Editing Library Data

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[[Library Data]] is information obtainable from any [[ship's computer]] (or [[Starport|starport library]]) in response to the correct keywords. Only the specific information requested can be accessed by users; most data bases will not reveal additional data or allow indiscriminate browsing through the library records. {{Page cite|name= Twilight's Peak|page= 41}}
* A [[Computer|Ship's Computer]] is a vital information source for [[Traveller Gene|Travellers]]. 
* The computer data entries on a variety of topics are known as [[Library Data]].

== Description ([[Specifications]]) ==
Most interstellar ships match up communications to a [[mainworld]] when jumping into a [[system]] and upload library data files in the same manner as earlier [[civilization]]s exchanged newspapers, town criers, or other news sources. 
* Library data files are intentionally designed to be able to be uploaded in a variety of data formats. 
* The files may be transmitted via anything from [[TL-4]] [[Radio]] signals, all the way up to [[TL-15]] [[Tachyon Communicator]]s, improved laser comms, or [[LIDAR]] communications devices.
* Due to the speed of communications being limited to the speed of travel, many versions of a file will often circulated [[Charted Space]]. Even information on the same topic, may differ greatly from one end of [[space]] to the other.
* Some library data files haven't been updated in centuries. It isn't unheard of for library data files from the [[First Imperium]] to still be in use.

=== Library Update Program === 
The library update program available at any [[Class A Starport|class A]] or [[Class B Starport|B starport]] contains a wide variety of information. A shipowner may purchase the program for [[Cr]]10,000; local [[ship]]s carrying [[passenger]]s for hire will already have it. Any [[crew]] person with access to a [[Workstation|computer console]] (and the program) can request information on a specific subject by specifying a keyword or phrase. {{Page cite|name=The Kinunir|page=1-2}}

=== Imperial Library Entry on Library Data ===
"[[Library Data]]" is a general term used to describe the information available from a typical ship’s [[computer]] using its [[Library Program]]. In the past, library data had as its source a vast communication network paralleling that of the [[X-boat]] system that once operated throughout the united Imperium. An entire series of “hubs” amassed and organized vast quantities of data and send it out to each other. At each hub the entire collection of information could be compiled and redistributed to private customers, including [[starship]]s, hotels, universities, fixed-location libraries, and [[hand computer]] services.

In the [[Divided Imperium]], library data services have diminished much as the [[X-boat]] routes have. In various areas, reliable service can still be found-sometimes taken over by a commercial firm, sometimes taken over by a local governmental body. The farther that a message or data must travel, however, the more tenuous is its consistency. And [[X-boat]] messages have difficulty travelling across borders or are sometimes lost to marauding [[pirate]]s. Library data likewise is sporadic and intermittent in its arrival, which causes much of its information to have lost its up to-the-minute flavor.

In addition, the library data “network” (pretending for the moment that the system still exists as intact as it once was) has lost contact with many of its original sources of [[data researcher]]s, [[historian]]s, and [[journalist]]s often fail nowadays to submit timely reports of their discoveries. Embarrassing gaps exist in many library data entries today, and severe over-generalization has resulted in misinformation occasionally being published as apparent fact. {{Page cite|name= Imperial Encyclopedia|page= 16}}

== History & Background ([[Dossier]]) ==
Many restricted library data files require high level clearances to access. Many suspect that various [[polities]] manipulate the files, greatly censoring and controlling information.
* The [[Ulane Hoax]] is one of the best known examples of data manipulation. These files have led to great controversy.
* The [[AAB]], [[TAS]], and the [[Imperial Library]] on [[Capital]] are several of the most trusted sources of library data files within [[Charted Space]].

=== SMART (Spinward Marches Archive Retrieval Team) ===
One of the areas of the Imperium that was first to lose its accurate [[library data]] was the area “[[behind the claw]],” [[Trojan Reach Sector|Trojan Reach]], the [[Spinward Marches Sector|Spinward Marches]], and [[Deneb Sector|Deneb]], but thanks to the quick action of [[Archduke Norris]] of Deneb, the library data service for the region was reestablished and made as accurate and efficient as it had been under the united Imperium.

SMART, the Spinward Marches Archive Retrieval Team, was selected from historians working at the region’s colleges and universities Under the direction of [[Eura Regnis]] of the [[Regina Center for Research]], the team set to work in [[1117]] to restore library data service throughout the [[archduke]]'s [[domain]]. [[Norris]]’s mandate for this group's work has been instrumental in insuring that the Imperium, once reunited, will be able to build upon the scientific and historical legacy of its predecessors.

Regnis and her colleagues accomplished their task in only two short years, and in [[1119]], [[SMART Library Data]], [[LIC]] opened its doors as a semiprivate company, guided by a board appointed by the archduke. The library data in this book was generated by one of the SMART system's [[computer]]s; it was automatically summarized to provide the highlights of a number of interesting topics.

Within this summary, the reader can find historical information on the [[Third Imperium]] and the events that led up to the divided Imperium today Information on all the [[major race]]s of the Imperium and its surrounding environs is also here, complete with updates of alien activities since [[Strephon]]'s untimely death. The most important [[minor race]]s are summarized in this volume, too.

Several in-depth summary supplements round out the information here, giving background information on the united Imperium, its [[world]]s, its [[emperor]]s, and its nobility; the [[megacorporation]]s and major [[merchant line]]s doing business in the Imperium, the activities and organization of the [[Imperial Interstellar Scout Service]]; and a special report on recent military [[technology]] and its use by the [[Imperial Navy]] in reuniting our [[world]]s and punishing the usurper [[Dulinor]].

While the SMART library data is as complete as humanly possible, it must be understood that a number of mitigating circumstances have interfered with this collection. Since the revolt of [[Vland Sector]] and its neighbors, the SMART researchers were unable to establish a reliable communications link between the [[Spinward Marches]] and some of the larger fixed libraries, such as the [[AAB]] on [[Vland]] and the [[Imperial Library]] on [[Capital]]. Despite this incapability, SMART Library Data is proud of the successes it has had in producing a work that should help all loyal Imperial citizens strive toward the establishment of the united Imperium and the coronation of its rightful [[Emperor]]. {{Page cite|name= Imperial Encyclopedia|page= 16}}

== References & Contributors ([[Sources]]) ==
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|S1= {{Ludography cite|name= The Kinunir| page = 1-2}} 
|S2= {{Ludography cite|name= Twilight's Peak|page = 41}}
|S3= {{Ludography cite|name= The Traveller Book|page= 152-156 |version=Classic Traveller}}
|S4= {{Ludography cite|name= Imperial Encyclopedia|page = 16-51}} 
|S5= [[Traveller Wiki Editorial Team]]
|S6= Author & Contributor: [[Dave Dyson]]
|S7= Author & Contributor: Lord (Marquis) and Master of Sophontology [[Maksim-Smelchak]] of the [[Ministry of Science]] 
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