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Crawford, Walt – Library Hi Tech, 1985
Defines and discusses the equipment and software needed to start telecommunicating: modems (speed, autodial or manual dial, stand-alone or built-in), telephones, telecommunications software, and commercial information services, including electronic mail and bulletin boards. Definitions, communications protocols, equipment features, and costs are…
Descriptors: Computer Software, Costs, Information Networks, Information Services
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Weiskel, Timothy C. – Library Hi Tech, 1991
An online system designed to help global environmental research, the electronic research system called Eco-Link draws data from various electronic sources including online catalogs and databases, CD-ROMs, electronic news sources, and electronic data subscription services to produce briefing booklets on environmental issues. It can be accessed by…
Descriptors: Access to Information, Computer Networks, Databases, Environmental Research
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Van Houweling, Douglas E. – Library Hi Tech, 1986
Survey of the history and current development of information technology covers hardware (economies of scale, communications technology, magnetic and optical forms of storage), and the evolution of systems software ("tool" software, applications software, and nonprocedural languages). The effect of new computer technologies on human…
Descriptors: Computer Software, History, Information Networks, Information Storage
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Dewey, Patrick R. – Library Hi Tech, 1984
Describes the first library-sponsored Electronic Bulletin Board System (BBS), begun in November 1981 at North-Pulaski Branch of Chicago Public Library. Examples of logon routines, menu displays, recent features of the People's Message System, and censorship statements are included. BBS sources (noting address and price) and a nine-item…
Descriptors: Branch Libraries, Computer Oriented Programs, Computer Software, Information Networks
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Luce, Richard E.; Hartman, Susan – Library Hi Tech, 1984
Describes experience of Boulder Public Library, where management and support personnel established pre-experiment baseline data for comparison with quantitative and qualitative results of experiment to determine the impact of telecommuting (work-at-home) on worker productivity. Background, methodology, equipment enhancements, and data analysis are…
Descriptors: Comparative Analysis, Input Output Devices, Interviews, Library Administration
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Hessier, David – Library Hi Tech, 1987
Describes InfoStation, an information system which integrates a microcomputer with a videotape recorder and facsimile machine, to provide backup storage and selective retrieval of both analog and digital information. The features and applications of the system are described in detail and compared with other computer storage methods. (CLB)
Descriptors: Computer Storage Devices, Cost Effectiveness, Electronic Publishing, Facsimile Transmission
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Kountz, John – Library Hi Tech, 1991
Description of high density data storage (HDDS) devices focuses on CD-ROMs and explores their impact on libraries, publishing, education, and library communications. Highlights include costs; technical standards; reading devices; authoring systems; robotics; the influence of new technology on the role of libraries; and royalty and copyright issues…
Descriptors: Authoring Aids (Programing), Computer Software, Computer Storage Devices, Copyrights
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Van Houweling, Douglas E. – Library Hi Tech, 1987
Summarizes the historical trend of distributing computer power within universities, and describes a model for an information technology environment for higher education. Based on a broad distribution of information and computing power, this model allows users to share information using micro- and minicomputers. (CLB)
Descriptors: Access to Information, Cost Effectiveness, Decentralization, Higher Education