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Herther, Nancy K. – Online, 1987
This current overview of optical disk technology describes the evolving marketplace for optical products, the use of libraries as test sites for prototype CD-ROM (compact disk read-only-memory) products, CD-ROM developments, new optical technologies, and advances in magnetics. A list of some compact disk manufacturers and a glossary of terms are…
Descriptors: Costs, Databases, Information Storage, Information Technology
Peer reviewedHerther, Nancy K. – CD-ROM Professional, 1992
Interview with a computer scientist for the U.S. Geological Survey focuses on CD-ROM as a medium for publishing, disseminating, and archiving government data; the private sector's role in producing value-added CD-ROM products; and SIGCAT (Special Interest Group for CD-ROM Applications and Technology), a free CD-ROM user group. (NRP)
Descriptors: Access to Information, Electronic Publishing, Government Publications, Information Dissemination
