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OCLC: Changing the Tasks of Librarianship
K. Wayne SmithOCLC has grown since 1971 from 54 libraries to 17,000 libraries, from the state of Ohio to 47 countries around the world, and from revenues of $67,000 to almost $100 million. In…
BLISS: The Bradley Library Information Support System
Joel L. Hartman, Ellen I. WatsonThe Bradley Library Information Support System (BLISS) is a comprehensive local area network designed to provide library users with an array of electronic information access and…
EBSCO: A Ten‐Year Retrospective and View Toward the Future
Robert Nelson, Melissa KummererEBSCO's position in today's library is both the same as ever and vastly different than it was ten years ago. EBSCO has always placed the customer first and remained focused in our…
Computer‐Based Training for Library Staff: From Demonstration to Continuing Program
Pauline S. BayneThe University of Tennessee, Knoxville (UT) Libraries' research and demonstration project has achieved its goal of innovative utilization of technology to meet a national library…
Beyond the Data Archive: The Creation of an Interactive Numeric File Retrieval System
Katherine Chiang, Jan Olsen, William V. Garrison, Leslie McLane, Tom Randolph, Marijo S. WilsonThis article describes the rationale behind the construction of an interactive numeric flies retrieval system, and the creation of the system (project team, project phases, data…
Tools for a Document Image Utility
M. Krishnamoorthy, Patricia Molholt, George Nagy, Sharad Seth, Mahesh ViswanathanThis project demonstrates three specific applications for integrating paper‐based information into the electronic environment. The first allows users to interactively select and…
The Adaptive Network Library Interface: A Historical Overview and Interim Report
Paul B. KantorThe evolution of the concept of an Adaptive Network Library Interface is described and several technical and research issues are explored. The Adaptive Network Library Interface…
Gaylord Information Systems: Poised for its Second Century
Charles E. FarleyIn February 1989, Digital's VAX‐Station 3100 inaugurated a line of desktop mini‐computers that compete in price with high‐end personal computers. Gaylord's GALAXY Integrated…
Taking It With You: Portable PCs
Walt CrawfordPortable computers have been around just about as long as personal computers, and have always involved serious compromises. The compromises continue, but the computers have…
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0737-8831Online date, start – end:
1983Copyright Holder:
Emerald Publishing LimitedOpen Access:
hybridEditors:
- Dr Dickson K.W. Chiu
- Dr Kevin K.W. Ho