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Peer reviewedCompton, Anne W. – Information Services and Use, 1992
Discusses the use of CD-ROMs in Africa based on experiences of the Population Information Program (PIP) at Johns Hopkins University. Topics addressed include available CD-ROM hardware; how CD-ROMs can help alleviate information problems in Africa; and how to market CD-ROMs in Africa. (10 references) (LRW)
Descriptors: Developing Nations, Foreign Countries, Information Needs, Information Services
Peer reviewedSpore, Stuart – Library Hi Tech, 1991
Discussion of downloading from online public access catalogs focuses on downloading to MS-DOS microcomputers from the INNOPAC online catalog system. Tools for capturing and postprocessing downloaded files are described, technical and institutional constraints on downloading are addressed, and an innovative program for overcoming such constraints…
Descriptors: Academic Libraries, Computer System Design, Databases, Higher Education
Download full textWright, A. J. – 1984
The combination of computer technology and library operation is helping to alleviate such library problems as escalating costs, increasing collection size, deteriorating materials, unwieldy arrangement schemes, poor subject control, and the acquisition and processing of large numbers of rarely used documents. Small special libraries such as…
Descriptors: Bibliographic Utilities, Communications, Database Management Systems, Electronic Mail
Williamson, Linda Eileen – Computers in Libraries, 1993
Discussion of the role of microcomputers in information transfer focuses on CD-ROMs and national and international government organizations as data producers and disseminators. Microcomputers and the information industry in developing nations are examined; dissemination of information from international organizations is described; and the United…
Descriptors: Access to Information, Depository Libraries, Developing Nations, Government Publications
Sondak, Norman; Sondak, Eileen – 1991
This paper presents elements of the computer graphics environment including information on: Lotus 1-2-3; Apple Macintosh; Desktop Publishing; Object-Oriented Programming; and Microsoft's Windows 3. A brief scenario illustrates the use of the minimization principle in presenting a new product to a group of international financiers. A taxonomy of…
Descriptors: Business Communication, Classification, Computer Assisted Design, Computer Graphics
CAUSE, Boulder, CO. – 1989
Nine papers from the 1988 CAUSE conference's Track II, Managing Technologies Integration, are presented. They include: "Computing in the '90s--Will We Be Ready for the Applications Needed?" (Stephen Patrick); "Glasnost, The Era of 'Openness'" (Bernard W. Gleason); "Academic and Administrative Computing: Are They Really…
Descriptors: Change Strategies, Computer Uses in Education, Higher Education, Information Technology
Attaullah; Johnson, Jane S. – Microcomputers for Information Management, 1991
Outlines the various steps involved in the process of modernizing the information storage and retrieval systems within the library of the Northwest Frontier Province Agricultural University (NWFP AU) in Peshawar, Pakistan. Implementation of services for faculty, students, and provincial agricultural scientists is discussed, and staff training is…
Descriptors: Agricultural Education, Bibliographic Databases, College Libraries, Database Management Systems
