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Issues Involved in Developing Integrated Optical Jukebox Storage Systems for Customized Applications.
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Augsburger, Wayne; McNary, Larry – CD-ROM Professional, 1992
Suggests a process for evaluating and planning integrated optical jukebox storage systems. Considerations regarding architecture and system performance are summarized, and a modeling program for tailoring system response to specific applications is presented. Five robotics algorithms are examined to illustrate different hardware configurations.…
Descriptors: Algorithms, Computer System Design, Information Systems, Information Technology
Applications of Artificial Intelligence to Information Search and Retrieval: The Development and Testing of an Intelligent Technical Information System.
Harvey, Francis A. – 1988
This paper describes the evolution and development of an intelligent information system, i.e., a knowledge base for steel structures being undertaken as part of the Technical Information Center for Steel Structures at Lehigh University's Center of Advanced Technology for Large Structural Systems (ATLSS). The initial development of the Technical…
Descriptors: Computer System Design, Database Management Systems, Databases, Engineering
Developing the World's Digital Collection on Peaceful Uses of Atomic Energy.
Levine, Emil – Proceedings of the ASIS Annual Meeting, 1997
Discusses the developers/development, maintainers, and users of the digital collection on peaceful uses of nuclear energy, produced by the International Nuclear Information System (INIS) of the International Atomic Energy Agency (IAEA). Sensitive to users in both developing and highly developed countries, this system provides closer linkage…
Descriptors: Computer System Design, Databases, Information Services, Information Sources
An Introduction to Geographic Information Systems: Linking Maps to Databases [and] Maps for the Rest of Us: Affordable and Fun.
Franklin, Carl; Hane, Paula – Database, 1992
Discusses the impact of computerization of maps on access to business and government information that may be geographically referenced and the emergence of a new field, Geographic Information Management (GIM). Applications of hypertext/hypermedia in Geographic Information Systems (GIS) are described, and software available for workstations and…
Descriptors: Atlases, Cartography, Computer Software, Computer System Design
The Intelligent Reference Information System Project. A Merger of CD-ROM LAN and Expert System Technologies.
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Bailey, Charles W., Jr. – Information Technology and Libraries, 1992
Describes the development of a prototype Intelligent Reference Information System (IRIS) at the University of Houston library which integrated a CD-ROM local area network (LAN) and expert system technologies. Evaluations of the CD-ROM LAN performance and user reactions are reported, and possible future developments are discussed. (13 references)…
Descriptors: College Libraries, Computer System Design, Databases, Expert Systems
Optical Storage and Retrieval of Library Material.
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Folen, Doris R.; Stackpole, Laurie E. – Information Technology and Libraries, 1993
Describes the newly installed optical disk storage system at the Naval Research Laboratory's Research Library and Technical Information Center. Planning and design of the system, the conversion of 140,000 reports to optical disk, the information retrieval process, and future plans are covered. (Contains nine references.) (KRN)
Descriptors: Archives, Computer Storage Devices, Computer System Design, Flow Charts