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Peer reviewedKlingler, Tom – Journal of Library Administration, 1999
Provides a checklist of concerns for libraries planning to implement shared research databases in a consortium environment, based on experiences at OhioLINK. Highlights include database selection criteria, licensing, pricing, funding, vendor considerations, database profiling, custom data processing, hardware selection, database access,…
Descriptors: Access to Information, Check Lists, Computer Selection, Computer Software
Wlodkowski, Tom – Computers in Libraries, 1999
Highlights multimedia CD-ROMs that can describe pictures aloud for blind users and turn sound into text for the deaf. Outlines barriers confronting blind users. Discusses software programs designed to significantly improve access to multimedia software for users with disabilities and presents evaluation criteria for purchasing the most accessible…
Descriptors: Access to Information, Blindness, Computer Software Evaluation, Computer Software Selection
Simpson, Carol – Book Report, 1996
Guides librarians in evaluating "filtering" software which schools may purchase for restricting access to potentially inappropriate Internet sites. This article discusses the workings of filtering programs and practical and ethical questions such as: how sites are restricted, who decides, and whether transactions are monitored.…
Descriptors: Access to Information, Computer Software Evaluation, Computer Software Selection, Consumer Protection
