Upgrading CD‐ROM networking at South Bank University Library

The library at South Bank University has recently installed a new CD‐ROM networking system. This report gives a short description of the thoughts that lay behind the recognition of the need for change, features of the new system, the process of installing and setting up the server, a brief appraisal of the network operating system — Windows NT, and general thoughts on future CD‐ROM developments. Although operational the system has not, at the time of writing, gone live. A full analysis of the system in the light of operating experience will be given at a future date.