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Malinconico, S. Michael – Library Journal, 1983
Discussion of the effect on the workforce of the application of electronic data processing technologies to information handling activities highlights task specialization; white collar alienation; feelings of powerlessness, meaninglessness, and normlessness in workers; the chronology of automation; and experimentation and communication. Nineteen…
Descriptors: Automation, Computers, Human Factors Engineering, Information Systems
Tenopir, Carol – Library Journal, 1986
Summarizes four options for libraries that want to offer end user searching: end user systems (Bibliographic Retrieval Service's Afterdark, DIALOG's Knowledge Index); front-end microcomputer software (Sci-Mate Searcher, Pro-Search, WILSEARCH); gateway services (EASYNET); and local databases (now available on floppy and compact discs). Advantages…
Descriptors: Academic Libraries, Computer Software, Databases, Higher Education
