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Simpson, Carol Mann – Book Report, 1992
Examines issues that librarians must address when purchasing databases on CD-ROM for networking. Highlights include network licenses; costs; restrictions on network rights; ownership of CD-ROMs; hardware requirements; fees for upgrading software; CD-ROM servers; pricing options; training materials; and disk drives. (LRW)
Descriptors: Computer Networks, Computer Software, Costs, Databases
Flanders, Bruce L. – Online, 1991
Describes the Kansas Interlibrary Communications Network (KICNET), a private electronic mail wide-area network (WAN) administered by the Kansas State Library that was developed to transmit interlibrary loan requests for high school, public, academic, and community college libraries. Topics discussed include software, costs for software and…
Descriptors: Computer Networks, Computer Software, Costs, Electronic Mail
Crawford, Gregory A. – Computers in Libraries, 1999
Discusses issues facing libraries using digital information resources, based on experiences at the Pennsylvania State University at Harrisburg library. Topics include comparing electronic resources; goals of providing the service or resource; determining users' needs; resources for access, including networks and financing; software; budgeting;…
Descriptors: Academic Libraries, Access to Computers, Access to Information, Computer Networks
