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Martinez, Kirk – Microcomputers for Information Management, 1991
Describes VASARI (the Visual Art System for Archiving and Retrieval of Images), a project funded by the European Community to show the feasibility of high resolution colormetric imaging directly from paintings. The hardware and software used in the system are explained, storage on optical disks is described, and initial results are reported. (five…
Descriptors: Color, Computer System Design, Feasibility Studies, Foreign Countries
Chen, Ching-chih – Microcomputers for Information Management, 1990
Discussion of the rapid growth in CD-ROM products highlights "HyperIntro to CD-ROM Technology and Products," an electronic publishing product. Three main components of the system are described: CD-ROM Technology; CD-ROM Products; and CD-ROM Usage, which describes how CD-ROM is being used and evaluated in libraries and information centers…
Descriptors: Foreign Countries, Hypermedia, Information Retrieval, Library Materials
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
Butler, Matilda – Microcomputers for Information Management, 1990
Discusses the use of CD-ROM products in libraries and describes a full-text CD-ROM library, called the Compact Agricultural Library, that is being produced for developing nations. Topics discussed include CD-ROM and international development; making information more useable; full-text versus fielded information; editing and layout; hypertext; and…
Descriptors: Developing Nations, Development, Editing, Foreign Countries
Siddiqui, Moid A. – Microcomputers for Information Management, 1991
Describes the microcomputer-based online search services provided by the library of the King Fahd University of Petroleum and Minerals in Dhahran, Saudi Arabia. Topics addressed include databases used; users; searcher characteristics; computer printouts; costs and user fees; interlibrary loans; and CD-ROMs. (four references) (LRW)
Descriptors: College Libraries, Costs, Databases, Developing Nations
Chen, Ching-chih; Raitt, David – Microcomputers for Information Management, 1990
Describes use studies of CD-ROM products in American and western European academic, public, and special libraries. Comparative results of the surveys are reported, including effect of CD-ROMs on library use of online databases, difficulties with different vendors' search techniques, and desired subjects of optical products. (10 references) (LRW)
Descriptors: Academic Libraries, Comparative Analysis, Databases, Foreign Countries
Ali, S. Nazim; Young, Harold C. – Microcomputers for Information Management, 1992
Discussion of the use of CD-ROM technology at the University of Bahrain highlights database searching, interlibrary loan activity, and faculty publication. Statistics show that the acquisition of CD-ROM databases is a significant factor in an increase in faculty research publication output. (14 references) (LRW)
Descriptors: Access to Information, College Libraries, Databases, Developing Nations
Lin, Sharon Chien – Microcomputers for Information Management, 1994
Describes two phases of the automation of library and information services in mainland China. From 1974-86, much effort was concentrated on developing computer systems, databases, online retrieval, and networking. From 1986 to the present, practical progress became possible largely because of CD-ROM technology; and large scale networking for…
Descriptors: Computer System Design, Databases, Developing Nations, Foreign Countries
