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Does Machine-Readable Documentation on Online Hosts and CD-ROMs Have a Role or Future?
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Harris, Stephen; Oppenheim, Charles – Journal of Information Science, 1996
Reports results of a United Kingdom-based mail survey of database users, CD-ROM producers, and hosts to assess trends and views concerning documentation in machine-readable form. Cost, convenience, and ease of use of print manuals are cited as reasons for the reluctance to switch to machine-readable documentation. Sample surveys are included.…
Descriptors: Computer Software, Costs, Databases, Electronic Text
The British Library Initiatives for Access Seminar: Digital Imaging.
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Alexander, Michael – Information Services & Use, 1996
Provides an overview of the British Library's Initiatives for Access program which uses digital imaging. Highlights include digitization of microfilm, the electronic "Beowulf", electronic photographic viewing system, computer software that uses neural networks and fuzzy matching to provide links to search terms, and international…
Descriptors: Access to Information, Computer Software, Electronic Libraries, Electronic Text
A Practical Model for Computer-Aided Reading Supports (CARS) for Technical Documents--The User's Point of View.
Heimburger, Anneli; Lanas, Tiina – Microcomputers for Information Management, 1994
Describes a research project conducted at the University of Oulu (Finland) that applied hypermedia in designing, delivering, and using technical documents in electronic form to create interactive electronic technical manuals. A practical model for computer-aided reading supports (CARS) for technical documents is proposed based on users' needs.…
Descriptors: Computer Assisted Instruction, Computer Software Development, Electronic Text, Foreign Countries
The Quebec National Library on the Web.
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Kieran, Shirley; Sauve, Diane – Library Hi Tech, 1997
Provides an overview of the Quebec National Library (Bibliotheque Nationale du Quebec, or BNQ) Web site. Highlights include issues related to content, design, and technology; IRIS, the BNQ online public access catalog; development of the multimedia catalog; software; digitization of documents; links to bibliographic records; and future…
Descriptors: Bibliographic Records, Computer Software, Content Analysis, Design Requirements
How Can Documents Be Put onto the Web?
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Dixon, Ross – 1996
The specific characteristics of the World Wide Web mean that publishing documents using this medium has a number of unique requirements and presents a different challenge to anyone wishing to put documents on the Web. Key issues which have to be resolved include determining the nature of the documents to be published, identifying whether documents…
Descriptors: Access to Information, Authoring Aids (Programming), Case Studies, Computer Mediated Communication
An Experiment Using Document Annotations in Education.
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Lapique, Francis; Regev, Gil – 1998
This paper describes an ongoing experiment at the Swiss Federal Institute of Technology in Lausanne regarding the use of World Wide Web-based document annotations for educational purposes. An annotation tool called Medium was built, merging database and Web technologies, to be used as a companion for classical university courses and collaborative…
Descriptors: Abstracts, Computer Assisted Instruction, Computer Interfaces, Computer Mediated Communication