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The Electronic Library manager's guide to interactive multimedia systems
Multimedia is the integration of text, graphics, sound, still and moving images all on the same medium. Examples are television, videotapes and videodiscs—but these are often…
From Memex to MediaMaker
Tony CawkellThe terms ‘hypermedia’ and ‘multimedia’ have elastic defini‐tions. ‘Multimedia’ is sometimes used to describe single media systems which embody two kinds of information — text and…
Negotiating your way through the pitfalls of CD‐ROM installation: A guide to systems requirements
P. JacsóThis article describes the wide variety of installation standards, conventions and procedures currently maintained by the publishers of CD‐ROMs, and the problems this can cause…
The contribution of library and information science to expert system development
Margaret O'Neill, Anne MorrisAs technological progress races on, the Library and Information Science (LIS) profession is continually faced with new challenges and new technologies to aid in the effective…
The next computer revolution: wordcrunching: (even machine translation is closer than you think)
Louis RossettoTechnologists are fond of sharing their dreams, even with people they don't know. Perhaps you've seen one of them. The President of Apple Computer, John Sculley, had one of his…
Using WordPerfect to sort for duplicate titles
Genevieve SchiffmanHigh on the wish list of both searchers and end users is getting printouts with duplicate titles flagged or deleted. WordPerfect can manipulate both tagged or untagged…
Stormy weather in the datasphere: the problems of pricing and marketing electronic information
Stephen E. ArnoldA specter is getting fat and sassy in the United States, and he's planning a trip to your homeland soon, maybe tomorrow.
PC Corner
Jim RobertsMy main theme this month was planned to be about Terminate and Stay Residents (TSRs) and other ‘awkward’ programs. It still is in some ways, but the common thread this month is…
Image processing and page presentation: part 5
Tony CawkwellThis final instalment covers present generation printers and includes a description of printer control languages, particularly Postscript, and colour printers. The concluding…
News
Virus‐Blocker A program called Virus‐Blocker has been developed by a West German company, Expert Informatik GmbH. There are versions in English and Dutch, as well as German. The…
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0264-0473Online date, start – end:
1983Copyright Holder:
Emerald Publishing LimitedOpen Access:
hybridEditors:
- Prof. Jeonghyun Kim
- Assistant Prof Haihua Chen
- Ms Marie Bloechle