...Zahiruddin Khurshid BiblioFile marked the beginning of the availability of cataloging tools in electronic format based on microcomputer technology. During the last 17 years, some of these tools have evolved from CD‐ROM‐based to Web‐based versions. The ease of use, updated files, and lower cost...

... technologies including electronic communications, through AlterNex/Internet. Describes the use of electronic conferences to coordinate and discuss information services and product delivery, cooperative CD‐ROM production, marketing and information management. Anticipates the future use of CD‐ROM for full‐text...

...‐ROM resources. This facility, soon to be operational, will provide access throughout the university, and faculty, researchers and students will be able to access the CD‐ROM databases from their offices. Future projects include the connection of the CD‐ROM LAN with the mainframe OPAC (DOBIS online...

..., neither holdings nor local information can be added to these records and retained for future use. For the most part, libraries resort to maintaining a local authority file on 3 × 5 cards to assist in cataloging decision‐making. © MCB UP Limited 1994 Bibliographies CD‐ROM Libraries Literature...

...Susan L. Adkins As CD‐ROM becomes more and more a standard reference and technical support tool in all types of libraries, the annual review of this technology published in Computers in Libraries magazine increases in size and scope. This year, author Susan L. Adkins has prepared...

... American Encyclopedia, using both keyword and Boolean access and new natural‐language processing software. Bibliographies CD‐ROM Computer software Databases Electronic publishing Information systems Meetings OCLC Users Council Reference libraries USA The OCLC Users Council met at OCLC...

... peer groups; either a monochrome or color monitor;an enhanced PC keyboard; a highdensity disk drive (1.2MB); a CD‐ROM drive; and a printer. Academic libraries Bibliographies Cataloguing CD‐ROM Classification Collection management Computer software New Mexico Junior College USA Two...

...Denise Davis Looks at issues of database or file duplication between CD‐ROM and online services like Firstsearch, establishing card sales policies and procedures plus increased file usage. Demonstrates how librarians conducted a Firstsearch field test, advertised the Firstsearch Catalog...

... by the CACD. Shows that the CACD affords the opportunity for better informed decision making. © MCB UP Limited 1993 Cataloguing CD‐ROM Collection management Database management Libraries IT Online retrieval OCLC Systems and Services Vol. 9 / Number 2 49 OCLC/AMIGOS Collection Analysis CD...

... technologies such as CD‐ROM and microcomputer databases available to remote users at a low cost. Spreading CD-ROM Technology Beyond the Library: Applications for Remote Communications Software Stephen Bell Reference Librarian Lippincott Library of the Wharton School University of Pennsylvania Philadelphia, PA...

...Mary E. Marshall Examines recent studies of maximum expected disc life and the implications for archive storage on CD‐ROM. Discusses the manufacture and structure of compact discs, the phenomenon of disc rot, how discs can be ruined in use, and some actions which can reduce the risk of damage...

...Mark Bendig Instructs librarians on how to customise the Search CD450 CD‐ROM database retrieval system, by using the System Administration Module(SAM) to place the library (or company) name on the startup screen and in the heading of each record printed out. Explains how to rearrange the sequence...

...Jeff Propps Describes the basic components and background knowledge needed to set up a networked CD‐ROM system. Tests various products that can be used to share CDs on a local area network, these fall into three categories: hardware – Meridian Data, SilverPlatter and CBIS;operating systems...

...Barbara T. Mates Advocates the use of CD‐ROM technology to enable blind or visually impaired library users to access information, which can be downloaded on to a disk and then treated in one of three ways: it can be translated into and printed in Braille; it can have the text enlarged sufficiently...

...Mark L. van Name; Bill Catchings Addresses the problem of sharing a CD‐ROM drive on a local area network, suggesting several products which can be used to overcome these hurdles. Compares two software packages: CD Server and Opti‐Net, noting their similarities and differences. Explains that Macs...

...Bradley C. Watson; Jonathan R. Fausey Continues with the second in a series of articles evaluating CD‐ROM local area network access products on the market. The software packages evaluated in this article are: CD Connection and Starport. Describes the comprehensive testing carried out and suggests...

...Sandra McCaskill; Elaine Goettler; Margaret Hawthorn Details a survey of academic libraries in Ontario, Canada, which set out to determine which ones were using CD‐ROM technology for reference work and to ascertain what problems they encountered with this new technology. Looks more closely at one...

...David Brunell Looks at the increased use of Local Area Networks (LANs) in conjunction with CD‐ROM databases in order to make these services more productive and cost‐effective. Examines the use of the LANtastic local area network at the Brunel Center for Research in Denver, Colorado– reveals...

...I. Hoffman; J.S. Koga Provides a bibliography of CD‐ROM for librarians, covering case studies, costs, product evaluation guidelines, databases, CDI,downloading/copyright and CD vs. online, for use when making decisions about the adoption of CD‐ROM. © MCB UP Limited 1989 CD‐ROM Libraries...

... MCB UP Limited 1989 CD‐ROM Databases Libraries Online computing Using the Search CD450 System: Hints for Finding More Information John Hudson Bloxwich, Walsall WS3 2NN United Kingdom The Search CD450 system is marvellously easy to use. Novice and experienced online searchers alike take...