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Direct linkTenopir, Carol; Baker, Gayle; Grogg, Jill – Library Journal, 2010
With fancy new software developments and growth in both the richness of content and delivery options for information resources, the Database Marketplace 2010 is a feast for buyers. Unfortunately, institutional budget cuts may force more of a famine mentality--with belt-tightening for most, and only purchases that are life-sustaining being served…
Descriptors: Databases, Electronic Libraries, Online Vendors, Library Administration
Tenopir, Carol; Baker, Gayle; Grogg, Jill E. – Library Journal, 2008
Social networking and other Web 2.0 technologies led the social whirl of the information industry. Publishers and librarians tried to keep their products and services relevant by mixing authoritative content with user involvement, but that was not enough. Enhancing interfaces, adding new forms of content, and making strategic acquisitions--all are…
Descriptors: Databases, Online Vendors, Organizational Change, Books
Tenopir, Carol – Library Journal, 2004
Librarians must get the most for their money and look to technology for new solutions. Several respondents think poor budgets mean more reliance on online databases and electronic full texts with less purchase of print. Companies that produce both media are likely to continue as long as there is a market for both, but they are gearing up for the…
Descriptors: Databases, Access to Information, Libraries, Electronic Journals
Lundeen, Gerald; Tenopir, Carol – Online, 1985
Four information retrieval packages that run on single user microcomputers--CAIRS, INMAGIC, Sci-Mate, SIRE--are examined based on following criteria: storage requirements; hardware requirements; search features (Boolean logic, comparison searching, set building, truncation, and wild card characters); system output; security; system maintenance…
Descriptors: Computer Software, Databases, Display Systems, Evaluation Criteria
Lundeen, Gerald; Tenopir, Carol – Microcomputers for Information Management: An International Journal for Library and Information Services, 1984
Discusses factors that should be considered when comparing microcomputer software for small and medium-sized library catalogs and describes eight specific packages--BRS/Search Micros/Mini Version, Card Catalog, Golden Retriever, INMAGIC, TEQLIB, FINDER, SCIMATE, and STAR. (Author/MBR)
Descriptors: Comparative Analysis, Computer Software, Design Preferences, Display Systems
Tenopir, Carol – Library Journal, 1986
Summarizes four options for libraries that want to offer end user searching: end user systems (Bibliographic Retrieval Service's Afterdark, DIALOG's Knowledge Index); front-end microcomputer software (Sci-Mate Searcher, Pro-Search, WILSEARCH); gateway services (EASYNET); and local databases (now available on floppy and compact discs). Advantages…
Descriptors: Academic Libraries, Computer Software, Databases, Higher Education
Tenopir, Carol – Library Journal, 1993
Discussion of electronic information access in libraries focuses on five areas that impact quality and cost: (1) hardware, including networking, graphics, and full-text capabilities; (2) software; (3) access and utilization, including Internet and instruction and training; (4) licensing, including suggestions for publishers as well as librarians;…
Descriptors: Access to Information, Computer Graphics, Computer Networks, Computer Software
