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Billings, Harold Wayne was born on November 12, 1931 in Cain City, Texas, United States. Son of Harold Ross and Katie Mae (Price) Billings.
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Taking a penetrating look at the history of information systems, from the past to the present and future, veteran librarian and digital network expert Harold Billings discusses the impact of the information revolution on libraries and information hubs worldwide. Tracing the seminal origins of the Web to the new, borderless access to information, Magic and Hypersystems is a powerful meditation on how libraries can not only fit into the digital information flow but also capitalize on their role in it. Billings connects the dots from sixteenth century knowledge organization - based on "magic," image-based memory - to global information systems of today as embodied in the twenty-first-century "relational library" model where information flow is boundless. Billings believes the profession stands at the cusp of a tremendous opportunity - to construct a global, relational library that will provide a rich base of information for all knowledge seekers. He encourages libraries to build new structures and alliances that will equip them to connect their users to the richest possible information sources. He examines the key issues of the day, such as: - The future of library education and librarianship - New models of cooperative collection building - Strategic alliances with information communities (CAUSE, EDUCOM) and the corporate world (Eastman Kodak, Xerox) - Governance of OCLC and other networking organizations - Fees for service - Linking technologies (reference linking, Digital Object Identifiers) - Strained relations of publishers and libraries Are libraries the centers of influence in the great global information village? Food for thought and fresh ideas for growing the relational library of the future abound in this treatise on equal and limitless information access.
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Billings, Harold Wayne was born on November 12, 1931 in Cain City, Texas, United States. Son of Harold Ross and Katie Mae (Price) Billings.
Bachelor, Pan American College, 1953; Master of Library Science, University Texas, 1957.
Teacher Pharr-San Juan-Alamo (Texas) High School, 1953-1954. Catalog library University Texas, Austin, 1954-1957, assistant chief catalog library, 1957-1965, chief acquisitions library, 1965-1967, assistant university library, 1967-1972, associate director general libraries, 1972-1977, acting director general libraries, 1977-1978, director general libraries, 1978—2003. Secretary Texas Board Library.
Examiners; member advisory committee Texas Higher Education Coordinating Board Library. Formula, 1987-1992, academy support formula advisory committee, 1993-1994. Member steering committee Tex-Share Project, 1993-1994.
Trustee Amigos Bibliographic Council, 1980-1983. Chairman Council Academy Research Libraries, 1979-1981. Chairman research libraries advisory committee Online Computer Library.
Center (Online Computer Library Center), 1980-1982, 87-88, member Online Computer Library Center Users Council. Board directors Center Research Libraries, Chicago, 1989-1996, Association Research Libraries, 1989-1992. Member Texas Council State University Libraries, Association Research Libraries Preservation Committee, Collection Development Committee, Council on Library.
Resources Preservation and Access Committee, Council on Library. Resources/Association American Publications Joint Working Group on Electronic Information, 1993-1994. Member advisory board Project Muse-Johns Hopkins University Press, Baltimore, 1995-1998.
Member North America advisory board Literature Online, since 1997. Associate Texas Telecomm. Policy Institute, 1996-2003.
Member council on library and information studies area studies materials task force American Council of Learned Societies, 1998-1999. Member advisory council for Stanford University Libraries, 1998-2003. Member steering committee Digital Library.
Federation, 1999-2003. Visiting committees University Tennessee, University Wyoming. Project director numerous federal grants.
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Secretary, trustee Littlefield Fund for Southern History, 1977-2003. Member American Library Association (Hugh C. Atkinson Memorial award 2002), Texas Library. Association, Association College Research Libraries (chairman technical services group, 1979-1980), Friends Arthur Machen.
Married Bernice Schneider, September 10, 1954. Children: Brenda, Geoffrey, Carol.