The Electronic Library: Volume 7 Issue 2

Of CD‐ROMs and History

Pamela Spence Richards

Musing the other day on the possible reasons for the information profession supporting the small coven of information historians to which I belong, I decided that we owe our keep…

Critical issues in library automation staff training

Gretchen Freeman, Russell Clement

The successful implementation of an automated library system depends on many factors. While systems and libraries vary greatly, an area that can never be overlooked is staff…

The human side of library automation

Anne Morris, Stephen Barnacle

The introduction and use of new technology is becoming increasingly commonplace in today's libraries. Technological advances have made possible impressive achievements in…

An evaluation of ERIC on CD‐ROM in a college library

Carolyn Pope

At the beginning of the October 1987 session OCLC set up an evaluation project at King's College Library in London, whereby the site library serving the Centre for Educational…

PC Corner

Jim Roberts

Due to the requirements of the publishing business, this column had a due date of 15 February 1989. Normally, I have two months in which to compile the column, but my company…

The Oxford English Dictionary on compact disc

Richard A. Bowers

The Oxford English Dictionary (OED) is the historical authority on the evolution of the English language. The mammoth work was created over a seventy year period. Originally…

Image processing and page presentation: part 2

A.E. Cawkell

The series continues with further sections covering the fundamentals of image processing, including text capture and image scanning, and ending with a short explanation comparing…

News

Kent Messenger papers go electronic A £350,000 drive to improve its electronic publishing system is nearing completion for the Kent Messenger Group (KM) of newspapers. When…