Planning Your Technology Mix: Decision Factors That Meet User Needs.

Pagell, Ruth

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Publication Date: 1991

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Planning Your Technology Mix: Decision Factors That Meet User Needs.

Pagell, Ruth

Electronic Library, v9 n6 p319-24 Dec 1991

Examines factors relating to selecting machine-readable information sources from the perspective of the library manager concerned with serving user needs. Professional and novice searchers are considered; remote time sharing, CD-ROM workstations, and local tapes are described and compared; network choices are discussed; and impacts on the organization are examined. (13 references) (LRW)

Descriptors: Comparative Analysis, Computer Networks, Cost Effectiveness, Databases, Decision Making, Library Administration, Library Automation, Library Planning, Library Services, Online Systems, Optical Data Disks, Search Strategies, Time Sharing, User Needs (Information)

Publication Type: Journal Articles; Guides - Non-Classroom; Opinion Papers

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Language: English

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