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Hogan, Thomas H. – Bulletin of the American Society for Information Science, 1987
The current president of the American Society for Information Science shares his observations about the information industry, identifying positive and negative trends, and discusses the role ASIS can play in the continuing growth of the industry. (Author/CLB)
Descriptors: Databases, Information Services, Marketing, Online Searching
Peer reviewedBrito, Claudio J. – Information Development, 1987
Examines the difficulties faced by the implementors of information dissemination systems in developing nations and explores the possible use of optical data disk technologies to overcome them. A pilot project of the Pan American Health Organization for the production of a CD-ROM containing bibliographic references on public health is described.…
Descriptors: Cost Effectiveness, Databases, Developing Nations, Foreign Countries
Hlava, Marjorie M. K.; And Others – Bulletin of the American Society for Information Science, 1987
This series of ten articles exploring users' reactions to optical data disk technologies, focuses on comparisons with online retrieval systems. The opinions of users and vendors on cost effectiveness, searchability, equipment requirements and performance, effectiveness, and efficiency are presented and discussed. (CLB)
Descriptors: Access to Information, Comparative Analysis, Cost Effectiveness, Databases
