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The use of CD‐ROM in Australian academic library acquisitions procedures

Wong Chi Yan (Wong Chi Yan (BA, MAppSc) was formerly a librarian in the Acquisitions Section of Run Run Shaw Library, City University of Hong Kong. In 1996 he emigrated to Canada, where he is now studying for a PhD in information systems. Address: 814 Regan Avenue, Coquitlam, BC V3J 3A8, Canada. E‐mail: cywong@skyinternet.ca)
G.E. Gorman (Dr G.E. Gorman, Editor of Asian Libraries, is Senior Lecturer in Library and Information Science in the School of Information Studies, Charles Sturt University‐Riverina, where he specialises in collection management and research methods. Address: School of Information Studies, Charles Sturt University‐Riverina, Locked Bag 675, Wagga Wagga, NSW 2678, Australia. E‐mail: ggorman@csu.edu.au.)

Asian Libraries

ISSN: 1017-6748

Article publication date: 1 June 1998

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Abstract

Twenty Australian academic libraries participated in a recent survey of the use of CD‐ROM products in their acquisitions sections. While CD‐ROM technology was found to be one of the main utilities used in acquisitions, it was evident that not all available functions were fully utilised by acquisitions staff, The project focused on the following issues: the most widely used CD‐ROM products, preferred applications, searching techniques employed, preferred attributes, and desired future developments in CD‐ROM capabilities.

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Chi Yan, W. and Gorman, G.E. (1998), "The use of CD‐ROM in Australian academic library acquisitions procedures", Asian Libraries, Vol. 7 No. 6, pp. 123-130. https://doi.org/10.1108/10176749810219211

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