Thin Client Architecture for Networking CD-ROMs in a Medium-Sized Public Library System.

Turner, Anna

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Publication Date: 1997

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Thin Client Architecture for Networking CD-ROMs in a Medium-Sized Public Library System.

Turner, Anna

Computers in Libraries, v17 n8 p73-75 Sep 1997

Describes how the Tulsa City-County Library System built a 22-branch CD-ROM-based network with the emerging thin-client/server technology, and succeeded in providing patrons with the most current research tools and information resources available. Discusses costs; networking options; the Citrix WinFrame system used; equipment and connectivity. (AEF)

Descriptors: Costs, Information Networks, Library Automation, Library Development, Library Networks, Library Services, Multimedia Materials, Online Systems, Optical Data Disks, Public Libraries, Reference Materials, Reference Services

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Language: English

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