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The Tacoma Debut of Books in Print Plus.
Hagan, Dalia L. – Library Journal, 1987
Describes the Tacoma Public Library's experience with "BIP Plus," the CD-ROM version of Books in Print. Memory requirements, search capabilities, automatic ordering, and the library staff's response are discussed. Keyword searching is explained as the system's most used feature, and price the area of most serious concern. (EM)
Descriptors: Library Technical Processes, Online Searching, Optical Data Disks, Public Libraries
Local CD-ROM Networking: Evaluation and Planning.
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Cummins, Thompson R.; Shipley, John – Public Libraries, 1992
Summarizes some of the applications of automation in the Miami-Dade (Florida) Public Library System. A detailed discussion of the system CD-ROM LAN (Local Area Network) covers hardware and software, cost factors, advantages of networking CD-ROMs, problems, and evaluation. It is concluded that the advantages of a CD-ROM LAN outweigh the…
Descriptors: Library Automation, Library Services, Local Area Networks, Optical Data Disks
Utilization of CD-ROM Reference Products by Reference Librarians in Public Libraries in Arizona, Colorado, New Mexico, and Utah.
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Titus, Lori – 1992
A survey of the reference departments of public libraries in Arizona, Colorado, New Mexico, and Utah was conducted to determine whether CD-ROM products are being used in routine reference work. Previous literature on CD-ROM had primarily been concerned with the response to and acceptance of the technology by patrons. A stratified sample of public…
Descriptors: Information Systems, Information Utilization, Librarians, Library Surveys
Thin Client Architecture for Networking CD-ROMs in a Medium-Sized Public Library System.
Turner, Anna – Computers in Libraries, 1997
Describes how the Tulsa City-County Library System built a 22-branch CD-ROM-based network with the emerging thin-client/server technology, and succeeded in providing patrons with the most current research tools and information resources available. Discusses costs; networking options; the Citrix WinFrame system used; equipment and connectivity.…
Descriptors: Costs, Information Networks, Library Automation, Library Development
Online Databases.
Tenopir, Carol – Library Journal, 1995
Compares current and past results from two surveys done of Association of Research Libraries' members to determine how electronic reference services affect staff, patron expectations, and user instruction. Increases were found in: patron Internet access; end user online searching; local area networks; and tape-loading databases. Decreases were…
Descriptors: Access to Information, Comparative Analysis, Databases, Futures (of Society)
School and Public Libraries Go Online [and] Pennsylvania Libraries without Walls [and] The Joy of Searching.
Lilly, Dorothy; And Others – Book Report, 1992
Three articles discuss (1) networking of school and public libraries in Grosse Pointe, Michigan; (2) the Access Pennsylvania project that provides a CD-ROM union catalog of high school, public, academic, and special library collections in Pennsylvania; and (3) teaching online searching with Dialog's Classmate service in a high school library. (MES)
Descriptors: Elementary Secondary Education, Library Instruction, Library Networks, Online Searching
Technology in the Public Library: Results from the 1992 PLDS Survey of Technology.
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Fidler, Linda M.; Johnson, Debra Wilcox – Public Libraries, 1994
Discusses and compares the incorporation of technology by larger public libraries in Canada and the United States. Technology mentioned includes online public access catalogs; remote and local online database searching; microcomputers and software for public use; and fax, voice mail, and Telecommunication Devices for the Deaf and Teletype writer…
Descriptors: Access to Information, Comparative Analysis, Computer Networks, Databases