The Electronic Library: Volume 13 Issue 4
Digital information organization and use
Table of contents
The Third Southern African Online Information Meeting
Neville SpicerIn setting the scene, in my editorial for the Proceedings of the Second Southern African Online Information Meeting (The Electronic Library, 11(4/5), August/October 1993), I…
News
The country in which this journal is published, the UK, happens on this occasion to provide some major news on the electronic library scene. Approval has just been given for an…
The world to come: what we can do now
David RaittThe paper will first discuss certain sociocultural trends such as population growth, increased life expectancy, the labour force and education, and look at how these are affecting…
The role of online information systems in non‐government organisations — MISANET
Sean BadalI know that the Information Superhighway is overtyped and over here, but I would be keen to look at the role that information technology, and specifically online systems, are…
Developing a common user interface for information searching
Richard Hollis, Bette S. BrunelleThis paper reviews the debate over a Common User interface design across various hardware platforms and operating systems, for both CDROM and online searching of bibliographic and…
Developments in electronic access to biomedical information: a database producer's view
Annette HerholdtIn the past, the convergence and simultaneous appearance of technological innovation and change has brought about the means and the methods for accessing biomedical information…
HealthLink: SatelLife and HealthNet in South Africa
Glenda Myers, Thokozile Nkabinde, Duane BlaauwSatelLife is an international not‐for‐profit organisation, which began as an initiative of the group known as International Physicians for the Prevention of Nuclear War (IPPNW)…
Electronic communication in Africa — the promotion of animal health information dissemination
Erica E. van der Westhuizen, E. Stan MillerThere are few veterinary libraries or information centres in sub‐Saharan Africa, on average one to two per country. This scarcity makes cooperation all the more vital. For…
The Corporate Memory concept
Sandy AdamsOrganisations are flooded with information of all kinds, generated electronically and otherwise. Increased use of computers and networks, and access to global networks compound…
Electronic journal distribution: a prototype study
Robert KimberleyThis paper discusses issues relating to the electronic distribution of journals, in the context of the Electronic Library Project of the Institute for Scientific Information…
Electronic current awareness service: a survival tool for the information age?
H.M. MountifieldInformation overload, and the importance/or information users of staying abreast of relevant information, has led to the development of current awareness services. Not only have…
CSIR's new integrated electronic library information system
Adrian MichieThe CSIR has developed a CDROM‐based electronic library information system which provides the ability to reproduce and search for published information and colour brochures on the…
Mining and minerals‐processing information: where and how to get it
Olga SvobodaThe planning and evaluation of new ventures in mining and mineral processing requires strategic information of the highest quality. However, specialised technical information on…
The ‘morgue’: dead or alive?
Niël van der MerweIt has been said that the newspaper industry in South Africa publishes about 80% of the electronic text created in our country. What happens with that? What is the value of this…
CDROM: hypes and hopes for the rest of the century
Péter JacsóThe CDROM industry is surrounded by hype. Many believe that it will be the panacea for information storage and delivery. Others predict that it will disappear as online systems…
First experiences with ELSA (Electronic Reference Library for Southern Africa)
Leslie LeesThe paper gives a brief introduction to the Electronic Reference Library concept, which enables LAN and WAN access to compact disc databases using client/server technology. Its…
Producing your own CDROM on your desktop
Dean LateganCDROM has come a long way since its introduction in 1982. It has matured into a feasible technology for storing and distributing enormous amounts of information. Although…
The SARDIUS experience
Elna SchoemanSARDIUS is an acronym for Southern African Research Documentation Information User Service. After compiling several bibliographies at Jan Smuts House Library and publishing a…
CDROM networking in an academic library: the UNISA Library experience
Dorette SnymanA CDROM network using Novell Netware and SCSI Express was installed at the UNISA Library in 1994. The investigation, installation and implementation of the network is described…
CDROM networking in an academic library — two case studies: trial, tribulation and success at the University of Pretoria
Annemarie GeldenhuysThe existing campus‐wide network of an academic institution provides the ideal opportunity to install a CDROM local area network (LAN). The idea is to provide the best possible…
The role of the Internet in facilitating regional linkages in Southern Africa
Anriette EsterhuysenThe thrust of the recent Internet ‘explosion’ in South Africa has mostly been about linking us to the global community. Perhaps the political reincorporation of South Africa into…
SunSITE — possibilities for Africa
Dianne Leong Man, Glenda Myers, Tarun PranjivanThis paper describes the challenges faced by the University of the Witwatersrand (Wits) in bringing First World technology to the Third World that still exists in rural and much…
Some guidelines for creating World Wide Web home page files
Pieter A. van Brakel, Cerina Roeloffee, Amanda van HeerdenThe World Wide Web has become an important resource of timely information for the information professional. Unlike previous (traditional) formats of information, especially…
Electronic journals: publishing via Internet's World Wide Web
Pieter A. van BrakelThe feasibility of publishing an electronic journal which will be accepted by the scientific community has always been hampered by factors such as a lack of standardisation of…
Southern Africa Internetworking: where we are, where we could be
Mike LawrieThis paper covers a brief history of the Internet in Southern Africa. It covers the period from about 1985 when university efforts were first formalised, the effect of the FRD…
JANET '95:: A library overview
JANET links its users to the facilities of over 250 institutions in the UK, and far more worldwide. All universities and many other higher education establishments are connected…
Development of information and library networks in the countries of Central and Eastern Europe as a part of the global exchange of information 5–9 May 1995, Sofia, Bulgaria
Nina StoyanovaThe conference was organised by the National Centre for Information and Documentation (NACID), Sofia, Bulgaria and the National Library of Sts Cyril and Methodius, Sofia…
The Information Society
EDNA Wayne Gibbons, Deputy Secretary the Australian Department of Employment, Education and Training, addressed the AIIA Canberra Managers Forum on 14 June and described the…
New on the Net
We list the newly announced Net resources that have caught our eye in the last couple of months as being useful to the electronic librarian. A note about style. E‐mail addresses…
High‐speed and multiple‐disc CDROM drives
Howard FalkAs CDROMs become a mass medium for entertainment and reference, the prices of CDROM discs have been dropping while the speed of CDROM drives has been increasing. For example…
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hybridEditors:
- Prof. Jeonghyun Kim
- Assistant Prof Haihua Chen
- Ms Marie Bloechle