This second in a series of six articles introducing microcomputer applications in smaller libraries describes the main microcomputer hardware components--processors, internal and external memory, buses, printers, communications, hardware. Importance of ergonomic factors in equipment design, multi-user and network configurations, and the role of…

The first of two articles discusses the technical issues of text transfer and processing encountered by the Knowledge Warehouse project. The second describes the development of the concept of a national electronic archive, and discusses issues such as contractual agreements, access control, copyrights, and commercial aspects of value added…

This scenario of a possible library of the future includes reviews of technology and equipment either currently or soon to be available to libraries for information input, storage, processing, output, and transmission; descriptions of several existing forward-looking library and information systems; and a discussion of the impact of futuristic…