我國早在七○年代初期即開始圖書館自動化之嘗試，至八○年代國內 已有數套系統實際運作。至九○年代，更多之圖書館加入自動化之行列。電腦已 用作編製書目及聯合期刊目錄。由於網路技術與TANET之發展，線上參考資料 庫查詢服務，及線上合作編目均已實現。中央圖書館之內部作業與對外服務全部 均用電腦作業，最新並發行兩種書目光碟。在這許多成就之下，我們仍有不少問 題。本文回顧我國這方面之發展經過，並檢討各項問題。

　　　　　R.O.C. started to experiment with library automation inearly 1970s, and in 1980s had severalsystems already in operation. Andin 1990s many more libraries joinedthe automation bandwagon and acquired automated systems. Bookform catalogs and union periodicallists were also produced by computers. Online reference databaseservices and online shared catalogingbecame reality thanks to the adventof digital communication networks,and to Taiwan Academic Network (TANet) in particular. National Central Library (NCL) used computersextensively in its internal operationand external services. The latestadditions were two much neededChinese bibliographic database CDROMs. Despite all these achievements, we also have problems. Thispaper review's the development oflibrary automation and networkingin this country critically, and comments on various issues.