title: The South Dakota Med-Fax network.
abstract: Health sciences librarians established a statewide medical information network in South Dakota to provide rural physicians with database access and rapid document delivery. A private grant funded equipment for interactive simultaneous remote searching (ISRS) and telefacsimile transmission, as well as for a coordinator for training and follow-up support. In less than one year, telefacsimile technology has become an integral part of library information transfer among sixteen network sites, and ISRS is gaining acceptance among physicians who lack local access to online databases.
authors.affiliation: Christian P. Lommen Health Sciences Library, School of Medicine, University of South Dakota, Vermillion 57069.
authors.forename: D A
authors.initials: DA
authors.lastname: Hulkonen
authors.forename: P J
authors.initials: PJ
authors.lastname: Hamilton
mesh_terms: D003308:Copying Processes; D005381:Financing, Organized; D007999:Library Services / Q000458:organization & administration*; D008492:Medical Informatics Computing; D013023:South Dakota