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The Singapore Integrated Library Automation Service (SILAS) has rapidly established itself in the 30 months since its selection of the WLN Bibliographic Subsystem. This paper discusses why that package was chosen, and the adjustments and enhancements that were necessary to make it the hub of a national bibliographic network in South East Asia in the late 1980s. The staffing and governance needs of such a network are also outlined. The paper concludes with a report on the position of the network at the end of 1987.