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Peer reviewedBuxton, Andrew – Electronic Library, 1988
Describes Janet (the Joint Academic Network), a wide area network linking computers and users in the British academic community. Topics discussed include interactive working; file transfer; electronic mail; job transfer; and online access to library catalogs, bibliographic and numeric databases, and commercial online hosts in Great Britain or…
Descriptors: Bibliographic Databases, Bulletin Boards, Developed Nations, Electronic Mail
Peer reviewedvan Brakel, Pieter A.; Pienaar, Martie – Electronic Library, 1997
Automated geographic information systems (GIS) consist of integrated digital databases containing information about geographic features; hardware, software, and people used in the analysis of features; and descriptions of features. Currently no standard method of accessing widely scattered geographic data exists. Argues that this can solved by…
Descriptors: Access to Information, Databases, Geography, Information Dissemination
Peer reviewedLees, Nigel – Electronic Library, 1997
Describes developments in the United Kingdom's Royal Society of Chemistry's Library and Information Centre that has changed from a professional and learned society library into a business center. Development of a priced information service, electronic sources of information including online databases and the Internet, and marketing and promotion…
Descriptors: Change Strategies, Chemical Industry, Databases, Information Centers
Peer reviewedKanamugire, Athanase B. – Electronic Library, 1997
Examines issues related to CD-ROM services in libraries in developing countries, and focuses on planning, funding, hardware, software, database selection, installation, staff and user training, publicity, use policies and procedures, document non-availability, and evaluation. Recommends a partnership approach between library information systems,…
Descriptors: Databases, Developing Nations, Information Services, Library Funding
Peer reviewedvan Putten, G. W.; Smedinga, R. – Electronic Library, 1992
Discussion of problems that organizations face regarding the selection, management, and accession of information services focuses on the extent to which document information systems (DIS) and text management systems (TMS) can improve the management and accessibility of information sources. Examples of TMS applications are described. (11…
Descriptors: Access to Information, Comparative Analysis, Computer Software, Databases
Peer reviewedCabral, Maria Luisa – Electronic Library, 1992
The National Library of Portugal undertook a leadership role in the development of the Portuguese Bibliographic database (PORBASE). The National Library defined cataloging standards and circulated them to Portuguese libraries to create a national catalog. PORBASE is a work in progress with ongoing technical projects and collaboration in the…
Descriptors: Bibliographic Databases, Foreign Countries, Information Services, Information Technology
