HARNET

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HARNET (Hong Kong Academic and Research Network) is the wide area network that links up the campus networks of the eight tertiary institutions in Hong Kong.

It was founded in 1991 or 1992.{{cite book|author1=Brian Kahin|url=https://books.google.com/books?id=DfM94ymFw1AC&pg=PA405|title=Coordinating the Internet|author2=James H. Keller|author3=James Keller|publisher=MIT Press|year=1997|isbn=978-0-262-61136-7|pages=405–}}{{cite book|author1=Kuo li chung yang tʻu shu kuan|url=https://books.google.com/books?id=BtKSOVEIi_cC|title=Proceedings of the International Conference on National Libraries--Towards the 21st Century: April 20-24, 1993, Taipei|author2=International Conference on National Libraries--Towards the 21st Century (1993 : Taipei, Taiwan)|publisher=National Central Library|year=1994|isbn=9789576781582|location=|page=1029}} Its goal is to facilitate information sharing among academic libraries.{{cite book|author1=Julia L.Y. Chan|url=https://books.google.com/books?id=ASvxAQAAQBAJ&pg=PR16|title=Libraries and Information Centres in Hong Kong: A Life's Work|author2=Angela S.W. Yan|author3=Lai-bing Kan|date=1 June 1996|publisher=Hong Kong University Press|isbn=978-962-209-409-3|pages=16–}} It is primarily operated by the University of Hong Kong.{{cite book|author1=Endang Ernawati|url=https://books.google.com/books?id=03TgAAAAMAAJ|title=Proceedings of the 13th FID/CAO Congress and Assembly, Jakarta, 6-8 June 1995: The Challenge of Information System Towards the 21st Century : Strategic Use of Information Systems in Asia and Pacific Countries|author2=Bambang Supriyo Utomo|publisher=Indomesian Institute of Sciences (LIPI)|year=1996|isbn=978-979-8958-04-5|pages=68–69}}