The librarian's CD-ROM handbook
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Bibliographic Information
The librarian's CD-ROM handbook
(Supplements to optical information systems, 4)
Meckler, c1989
Available at 11 libraries
  Aomori
  Iwate
  Miyagi
  Akita
  Yamagata
  Fukushima
  Ibaraki
  Tochigi
  Gunma
  Saitama
  Chiba
  Tokyo
  Kanagawa
  Niigata
  Toyama
  Ishikawa
  Fukui
  Yamanashi
  Nagano
  Gifu
  Shizuoka
  Aichi
  Mie
  Shiga
  Kyoto
  Osaka
  Hyogo
  Nara
  Wakayama
  Tottori
  Shimane
  Okayama
  Hiroshima
  Yamaguchi
  Tokushima
  Kagawa
  Ehime
  Kochi
  Fukuoka
  Saga
  Nagasaki
  Kumamoto
  Oita
  Miyazaki
  Kagoshima
  Okinawa
  Korea
  China
  Thailand
  United Kingdom
  Germany
  Switzerland
  France
  Belgium
  Netherlands
  Sweden
  Norway
  United States of America
Note
Bibliography: p. 145-153
Includes index
Description and Table of Contents
Description
This book aims to de-mystify CD-ROM by discussing in depth the various issues involved such as the advantages and disadvantages of CD-ROM, evaluation of products, data and search software, hardware configurations, installation, management issues, staffing and maintenance. The Librarian's CD-ROM Handbook" provides the user with an overview of the usage and application potential of CD-ROM within the library setting. This text is aimed at all librarians wanting to know more about how and why they should be using CD-ROM.
Table of Contents
- selecting a CD-ROM product
- hardware
- management issues
- concerns
- library applications - cataloguing, public access catalogues, interlibrary loan, acquisitions, reference works, indices and abstracts
- specialized applications - business, medicine, law, government, education, science, graphic applications, miscellaneous, tools
- future projections.
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