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Fitzwater, Diana; Fradkin, Bernard – American Libraries, 1988
Describes the Reference by GammaFax Project, which joined nine area libraries to provide cooperative reference access to optical disk databases. The configuration of disk players, microcomputers, and facsimile equipment used by the libraries is explained, and the improvements in cost effectiveness, provision of service, and librarian expertise are…
Descriptors: Databases, Facsimile Transmission, Library Networks, Microcomputers
Bishoff, Liz; And Others – 1984
The Public Access Library System (PALS), a two-way cable television system for the delivery of community information, was developed by the staff of the Pasadena Public Library working with a consultant under a 1-year Library Services and Construction Act (LSCA) grant. The objectives of the project were to: (1) identify six potential databases that…
Descriptors: Cable Television, Community Information Services, Computer Software, Computers
