在1974～1977几年中,除了国际书业协会共同体情报局(DIALIB)组织的四个北加利福尼亚公共图书馆以外,对于小型公共图书馆的联机检索问题一直很少有人讨论。据1981年美国图书馆协会的调查,联机检索服务收费很少,社会资助图书馆和公共图书馆的联机检索服务费用,在985个参与的图书馆中,只占5%(53个)的比例。据1978年加利福尼亚图书馆协会的调查和南希·迪沃斯的报 In the few years 1974-1977, with the exception of the four Northern California public libraries organized by the DIALIB, there was little discussion of the online search of small public libraries. According to a survey conducted by the American Library Association in 1981, online search services were paid very little. The online search service costs of socially-funded libraries and public libraries accounted for only 5% (53) of the 985 participating libraries . According to the 1978 survey by the California Library Association and Nancy Divot newspaper