ERIC Number: EJ469128
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Publication Date: 1993
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Building a Gateway for the CD-ROM Network: A Step toward the Virtual Library with the Virtual Microsystems V-Server.
Sylvia, Margaret
Microcomputers for Information Management, v10 n2 p119-29 Jun 1993
Describes one college library's experience with a gateway for dial-in access to its CD-ROM network to increase access to automated index searching for students off-campus. Hardware and software choices are discussed in terms of access, reliability, affordability, and ease of use. Installation problems are discussed, and an appendix lists product information. (EAM)
Descriptors: Access to Information, College Libraries, Computer Networks, Computer Software, Computer Software Selection, Higher Education, Library Automation, Library Services, Microcomputers, Nontraditional Students, Online Searching, Optical Data Disks, Problems, Reference Services, User Needs (Information)
Publication Type: Reports - Descriptive; Journal Articles
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Language: English
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