The Electronic Library: Volume 1 Issue 4

News

Dr. Carlos Cuadra has been speaking recently on the challenge posed to database publishers by microcomputer technology. He suggested (during a panel discussion at the Information…

Library Automation and Networks

CLSI has recently developed a new module that provides the capability for greatly expanded access for information in databases external to the Libs 100 System. Called Data‐Link…

The end of libraries

James Thompson

In terms of size, arrangement and catalogues, the conventional library has reached an organisational and financial impasse. Coincidentally there has emerged a pre‐emptive new…

The local electronic library: science fiction or the real future?

Carlos A. Cuadra

At the 1983 annual meeting of the National Federation of Abstracting and Indexing Services, considerable attention was given to the topic of downloading, the process by which…

Selecting and implementing a word processor in the library

Sarah Hendrickson Nash

The ability of word processors to manipulate text quickly and accurately makes them ideal technical processing tools for small libraries without access to more sophisticated…

Microcomputer software for libraries: a survey

Jeanne M. Nolan

In response to the numerous inquiries about the availability of microcomputer software for libraries, Nolan Information Management Services decided to approach the problem…

The computer applications in some libraries and information institutes in China

Jiang Xiang‐Dong, Liu Xiao‐Quing

This article gives a brief introduction to computer applications in information retrieval, library management and Chinese character processing in some information organisations in…