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The Electronic Book
Katie BlakeThe Smart Book involves the direct application of computer technology to the book marketplace. It employs speacial‐purpose equipment to simplify the user's access to information…
Networks: The Telecommunications Infrastructure and Impacts of Change
Larry L. LearnThis article reviews the telecommunications environment and infrastructure, discusses the major forces influencing change within this environment, and suggests certain likely…
Steps Toward a National Research Telecommunications Network
Gordon BellIn response to provisions in Public Law 99–383, which was passed 21 June 1986 by the 99th Congress, an inter‐agency group under the auspices of the Federal Coordinating Council…
Libraries and the Chief Information Officer: Implications and Trends
Anne WoodsworthRecent emergence of the position of Chief Information Officer (CIO) in higher education has been the source of much debate and speculation. This article describes the results of a…
Managing Automation: A Process, Not a Project
Ellen HoffmannWhen library systems are managed as a continuing process rather than as discrete projects, they are managed by the same people who guide other library activities and not by…
Educational Implications of Technological Innovations:: A Perspective
Albert L. Lorenzo, Kul B. GauriUnlike earlier technologies that extended physical prowess, the new information technology is an extension of the mind. While books and other recorded materials are forms of…
The Unicorn Collection Management System: Its Structure and Features
Jacky YoungThe Unicorn Collection Management System, developed by Sirsi Corporation, is an integrated library system consisting of the following modules: bibliographic and inventory control;…
CD‐ROM Public Access Catalogs: Database Creation and Maintenance
Linda G. Bills, Linda W. HelgersonPreparation of bibliographic data for the production of CD‐ROM public access catalogs (PACs) requires several services: merging records from various vendors or libraries, the…
The Computer and Personal Privacy, Part II: The Emerging Worldwide Response to the Threat to Privacy from Computer Databases
Michael Rogers RubinThis is the second of three articles addressing the critical issue of abusive data collection and usage practices and their effect on personal privacy. The first article, which…
Computer Systems Acquisition and the Use of Letters of Credit
Alan S. WernickLetters of credit are commonly used today to facilitate commercial transactions of all types between wary sellers and buyers, both of whom are, for one reason or another…
Beyond the Online Catalog: Great Potential and Profound Change
Jon DrabenstottToday's online catalogs typically access machine‐readable records for books, journal titles, and audio‐visual materials, and indicate their circulation status. In the future, the…
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0737-8831Online date, start – end:
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Emerald Publishing LimitedOpen Access:
hybridEditors:
- Dr Dickson K.W. Chiu
- Dr Kevin K.W. Ho