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Information Technologies at Carnegie Mellon.

Troll, Denise A. – Library Administration & Management, 1992

Describes research and development of the Mercury Electronic Library Project, which was developed at Carnegie Mellon University Libraries to design an advanced retrieval system. Topics discussed include system architecture; security; performance, including automated and manual assessments; enhanced retrieval, including available databases;…

Descriptors: Bibliographic Databases, College Libraries, Computer System Design, Electronic Libraries

From Vision to Reality: Implementing the Distributed Electronic Library.

Troll, Denise A.; Richards, Barbara G. – Proceedings of the ASIS Annual Meeting, 1992

Describes the design and development of the Mercury Electronic Library Project at Carnegie Mellon University that resulted in a library information system that provides access to the library's online catalog as well as to other databases. The distributed architecture of the system is explained, and future plans are discussed. (two references) (LRW)

Descriptors: Academic Libraries, Computer System Design, Databases, Electronic Libraries