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The Library Automation Market: Why Do Vendors Fail? A History of Vendors and Their Characteristics
James E. RushLibrarians have been concerned about the long‐term success of library automation vendors, and their concerns have been confirmed by the decline and fall of a number of library…
The Electronic Spreadsheet
Donald D. Dennis, Mark C. PasterExcept for word processing, the electronic spreadsheet is probably the most useful general purpose software for the microcomputer user. Almost all spreadsheets are now packaged in…
The OCLC Network: Its Architecture, Application, and Operation
Larry L. Learn, George L. CarpenterThe OCLC Network and its associated information processing facilities constitute the largest and most extensive network of its kind in the world. This article presents a technical…
National Agricultural Text Digitizing Project
Pamela Q.J. Andre, Nancy L. EatonThe National Agricultural Library and forty‐two land grant libraries have entered into a cooperative project to test a new method of capturing full‐text and images in digital…
MULTILIS: A Description of the System Design and Operational Features
Glen J. KellyMultiLIS is an integrated library software product that can be purchased on a modular basis or as a turnkey system encompassing both hardware and software. Acquisitions…
An Optical Disk‐Based Information Retrieval System
Avi BenderA microcomputer‐based optical disk system provides the user with a capability for combined full text search and image retrieval. Conceived initially to demonstrate a potential…
Common Sense Personal Computing Today, or Is Common Sense Computing Possible in 1988?
Walt CrawfordPersonal computers continue to grow in power and come down in price, but the field has become much more confusing since April 1987. The author considers events of the last year…
ILLINET Online: Enhancing and Expanding Access to Library Resources in Illinois
Bernard G. Sloan, J. David StewartILLINET Online (IO) is an automated library system consisting of two components: 1) the Library Computer System (LCS), which has been operational as a statewide resource sharing…
The Compact Disk‐Circulation System Interface at Tacoma Public Library: Beyond Stand‐alone CD‐ROM
Kevin HegartyThe Tacoma Public Library is developing a CD‐ROM Public Access Catalog that interfaces to another computer system which supports a circulation system. The concept of a…
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0737-8831Online date, start – end:
1983Copyright Holder:
Emerald Publishing LimitedOpen Access:
hybridEditors:
- Dr Dickson K.W. Chiu
- Dr Kevin K.W. Ho