VINE: Volume 25 Issue 4
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An introduction to CD‐ROM networking in libraries
Steve BrownCompact Disc — Read Only Memory (CD‐ROM) was launched as a commercial product in 1985. It offered a high‐capacity, robust, reliable data storage and distribution medium, which…
Upgrading CD‐ROM networking at South Bank University Library
John HardyThe 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…
‘Network your CD‐ROMs in fifteen minutes’: a non‐library supplier solution to a library problem
Jon ShepstoneIn common with most other libraries, the Kostoris Library at Christie Cancer Research Centre in Manchester, decided about 12 months ago to network their existing standalone CD‐ROM…
OPTI‐NET at Hertfordshire Libraries, Arts and Information
Richard ChurchAccording to Chris Batt's Information Technology in Public Libraries (Fifth Edition, Library Association, 1994) Hertfordshire is one of only three public libraries to report a…
Networking CD‐ROMs: a mixed bag!
Anne‐Marie TarterThe changes in the National Curriculum have meant that school libraries do not only have to provide access to information but they must also consider the educational benefits of…
CD‐ROM dataset networking with NFS at Brunei University
David ThomasThis article takes a look at Brunei University's use of Sun Microsystems' Network File System to network its CD‐ROMs. The salient features are described, advantages and…
ERL on campus
David J. PriceThe frustrations of attempting to deliver as wide access as possible to CD‐ROMs, for users of different platforms, led David Price to consider SilverPlatter's Electronic Reference…
How publishers use encryption to create opportunities
John SharmanÇ‐Dilla is one of the world's leading developers of encryption and access control software products, which are used by a wide range of publishers to protect and market their own…
Moving to the next generation: Aston University's selection and implementation of Galaxy 2000
John MatthewsIn the summer of 1993, Aston University Library & Information Services decided to replace its library housekeeping system, Geac 9000. Most of the detailed evaluation of potential…