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Peer reviewedSteele, Colin; And Others – Information Technology and Libraries, 1986
Five brief articles examine new library technologies and physical problems; potential health hazards posed by frequent use of photocopiers; psychological deterrence of electronic security systems; quality control of cooperative cataloging in a library network; and the billing system designed and programed for a medical library. Two articles…
Descriptors: Academic Libraries, Accounting, Alarm Systems, Bibliographic Utilities
Peer reviewedMiido, Helis – Electronic Library, 1992
Presents a geographic analysis of results of a survey of medical libraries in the United States, Canada, and Europe that examined the automation of book and serials processing. Levels of automation are investigated, geographic differences between the use of personal computers versus mainframe/minicomputers are discussed, and software systems are…
Descriptors: Comparative Analysis, Computer Software, Foreign Countries, Geographic Regions
Peer reviewedMatheson, Nina W.; Cooper, John A. D. – Journal of Medical Education, 1982
The rationale for the long-range development of integrated institutional information management networks is presented. How such networks can be achieved through the development of a technologically sophisticated library is described, and why a new library concept is essential in the emerging electronics-dominated information environment is…
Descriptors: Academic Libraries, Allied Health Occupations Education, Computers, Educational Technology
