What are some of the milestones in the Librarys use of the Internet to share its resources with the public?
The Library of Congress has explored and taken advantage of the Internet’s potential for sharing the Library’s content with remote users since the early 1990s. The following timeline highlights significant moments in the history and development of the Library’s presence online. (Note: All quotations in the timeline are from the article “The National Digital Library and the Library’s Electronic Resources” in the Encyclopedia of the Library of Congress) 1990 • Remote Online LOCIS User Pilot (ROLLUP), an experimental project with fourteen state library agencies and the D.C. Public Library, provides remote access to library databases • The American Memory pilot project offers selected primary source materials from its Americana collections to schools and libraries through CD-ROMs. The five-year project (1990-94) culminates in the establishment of the National Digital Library Program and the American Memory Web site. • LC establishes its first Internet connection through UNIX-based servers
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