QUARTET: A COLLABORATIVE RESEARCH PROJECT IN DIGITAL INFORMATION INTERCHANGE

[The British Library Research and Development Department recently awarded its largest grant — £794,000 over 3 years — for a quadrapartite project to investigate a wide range of factors affecting the creation and exchange of electronic information. Technical, human and organisational aspects will all be considered. The following pages set out the background to the project and describe the main areas for research. Though it is not directly relevant to library housekeeping, the project will look at many of the issues which are beginning to interest librarians, particularly as they move towards greater networking of library services and information. Ed]