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Planning Your Technology Mix: Decision Factors That Meet User Needs.

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Pagell, Ruth – Electronic Library, 1991

Examines factors relating to selecting machine-readable information sources from the perspective of the library manager concerned with serving user needs. Professional and novice searchers are considered; remote time sharing, CD-ROM workstations, and local tapes are described and compared; network choices are discussed; and impacts on the…

Descriptors: Comparative Analysis, Computer Networks, Cost Effectiveness, Databases

CD-ROM and the Academic Reference Librarian: A Review of the Literature.

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Thornburg, Barbara J. – Electronic Library, 1992

Examines the effects of CD-ROM on academic library reference work. Topics discussed include the impact on job duties of the reference librarian; impact on users; system drawbacks; location of equipment; search strategies of users versus librarians; budgetary concerns; and future ramifications, including networking and electronic publishing. (10…

Descriptors: Academic Libraries, Electronic Publishing, Futures (of Society), Higher Education