The Compact Disk-Circulation System Interface at the Tacoma Public Library: Beyond Stand-Alone CD-ROM.

Hegarty, Kevin

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Publication Date: 1988

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The Compact Disk-Circulation System Interface at the Tacoma Public Library: Beyond Stand-Alone CD-ROM.

Hegarty, Kevin

Library Hi Tech, v6 n3 p103-11 1988

Describes the development of a CD-ROM public access catalog (CD-PAC)-circulation system interface at the Tacoma (Washington) Public Library. Cost considerations, advantages and disadvantages, access time, and currency of the CD-PAC are discussed. Sidebars cover CD-ROM and the library market, future technologies, and comparisons of prices for CD-ROM and print equivalents. (MES)

Descriptors: Costs, Futures (of Society), Information Technology, Library Automation, Library Circulation, Online Catalogs, Optical Data Disks, Public Libraries

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