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Burke, Frank G. – Reference Librarian, 1997
Describes the "National Inventory of Documentary Sources in the United States" (NIDS-US), a microfiche resource of finding aids for manuscript collections and archives. Discusses its companion, NIDS-UK (United Kingdom), the NIDS CD-ROM index, and the development of ArchivesUSA, a CD-ROM which will combine NIDS, the National Union Catalog…
Descriptors: Archives, Foreign Countries, Indexes, Information Sources

Sheffield, P. W. – Education Libraries Journal, 1995
Describes the release of the British Education Index on CD-ROM, summarizing the deliberations leading to the conjunction of the Australian, British, and Canadian education index databases on the International ERIC CD-ROM. Considers the impact of CD-ROM availability on traditional print media and how it may affect the future development of the…
Descriptors: Access to Information, Databases, Educational Resources, Foreign Countries
International Federation of Library Associations, The Hague (Netherlands). – 1987
The five papers in this collection focus on computerized legal databases and their content: (1) "Disk and Dat: Recent Developments in Legal Databases and Emerging Information Technologies in the United States" (Howard Hood, United States); (2) "Online Databanken zum EG-Recht und ihr Angebot (Online Databases for European Community…
Descriptors: Accreditation (Institutions), Databases, Developed Nations, Foreign Countries
International Federation of Library Associations, The Hague (Netherlands). – 1990
The 25 papers in this collection were presented at the meetings of three sections of the Division of Collections and Services and a workshop: (1) "Survey of International Exchange of Non-Official Publications: Progress Report" (Ulla Hojsgaard); (2) "Buying Media for Everyone: Public Library Acquisition in Scandinavia" (Tove Persson); (3) "The…
Descriptors: Academic Libraries, Copyrights, Cost Indexes, Economic Impact