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Prospective Conversion: Data Transfer between Fossil and New Microcomputer Technologies in Libraries.
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Vratny-Watts, Janet; Valauskas, Edward J. – Information Technology and Libraries, 1989
Discusses the technological changes that will necessitate the prospective conversion of library data over the next decade and addresses the problems of converting data from obsolete personal computers to newer models that feature radically different operating systems. Three case studies are used to illustrate possible scenarios. (11 references)…
Descriptors: Case Studies, Computer Software, Computer Storage Devices, Cost Effectiveness
Technical Report on the Prospective Student Inquiry Data File and Information System at California State University, Chico.
Lukes, John A. – 1985
This report discusses the development and characteristics of the Prospective Student Inquiry Data File and Information System, which is used by the California State University at Chico (CSUC) as part of an effort to increase its student applicant population. Following a brief review of organizational background information, the report is divided…
Descriptors: Admissions Counseling, Case Studies, College Applicants, Computer Storage Devices
Breaks, Flows, and Other In-Between Spaces: Rethinking Piracy and Copyright Governance
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Wang, Shujen – Policy Futures in Education, 2006
This article uses three case studies to examine the intersecting developments of technology, capitalism, and globalization through the contradictions and paradoxes of copyright governance and piracy. China is used as a case study to investigate the relations among the state, law, and global capitalism. (Contains 7 tables and 9 notes.)
Descriptors: Social Systems, Copyrights, Global Approach, Foreign Countries