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Small is not necessarily beautiful…or is it?
Stella KeenanWhen the Fédération Internationale de Documentation (FID) was invited to organise a session at the Second International Conference on the Application of Microcomputers in…
Small is not necessarily beautiful — or is it? The case for microcomputers
David I. RaittGood morning ladies and gentlemen. My brief is to argue the case for microcomputers. I suffer the disadvantage of putting my case before you first—but, for many of you, I am sure…
Small is not necessarily beautiful: the case against microcomputers
Tony WoodwardLadies and gentlemen. Unlike our previous speaker I believe that the subject we are discussing this morning is so important that I intend to be perfectly serious and not attempt…
Is small beautiful? Well, yes and no…
Kate NoerrThe dilemma that faces me is that of steering along that notoriously treacherous path, commonly known as the middle‐of‐the‐road, What evil fate has landed me in this role, where I…
News
Utlas International's online service, Catalog Support Service (CATSS) is now available twenty‐four hours a day, rendering Utlas the only bibliographic utility to provide round the…
Essen Symposium 1986 — a Review
K.T. NoerrWe met again, within the hospitable walls of the Essen University Library. Our host: Dr. Ahmed Helal. The occasion: the 9th Essen Symposium, 8–11 September in Essen, West Germany…
Hardware corner
Howard FalkVery large computer‐based files, such as those for catalogues, take up a lot of storage space, and are called upon for rapid access. Disk drives are the kind of computer equipment…
Turbo Lightning: Spelling correction as you type
Neil YerkeyTurbo Lightning is an effective and easy to use package that monitors what the user types, and beeps whenever it thinks a word has been misspelled. It works best if you have a…
Sensible Grammar: Electronic proofreader
Francis M. BettsThis package is designed to check word‐processor files for errors in punctuation, basic grammar and phrasing.
Index‐Aid: Computer‐assisted back‐of‐the‐book indexing
Audry N. GroschIndexAid is designed to assist in the production of professionally formatted indexes for publications where the indexer has page proofs or knows the page number references. The…
Making better KWOC indexes even better
P.J. ElvinIn an earlier article (The Electronic Library, April, 1985) a description is given of a method of making a KWOC index from article or document titles with a computer program which…
Alanet: the American Library Association's electronic information system
Emily MeltonLibrarians in every type of library — public, academic, school, special — are aware of how important computers have become in the day‐to‐day management of the library. So many…
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