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In article <1992Jan15.095315.1076@csdvax.csd.unsw.edu.au> 86b0062@csdvax.csd.unsw.edu.au writes:
>I asked if it is possible to search the National Library Catalogue through
>AARNet; the answer so far is:
>
[stuff deleted]

>So, if that is the last word (and thanks for the detail in the replies
>everyone), then I think I should describe what I will do:
>
[more stuff deleted]

>Armed with a (hopefully) thick wad of paper, I will drive down to
>Canberra this weekend, and look them all up again on their system.
>(? free to users actually IN the library  :) ?)
>
Ah ha! Maybe there's a misunderstanding here? I think what you want to
do is access the catalogue of the National Library. What your
respondents so far have thought is that you wanted to access the
Australian Bibliographic Network (ABN) database, maintained by the
National Library. This database contains records for all (most?) of the
major libraries in Australia, but access is restricted.

The confusion is probably because ABN has very recently been made
accessible thru AARNet, under the conditions described by your replies.

So far as I am aware, the National Library does not yet have a
publically accessible catalogue (at least thru AARNet - there may be
terminals in the library itself). Watch this space ->  .

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