A Closer Look at … Networks and Information Access: Getting From Here to There and Bringing Something Back

In the movie Brazil, Robert DeNiro plays a rogue repairman who comes to rescue the unwary from snarls in wiring and ducts caused by an unresponsive government agency called Central Services. Librarians using electronic networks for information access may wish for similar assistance; prying open the network's wiring box, even metaphorically, can be a daunting (though rewarding) experience.