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Download full textJohnson, Bruce; Sharp, Colin – 1987
This two-phase study of the use of networks and information retrieval systems by schools in Australia was designed to inquire as to the extent that schools are using all available networks; how appropriate and effective these sources of information are for schools; how costly such services might be; and what developments can be reasonably expected…
Descriptors: Computer Networks, Databases, Foreign Countries, Information Networks
Peer reviewedOley, Elizabeth – Online Review, 1992
Traces the development of database production and the online industry in Australia, focusing on recent trends, problems and prospects for future online and CD-ROM use. Argues that new pricing arrangements can provide growth in a market fragmented by increases in specialization and government information, and in numbers of vendors, databases, end…
Descriptors: Competition, Computer Networks, Databases, Directories
O'Leary, Mick – Online, 1997
Reviews the historical development of online information in libraries, including computers, software, and networks. Highlights include quotes from leaders in the field; the end-user movement; commercial products from vendors; the spread of the Internet and its effects on online companies and searchers; options on the World Wide Web; and future…
Descriptors: Computer Networks, Computer Software, Databases, Futures (of Society)
1994
This proceedings contains 58 papers that were reviewed and selected for presentation at the 1994 National Online Meeting. The introduction, "Highlights of the Online/CD-ROM Database Industry: Implications of the Internet for Database Producers" by Martha E. Williams, provides statistics regarding databases, database records, database…
Descriptors: Computer Networks, Databases, Electronic Publishing, Information Management
Peer reviewedStratford, Jean Slemmons; Stratford, Juri – Journal of Government Information, 1997
Discusses developments at the U.S. Bureau of the Census. Includes strategies and changes for Census 2000, new information storage and retrieval systems, a new Internet subscription service offering enhanced access to selected Census Bureau databases, and the transfer of responsibility for the Census of Agriculture to the National Agricultural…
Descriptors: Access to Information, Census Figures, Computer Networks, Databases
Miyakawa, Takayasu – 1996
This paper outlines the market developments, governmental promotion policies, and efforts by private industries for online database services in Japan since the late 1970s. The combination of these efforts over the years has resulted in an online database service market of US$20 billion annually, of which approximately one third is Western online…
Descriptors: Change, Computer Networks, Database Producers, Databases
