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Peer reviewedMaule, R. William – Interpersonal Computing and Technology Journal, 1993
Discussion of the role of new computer communications technologies in education focuses on modern networking systems, including fiber distributed data interface and Integrated Services Digital Network; strategies for implementing networked-based communication; and public online information resources for the classroom, including Bitnet, Internet,…
Descriptors: Computer Assisted Instruction, Computer Networks, Educational Technology, Electronic Libraries
Peer reviewedKriz, Harry M.; And Others – CD-ROM Professional, 1991
Discussion of CD-ROM networking using local area networks (LANs) in libraries focuses on the design and implementation of a public use CD-ROM network at Virginia Polytechnic Institute and State University. The use of LANtastic is described, enlarging the network allowing access from remote locations is explained, and personnel requirements are…
Descriptors: Computer Software, Costs, Library Automation, Library Personnel
Peer reviewedMcQueen, Howard – CD-ROM Professional, 1990
Examines technical and support issues that impact on libraries' decisions to provide patrons with remote communication access to CD-ROM local area networks. Areas discussed include licensing costs for CD-ROM, remote control communications software, dedicated hardware, system maintenance, computer security, and the provision of quality, user…
Descriptors: Computer Software, Cost Effectiveness, Database Producers, Dial Access Information Systems
Marchionini, Gary – School Library Media Annual (SLMA), 1991
Describes three general trends related to technology that will influence school library media centers: (1) increasing volume and types of information in electronic form; (2) increasing resource sharing and networking; and (3) increasing attention to accountability and productivity. Implications relating to organization and structure, and…
Descriptors: Accountability, Curriculum Development, Electronic Journals, Elementary Secondary Education
Boss, Richard W. – 1997
One of the most significant decisions in a library administrator's career is the decision to automate one or more of a library's operations. This book describes the present state of local library automation; the planning, selection, and implementation process; and the library administrator's role in the process. The bulk of the text provides a…
Descriptors: Computer Software, Costs, Decision Making, Information Technology
Nixon, Carol, Comp.; Dengler, M. Heide, Comp.; McHenry, Mare L., Comp. – 1998
This proceedings contains 56 papers, presentation summaries, and/or slide presentations pertaining to the Internet, World Wide Web, intranets, and library systems. Topics include: Web databases in medium sized libraries; Dow Jones Intranet Toolkit; the future of online; Web searching and Internet basics; digital archiving; evolution of the online…
Descriptors: Access to Information, Archives, Computer Assisted Instruction, Databases
The Internet and Local Online Databases: A "Novum Organum" for Twenty-First-Century Library Science.
Download full textWebb, Terry – 1996
In using conventional print, CD-ROM and online resources, librarians are still middlepersons between publishers and users. By exploiting Internet and World Wide Web online technology and developing local databases, libraries can tap new information sources and make them available to local audiences and others dispersed around the world in an…
Descriptors: Access to Information, Community Colleges, Computer Networks, Databases
