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Peer reviewedNitecki, Danuta A. – RQ, 1980
The three papers presented discuss the components of the pricing structure for online service vendors (Roger Summit); describe an information system designed to provide agricultural weather data to farmers (Lehnert and Scott); and explore the impact of information delivery systems for the home (Mark Plakias). (FM)
Descriptors: Costs, Delivery Systems, Information Systems, Library Services
Peer reviewedVickery, Brian; And Others – Journal of Documentation, 1984
This report considers the effects of new technology (online search services) on user access to information; the role of libraries in providing such access; the structure of a future national information network in the United Kingdom; and general managerial considerations. Seventeen references are cited. (EJS)
Descriptors: Foreign Countries, Information Networks, Information Retrieval, Information Systems
Peer reviewedBuckingham, Sarah – Education Libraries, 1985
Defines criteria applicable to implementation of end-user online searching service in academic education library (ease of use, flexibility, administrative ease, security, compatibility with available equipment) and describes systems in four categories--software (front ends, downloaded subsets), gateways, user friendly vendors, and straight vendor…
Descriptors: Academic Libraries, Computer Software, Databases, Higher Education
