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Borbinha, Jose Luis B.; Delgado, Jose Carlos M. – Microcomputers for Information Management, 1996
Identifies basic concepts of a networked digital library and the effects on traditional information service and formats. Describes selected projects in information automation and delivery. Highlights research projects at six universities concerned with digitizing information to be made available via communication networks. Discusses the role of…
Descriptors: Computer Mediated Communication, Document Delivery, Electronic Libraries, Information Networks
Moscoso, Purificacion; Chen, Ching-chih – Microcomputers for Information Management, 1990
Discusses advances in microcomputer and optical technologies and how these technologies are being integrated into library reference work. Topics discussed include training of library reference staff; library bibliographic instruction; CD-ROMs; videodiscs; hypertext; bibliographies; library catalogs, including online catalogs; indexing and…
Descriptors: Abstracting, Bibliographies, Desktop Publishing, Hypermedia
Ali, S. Nazim; Young, Harold C. – Microcomputers for Information Management, 1992
Discussion of the use of CD-ROM technology at the University of Bahrain highlights database searching, interlibrary loan activity, and faculty publication. Statistics show that the acquisition of CD-ROM databases is a significant factor in an increase in faculty research publication output. (14 references) (LRW)
Descriptors: Access to Information, College Libraries, Databases, Developing Nations
Sylvia, Margaret – Microcomputers for Information Management, 1993
Describes one college library's experience with a gateway for dial-in access to its CD-ROM network to increase access to automated index searching for students off-campus. Hardware and software choices are discussed in terms of access, reliability, affordability, and ease of use. Installation problems are discussed, and an appendix lists product…
Descriptors: Access to Information, College Libraries, Computer Networks, Computer Software
Attaullah; Johnson, Jane S. – Microcomputers for Information Management, 1991
Outlines the various steps involved in the process of modernizing the information storage and retrieval systems within the library of the Northwest Frontier Province Agricultural University (NWFP AU) in Peshawar, Pakistan. Implementation of services for faculty, students, and provincial agricultural scientists is discussed, and staff training is…
Descriptors: Agricultural Education, Bibliographic Databases, College Libraries, Database Management Systems
