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The Electronic Library Manager's Guide to exotic conferences — Singapore
I know what you're thinking. How come he manages to get to all these places? Well, it helps if you are one of the organisers!
SABRE — a novel software tool for bibliographic post‐processing
Cecil D. BurgeThis paper describes the software architecture and application of SABRE (Semi‐Automated Bibliographic Research Environment), a novel software tool for bibliographic…
A project for improving interaction between users and information centres: public access to databases in Brazil
Silvia de Oliveira BarcellosThe increasing availability of telematics has provided information users with more effective mechanisms for accessing information. Nevertheless, the lack of standardised…
The impact of new information technology on users: an engineer's view
Lee Bay TsengThis paper discusses the unifying effect of information technology and the need for librarians and information scientists to adopt a new approach to information management if they…
Microcomputer applications in online information work: an exploration
Paul NieuwenhuysenThe evolution of microcomputer hard‐ and software is very dynamic, and by analogy, the application of a microcomputer system can be seen as an adventurous exploration. This…
Customer service American style
Stephen E. ArnoldIn the early days of the electronic publishing business, when a customer called a database producer, the person who answered the telephone probably invented and used the product…
Technology — the new opium of the masses?
David FisherThe Information Age is upon us. Technology changes daily as the capricious winds of progress blow it first one way and then another.
Electronic information services in New Zealand
Graham CoeThe National Library of New Zealand hosts the two main public database services in New Zealand, i.e. the New Zealand Bibliographic, which is a database of information about books…
Advances in Hypermedia
Tony CawkellA conference entitled ‘Hypertext II’, attended by 200 people (with many on a waiting list), took place at the University of York on 29 and 30 June 1989. Hypertext I, held at the…
PC Corner
Jim RobertsI seem to have spent most of the last few months travelling to meetings to talk about connecting computers together. Of the twenty‐four flights I have made since 1 March this…
Image processing and page representation: part 4
Tony CawkellThe penultimate article in this series commences with a few remarks about the size and ebullience of the market for ‘output’ devices, followed by a consideration of display…
News
To be or not to be electronic William Shakespeare: The Complete Works, a widely acclaimed, modern spelling publication from Oxford University Press is now available on floppy…
ISSN:
0264-0473Online date, start – end:
1983Copyright Holder:
Emerald Publishing LimitedOpen Access:
hybridEditors:
- Prof. Jeonghyun Kim
- Assistant Prof Haihua Chen
- Ms Marie Bloechle