M300 and PC REPORT M300 Volume 4 Issue 2 1987

While the adoption of CD‐ROM as a medium for distribution of reference databases is lagging behind projections, the laser disc format seems to be picking up momentum as a replacement for and a expansion upon COM (Computer‐Output Microform) catalogs. No fewer than five vendors demonstrated products at the January 1987, meeting of the American Library Association in Chicago, up from one at ALA's July 1986 exhibits.