Table of contents
The Information Network: Its Structure and Role in Higher Education
Douglas E. Van HouwelingThe most suitable system architecture for higher education has been dramatically altered by rapid change in information technology and its use. The low cost of mini‐ and…
Parallel Processing Creates a Low‐Cost Growth Path
Alex Shekhel, Eva FreemanA parallel‐processor computer contains multiple CPUs that share such system resources as memory and disk storage. A parallel‐processor computer is expanded not by adding another…
Educating the Future Information Professional
Toni Carbo BearmanA number of prominent educators, executives of professional associations, and business leaders address the positive and negative characteristics of contemporary library education…
Common Sense Clones: Price and Performance in PC‐Compatible Computers
Walt CrawfordPC clones are well suited to anyone who has uses for IBM‐compatible software and is not over‐awed by those three magic letters. Clones now hold a much larger microcomputer market…
DOBIS and NOTIS: A Contrast in Design
Bonnie Juergens, Ruth BlakeNOTIS and DOBIS are both designed to be technically and functionally integrated. The online catalog is the heart of each system, and all functions interact with a single set of…
Electronic Information Delivery Systems: Reports on Five Projects Sponsored by the Fred Meyer Charitable Trust
Douglas K. FergusonThe Fred Meyer Charitable Trust, Division of Library and Information Resources for the Northwest, has funded five research projects that will demonstrate the potential of various…
Library Automation and Library Education
Jon DrabenstottLibrary automation has both tested the educational preparation of librarians and created new educational demands. Four major consultants—James E. Rush, Jose‐Marie Griffiths…
Education and Automation—Present and Future Concerns
Chris SugnetThe automation process has a tendency to reveal strengths and weaknesses in a library, its management style, its organizational structure, and the abilities of its staff members…
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0737-8831e-ISSN:
2054-166XISSN-L:
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Emerald Publishing LimitedOpen Access:
hybridEditors:
- Dr Dickson K.W. Chiu
- Dr Kevin K.W. Ho