Under the administration of the Commission on Publish ing, Library and Information Science (CPLIS), the Library and Information System of the Chinese Academy of Sciences (LISCAS) has obligations to serve the researchers of the Chinese Academy of Sciences (CAS). Its administrative structure is sound, but service and automation are far from perfect, be cause of the combination of hardware and telecommunication constraints although it has achieved some progress, such as coordination work, standardization, networking and staff train ing. Information technology should be a priority in the long run to bring about further improvement.
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