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Campbell, Bonnie – Laserdisk Professional, 1989
Briefly discusses the extent to which commercial publishers in Canada are using CD-ROM technology, and lists commercial and non-commercial CD-ROM products that are currently available or being developed. The description of each product includes the contents of the database, the producer, and the cost. (CLB)
Descriptors: Database Producers, Databases, Electronic Publishing, Foreign Countries
Moore, Nicholas Lister – Laserdisk Professional, 1990
Places the question of the relatively limited storage capacity of optical data disks when applied to very large databases into practical perspective, and considers some of the possibilities offered by the integration of different databases on a single CD-ROM. The advantages and disadvantages of three production options for integrated databases are…
Descriptors: Bibliographic Databases, Cost Effectiveness, Database Producers, Electronic Publishing
Stocks, Jenny – Laserdisk Professional, 1990
Describes a study that used the Delphi technique to investigate the impact and likely potential of CD-ROM technology in Australian academic and special libraries. The areas of library applications examined include cataloging, reference work, archival storage, general development of CD-ROM hardware and software, and funding for CD-ROM products and…
Descriptors: Academic Libraries, Archives, Cataloging, Delphi Technique
