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Peer reviewedKowalski, Kazimierz; Zgrzywa, Aleksander – Information Processing and Management, 1982
Results of investigation of exploitation costs of INSPEC database in selective dissemination of information service are presented. Parameters which influence exploitation costs--time spent looking for information, information query length, number of answers, time spent modifying user's query, and amount of modification--are analyzed. Six…
Descriptors: Academic Libraries, Cost Effectiveness, Costs, Databases
Peer reviewedHartzer, Sandra; Paterson, Brian; Snyman, Dorette; Thompson, Lisa; van Heerden, Louise; Vorster, Marza; Watkins, Ansie – Library Trends, 1998
Outlines progress initiated by the University of South Africa (Unisa) library to develop online support to distance-education users. Topics include a library skills training program delivered via the World Wide Web; research information skills; Internet course development; current awareness service; the library's home page; electronic libraries;…
Descriptors: Academic Libraries, Databases, Distance Education, Electronic Libraries
University of Science, Penang (Malaysia). – 1983
A survey of 88 users of SISMAKOM, a computerized selective dissemination of information (SDI) and document delivery service provided by the Universiti Sains Malaysia and four other Malaysian universities, was conducted in August 1982 in order to collect data about SISMAKOM and to assess the value of a computerized SDI service in a developing…
Descriptors: Academic Libraries, Databases, Developing Nations, Information Retrieval
Cox, John; Hanson, Terry – Online, 1992
Describes considerations involved in implementing an electronic current awareness service in academic and research organizations, including user needs; personal bibliographic software; data sources, including floppy disk databases, CD-ROM, online databases, and library catalogs; staffing; fees; promotion; search profiles; and recordkeeping.…
Descriptors: Academic Libraries, Computer Software, Copyrights, Databases
