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Peer reviewedNunes, Luis Filipe Abreu – Information Development, 1995
Discusses information development in Portugal since the early 1980s. Topics include public libraries; the national bibliographic database; training; software; access to online databases; CD-ROMs; and Portuguese participation in information projects of the European Community. (AEF)
Descriptors: Access to Information, Bibliographic Databases, Computer Software, Foreign Countries
Peer reviewedCrawford, Walt – Public-Access Computer Systems Review, 1992
Provides several examples of drawbacks encountered when technological improvements are applied to the public access of library databases. Suggests that technological advances all carry some trade-off and that they should be employed cautiously. (NRP)
Descriptors: Academic Libraries, Access to Information, Bibliographic Databases, Evaluation
