The Electronic Library: Volume 11 Issue 2

Geac: growing by leaps and bounds

Harrison Cheung

On 4 December 1992, history was made as two pioneers in the library automation industry became one. Geac Computer Corporation Limited (based in Markham, Ontario, Canada) acquired…

HIFI: hypertext interface for information: multimedia and relational databases

Umberto Cavallaro, Paolo Paolini, Stavros Christodoulakis, Costis Dallas, Andreas Enotiadis, Saverio Proia, Jack Schiff, Wolfgang Schuler

HIFI (ESPRIT Project 6532) creates a set of tools to allow a reader to access a large body of heterogeneous information, managed by external databases created beforehand, through…

Software for information storage and retrieval tested, evaluated and compared Part VI — Various additional programs

E.G. Sieverts, M. Hofstede, A. Nieuwland, C. Groeneveld, B. de Zwart

In this article, the sixth in a series on microcomputer software for information storage and retrieval, test results of nine programs are presented and various properties and…

MARC and relational databases

J. Llorens, A. Trénor

MARC format is a well‐established syntax for transmitting bibliographic records between heterogeneous computer systems. On the other hand, relational databases are the leading…

Current awareness services at Tilburg University

Hans Roes

Library automation in the past twenty years has concentrated on the use of computers in traditional library services. First of all administrative processes were automated; next…

Remote telephone use in reference services

Joseph A. Natale, James W. Galloway

Because of an increasing number of demands on reference librarians' time, knowledge and skills, the use of relatively new types of cordless and cellular telephone systems may…

Digital imaging and optical storage technology helps open up railway archives at National Railway Museum

Optical storage technology is being used by the National Railway Museum in York as a means of recording and retrieving its vast archive collection of railway photographic records…

Networks, libraries and information: priorities for the UK

UK Office for Library Networking

Networking is one of the most important issues currently facing the library and information community. The convergence of computing and communications technology is affecting the…

Erratum

This article has been withdrawn as it was published elsewhere and accidentally duplicated. The original article can be seen here: 10.1108/eb045059. When citing the article, please…

Compression and archiving

Rick Gates, Steve Bang

In my last column I talked a little bit about ftp (file transfer protocol). I showed you some hints and tips on how to read directory contents and indexes without having to log…

Large screen monitors for better viewing

Howard Falk

Although the computer world currently seems to favor color displays with screen images only about nine inches wide, such displays are not suitable for many library applications…

Serials Directory/EBSCO CD‐ROM

Suzanne S. Bell

Ulrich's and EBSCO are two contenders in the directories of serials business who have made their information available on CDROM. Having used the printed versions of both of these…

Hard disk drive multimedia

Harold T. Reid

A multimedia effect can be provided by programs which use the hard disk drives of PCs. Knowledge Adventure and Science Adventure are two programs providing a multimedia experience…

News

There have been important policy representations both sides of the Atlantic recently, urging high‐level investment in advanced internetworks.