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Akman, Ibrahim; Kocamustafaogullari, Kemal – Microcomputers for Information Management, 1995
Outlines the nature of information processing projects and discusses some project management programming packages. Describes an in-house interface program developed to utilize a selected project management package (TIMELINE) by using Oracle Data Base Management System tools and Pascal programming language for the management of information system…
Descriptors: Computer Interfaces, Computer Software, Computer Software Selection, Database Management Systems
Frey, Dean – Microcomputers for Information Management, 1989
Describes UNIX, a computer operating system that supports multi-task and multi-user operations. Characteristics that make it especially suitable for library applications are discussed, including a hierarchical file structure and utilities for text processing, database activities, and bibliographic work. Sources of information on hardware…
Descriptors: Bibliographic Databases, Computer Software, Electronic Mail, Equipment Standards
Rieger, Oya Y. – Microcomputers for Information Management, 1993
Focuses on four issues related to providing government numeric databases in libraries: hardware, access software, staff skills, and organizing services. Basic, intermediate, and advanced levels of service and a guide for selecting an appropriate level are presented. Examples of screens from actual searches are included. (Contains eight…
Descriptors: Computer Software, Costs, Government Publications, Library Services
Beaumont, Jane; Balson, David – Microcomputers for Information Management, 1988
Describes an evaluative project in which a prototype bibliographic database on optical data disk was installed in six developing country libraries and a Canadian library. The results of the project are discussed in terms of user satisfaction and cost effectiveness, and recommendations are made to donor agencies, information providers, and…
Descriptors: Bibliographic Databases, Computer Software, Cost Effectiveness, Developing Nations
Britz, J. J. – Microcomputers for Information Management, 1996
Assesses the impact of technology on privacy. Discusses electronic monitoring of people in the workplace; interception and reading of e-mail messages; merging of databases which contain personal information; rise in the number of hackers; and the development of software that makes the decoding of digital information virtually impossible. Presents…
Descriptors: Access to Information, Computer Software, Confidentiality, Databases
Emdad, Ali – Microcomputers for Information Management, 1990
Presents a conceptual framework for building an intelligent documentation system (IDS) for computer software by integrating hypermedia and expert systems technologies. The need for online computer documentation for end-users is discussed, and elements of the synergetic model are described, including knowledge representation, the hypermedia…
Descriptors: Computer Peripherals, Computer Software, Computer Software Development, Computer System Design
