarians.
  
     (http://ipl.sils.umich.edu/).
  
     (telnet://ipl.sils.umich.edu/).
  
     Mailing list: majordomo@sils.umich.edu.
  
     (1995-07-20)