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Farris, Deirdre A. – Library Software Review, 1987
Describes the planning and implementation of a library automation system which encompasses four campus locations of a community college, and includes automation of technical processes and full access to holdings and circulation records of all the libraries involved. Software and hardware considerations are discussed, and guidelines to automation…
Descriptors: Academic Libraries, Community Colleges, Computer Networks, Computer Software
Kibbey, Mark; Evans, Nancy H. – EDUCOM Review, 1989
Discussion of electronic libraries and networks as foundations for the delivery of information services highlights Project Mercury at Carnegie-Mellon University. Topics discussed include ease of use; standards for documentation representation and exchange, information retrieval, communication and networking, and computer display interfaces;…
Descriptors: Academic Libraries, Computer Networks, Documentation, Electronic Libraries
Johnson, Denise – Computers in Libraries, 1991
Discussion of concerns of librarians who are involved in CD-ROM selection and acquisition focuses on three main areas: (1) sources for discovering and investigating CD-ROM products, including an annotated bibliography of journals, publisher's catalogs, books, network conferences, and online indexes; (2) criteria for selection; and (3) vendor…
Descriptors: Annotated Bibliographies, Computer Networks, Evaluation Criteria, Library Collection Development
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Corbett, John, Ed. – Library Hi Tech, 1996
Presents an overview of past, present, and future activities involving automation and networking in Oklahoma libraries. Topics include a library technology network concerned with equitable library service; a union list of CD-ROM library holdings; telecommunications infrastructure; telephone charges and Internet access; upgrades of rural library…
Descriptors: Computer Networks, Full Text Databases, Futures (of Society), Internet
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Swan, John; And Others – Reference Librarian, 1992
Three articles discuss the issue of the mediator's role in the library of the electronic age. Topics addressed include computer-assisted instruction; online catalogs; computer networks; professional identity; reference service and bibliographic instruction; CD-ROMs; online systems; personal home microcomputers; Internet and list servers;…
Descriptors: Computer Assisted Instruction, Computer Networks, Electronic Libraries, Librarians
Briden, Judi; Reeb, Brenda; Zhang, Allison – 1997
The Electronic Resources Team at the University of Rochester (New York) River Campus Libraries pursued the concept of one-stop shopping as a component of their new integrated library system Voyager, which debuted in January 1997. Faced with a growing variety of electronic resources with no single guide to their existence and access, the Team dealt…
Descriptors: Academic Libraries, Access to Information, Computer Networks, Computer Security