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Dick, Jeff T. – Library Journal, 1990
Discussion of laser videodiscs for library collections covers selection, finding reviews, suppliers, cost, preservation, and security. Sidebars define laserdisc terms and list several recommended titles. (MES)
Descriptors: Library Collection Development, Library Collections, Optical Disks, Public Libraries
Download full textHalliday, Blane – 1999
In the 1970s and early 1980s, a few library researchers and scholars made a case for the importance of public libraries' acquisition of popular music, particularly rock music sound recordings. Their arguments were based on the anticipated historical and cultural importance of obtaining and maintaining a collection of these materials. Little new…
Descriptors: Audiodisks, Discographies, Library Collection Development, Library Collections
Dick, Jeff T. – Library Journal, 1999
Discusses DVD (digital video disc) technology and considers its future possibilities. Highlights include laserdiscs, DVDs in academic-library collections, public-library experiences with DVDs, and problems with changes in video formats and technological obsolescence. (LRW)
Descriptors: Academic Libraries, Futures (of Society), Higher Education, Library Collection Development
Almquist, Sharon G. – 1987
The basic concept that sound waves could be traced or recorded on a solid object was developed separately by Leon Scott, Charles Cros, and Thomas Alva Edison between 1857 and 1877 and, by 1890, the foundation of the present-day commercial record industry was established. Although cylinders were the first sound recordings to be sold commercially,…
Descriptors: Audio Equipment, Audiodisks, Audiotape Recordings, Library Circulation
Crawford, Walt – American Libraries, 1999
Explains DVD (Digital Video Disk) technology and why it is useful in library collections. Topics include similarities to CDs and regular videocassettes; advantages of DVD for public, school, and academic libraries, including quality and durability; and DVD myths. (LRW)
Descriptors: Academic Libraries, Elementary Secondary Education, Higher Education, Library Collection Development
Peer reviewedSmith, Diane H. – Government Publications Review, 1990
Discusses the workability of federal depository libraries in dealing with information in electronic format (i.e., optical discs, compact discs, and databases available through mainframe computer access), and presents results of two surveys designed to assess the attitudes and practices of depository libraries toward electronic information. Copies…
Descriptors: Databases, Depository Libraries, Federal Government, Futures (of Society)
International Federation of Library Associations and Institutions, The Hague (Netherlands). – 1986
A seminar on special libraries and their role in national development was held as a pre-session before the IFLA conference in 1986. Papers presented include: (1) "On the Problem of Document Delivery in the Field of Science and Technology in Asia" (Daxun He, People's Republic of China); (2) "The Planning and Development of Special…
Descriptors: Continuing Education, Developed Nations, Developing Nations, Foreign Countries
Eiselstein, June – 1989
A project established a Technology Assisted Learning Center (TALC) at the New Britain (Connecticut) Public Library. Software for computer-assisted instruction was purchased in the following areas: drill and practice, educational games, simulation, demonstration, tutorial, and problem solving. Problems were encountered with regard to interactive…
Descriptors: Adult Basic Education, Adult Education, Computer Assisted Instruction, Computer Centers
