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Peer reviewedBonk, Sharon C. – Information Technology and Libraries, 1983
Discussion of increased automation in the book trade and in library acquisitions systems, which will lead to a new type of bookseller-library interface and relationship, notes electronic equipment, library requirements, book-trade response, and design of interactive systems. Thirteen references are provided. (EJS)
Descriptors: Automation, Information Networks, Libraries, Library Acquisition
Griffiths, Jose-Marie – Bulletin of the American Society for Information Science, 1984
Discusses the effects of microcomputers on online services and products from the perspectives of the major participants in the online industry--database creators and providers; service or network operators; libraries and information brokers; and end users. Ongoing developments and trends affecting participant groups are reviewed. Three references…
Descriptors: Databases, Information Networks, Information Scientists, Information Services
Peer reviewedClausen, Helge – Electronic Library, 1991
Discussion of computer-mediated communication (CMC) focuses on the use of electronic mail (E-mail) in the information field. Topics discussed include human aspects of CMC; examples of E-mail use in libraries and information centers, including the Danish Science Park Network (DSPN); and the use of E-mail for personal information systems. (48…
Descriptors: Electronic Mail, Foreign Countries, Information Centers, Information Networks
Peer reviewedCortez, Edwin M. – Catholic Library World, 1982
Identifies technologies available to libraries and information centers for increasing and redirecting information services to patrons. Viewdata and teletext services, videodisc technology, online catalogs, and microcomputers are highlighted, and methods and strategies for effective implementation are discussed. (EJS)
Descriptors: Home Programs, Information Networks, Information Services, Information Systems
Peer reviewedGothberg, Helen M. – Reference Librarian, 1982
Presents overview of developments in telecommunications, noting their effects on the role of the library as information center. Television growth, videodisc technology, library uses for interactive videodisc (storage and display of mixed media, programed instruction, storage of visual materials, and text), videotex, and teletext are highlighted.…
Descriptors: Information Networks, Information Systems, Libraries, Library Services
Download full textKnight, Nancy H., Ed. – 1981
Included in these proceedings are edited versions of presentations given at a conference which was designed to provide an overview of some of the major telecommunication developments likely to impact libraries and information centers in the future. Technologies reviewed include slow-scan television, teleconferencing, and videodisc. Other papers…
Descriptors: Communications, Computers, Equipment Standards, Futures (of Society)
Peer reviewedLancaster, F. W.; Smith, Linda C. – Library Trends, 1979
Explores the major channels for dissemination of research results with reference to the role of libraries and other formal information centers in this communication process. Some problems existing within these channels, some recent advances in this dissemination process, and future trends are discussed. (Author/MBR)
Descriptors: Communication (Thought Transfer), Information Centers, Information Dissemination, Information Networks
Peer reviewedOnonogbo, R. U. – International Library Review, 1986
This review discusses the key elements of a national infrastructure of information--government (funding, legislation, manpower planning, national information policy, development of communications systems); people (information users and professionals); professional associations or societies; publishing industry; physical information resources…
Descriptors: Government (Administrative Body), Information Centers, Information Networks, Information Scientists
Peer reviewedNeubauer, K. W. – Information Technology and Libraries, 1984
This overview of the information market and services available in the Federal Republic of Germany highlights online information systems (hosts, databases, networks); relation of Europe to United States and Germany; the German library system (problems and advantages of document delivery, online services); and telecommunication technology.…
Descriptors: Comparative Analysis, Databases, Foreign Countries, Information Dissemination
