Outlines evaluative criteria and compares optical data disk products used in library technical processes, including bibliographic records for cataloging, acquisition databases, and local public access catalogs. An extensive table provides information on specific products, including updates, interfaces, edit screens, installation help, manuals,…

The effectiveness of information technology in promoting the learning organization in the public sector was examined using responses of 314 police officers. Three factors that threatened the capability of information technology to support knowledge workers in learning organizations were found: asymmetrical decision parameters, ill-structured…

This article was written to help school-business administrators keep track of school-district funds and make the right investment decisions. It provides a directory, which contains detailed information on financial-services firms, the regions they serve, and their areas of expertise. (LMI)

This analysis of trends in the Canadian library systems marketplace in 1986, compares installations of large integrated systems and microcomputer based systems by relative market share, and number of installations by type of library. Canadian vendors' sales in international markets are also analyzed, and a director of vendors provided. (Author/CLB)

Argues that students must be introduced to information technologies to prepare them for the future and recommends that the library media center be made the information center for both teachers and students. Sources of information on CD-ROM, telecommunications, online searching, instructional television, and change strategies are provided,…

Intended for use as a networking source for microcomputer users, this directory collates the results of a survey on microcomputer usage in school and public libraries in South Dakota that was conducted in the spring of 1990. Entries are divided by type of library. Subsections within the school section are a directory of libraries that report any…