Examines the empirical results from an evaluation of interactive software designed to support health-promotion planning. Findings from a case study of two main users of the technology and the program director suggest that users' viewpoints should be exploited in a meaningful manner to explain how and why users make use of technology. Contains 55…

This paper provides a brief comparative summary of the results of U.S. and European studies on the use of CD-ROM and other optical products in all types of libraries and information centers. In 1987 and 1988, questionnaires were distributed to academic, public, and special libraries in the United States and to libraries in 18 European countries:…

At the University of Victoria (British Columbia), computer mediated communications have been used since 1988 in the delivery of distance education in the Certificate Program in Computer Based Information Systems. From 1988 to 1990, a university mainframe computer was used as the host for communications, but since 1990, the host has been a personal…