Polytechnic library applications of a database management system using microcomputers linked to a hard disc

Abstract

The paper describes a microcomputer system, recently installed in Coventry (Lanchester) Polytechnic Library, consisting of two Apple II microcomputers connected to a 20 megabyte Corvus hard disc via an Omninet network, with back‐up copies of files made on videotape. Main applications centre on the use of a database management system (The Data Machine) for the creation of inhouse databases covering periodicals holdings (3500 records), videotapes (2500 records), and reading lists (7500 records).

Citation

Lines, L. (1983), "Polytechnic library applications of a database management system using microcomputers linked to a hard disc", Program: electronic library and information systems, Vol. 17 No. 4, pp. 217-223. https://doi.org/10.1108/eb046866