The Electronic Library: Volume 8 Issue 1

Digital information organization and use

Subject:

Table of contents

The Electronic Library Manager's Guide to the New Library of Alexandria

David Raitt

Alexandria, in Egypt, was one of the greatest cities in ancient times, and was home to one of the Seven Wonders of the World — the Pharos Lighthouse. Founded by Alexander the…

Producing an LCSH Authority List for special libraries with dBase

Susan S. Lazinger

A simple program in dBase III Plus for an LCSH authority file and printed list for special libraries is presented. The purpose of the file is to provide the user with quick access…

Use of optical products in libraries and information centres in Western Europe

David Raitt, Ching‐chih Chen

This article summarises a 1989 survey on the use of optical products in libraries and information centres in Western Europe. Out of a total of over 13,500 questionnaires…

CD‐ROM technology in libraries: implications and considerations

Jean Reese

Before libraries make the decision to implement CD‐ROM technology, they must take into account many factors. Deciding to set up CD‐ROM workstations certainly has a financial…

The Online Public Access Catalogue at the Cité des Sciences Médiathèque in Paris

Maria Witt

1983 saw the birth of the Cité des Sciences et de l'Industrie at La Villette in Paris and with it a multimedia library. The library currently holds some 300,000 documents as well…

Winning in the 1990s

Stephen E. Arnold

In the US, winning is something of an obsession. Al Neuharth, a modern Machiavelli, built USA Today in the face of the skepticism of fellow publishers, money men, and consultancy…

PC Corner

Jim Roberts

I have received no questions suitable for this column in the last couple of months, so I will try a bit of philosophy instead, and some crystal ball gazing into the next decade.

Macintosh Potentials

Erwin K. Welsch

Much of library microcomputing was initially concentrated on one platform: the IBM PC and its compatibles or equivalents elsewhere. The world of DOS, the IBM or Microsoft standard…

Telecommunications Tutorial ‐ Part 1

A.E. Cawkell

Most people would agree with C.L. Bernier who said that ‘Our entire culture is largely in the hands of obsolescent professionals who are forced unwillingly into ever narrower and…

Choosing a laser printer: fonts and compatibility

One of the major advantages of a laser printer, over dot matrix or daisywheel printers, is the ability to produce pages that look very much as if they had been typeset at a…

News

New Chief Executive for Aslib Roger Bowes, the successor to Dennis Lewis at Aslib, is a former Chief Executive of Express Group Newspapers and of Mirror Group Newspapers. He comes…

Cover of The Electronic Library

ISSN:

0264-0473

Online date, start – end:

1983

Copyright Holder:

Emerald Publishing Limited

Open Access:

hybrid

Editors:

  • Prof. Jeonghyun Kim
  • Assistant Prof Haihua Chen
  • Ms Marie Bloechle