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| Online | 7 |
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| Arnold, Stephen E. | 1 |
| Beiser, Karl | 1 |
| Duggan, Mary Kay | 1 |
| Hawkins, Donald T. | 1 |
| Herther, Nancy K. | 1 |
| Pemberton, Jeffery K. | 1 |
| Provenzano, Dominic | 1 |
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| Journal Articles | 7 |
| Opinion Papers | 5 |
| Reports - Descriptive | 5 |
| Information Analyses | 2 |
| Historical Materials | 1 |
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Hawkins, Donald T. – Online, 1987
Examines growth in the number and size of exhibitors' booths at Online conferences from 1979 to 1986 to support notion that information has progressed from intrinsic knowledge to a commodity that is produced, marketed, and sold. Discussion covers downloading and specific successes and failures in the information marketplace. (EM)
Descriptors: Conferences, Database Producers, Economic Factors, Information Technology
Arnold, Stephen E. – Online, 1987
Examines strategies for marketing online searching to new users, discusses reasons why people become online searchers, and presents data on the business information market. The pricing issue and special librarians as a market segment are also considered. (EM)
Descriptors: Access to Information, Database Producers, Information Technology, Merchandising
Provenzano, Dominic – Online, 1987
Describes the current activities of 11 individuals who were prominent in the information industry at the time of Online Magazine's debut. Included are the founders of Congressional Information Service, New York Times Information Bank, Data Courier, Inc., Predicasts, Bibliographic Retrieval Services, Dialog, LEXIS and NEXIS. (EM)
Descriptors: Access to Information, Biographies, Database Producers, Information Technology
Beiser, Karl – Online, 1993
Addresses misconceptions concerning CD-ROM technology. Topics discussed include changes in CD-ROMs and possible obsolescence; high-speed wide area networks, frequency of updates, and pricing; CD-ROM databases in academic libraries; local area networks; interfaces between CD-ROM drives and computers; CD-ROM speed; uses of CD-ROM; and write-once CD…
Descriptors: Academic Libraries, Databases, Disk Drives, Higher Education
Herther, Nancy K. – Online, 1987
This current overview of optical disk technology describes the evolving marketplace for optical products, the use of libraries as test sites for prototype CD-ROM (compact disk read-only-memory) products, CD-ROM developments, new optical technologies, and advances in magnetics. A list of some compact disk manufacturers and a glossary of terms are…
Descriptors: Costs, Databases, Information Storage, Information Technology
Duggan, Mary Kay – Online, 1991
Discusses copyright issues for librarians that have arisen because of technological advances. Topics discussed include changes in the electronic information environment; legal aspects of copyright enforcement; research patterns and electronic use; multimedia; electronic information networks; local databases; license agreements; printing;…
Descriptors: Academic Libraries, Computer Networks, Copyrights, Databases
Pemberton, Jeffery K. – Online, 1987
The vice president of a computerized information center discusses her career history, the development of information services and the database industry, current information technologies and the role of artificial intelligence, characteristics of indexers and abstractors employed, the kind of training needed by abstractors and indexers, and…
Descriptors: Abstracting, Artificial Intelligence, Career Development, Computer Networks
