CD-ROM local area networks : a user's guide
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Bibliographic Information
CD-ROM local area networks : a user's guide
(Supplements to Computers in libraries, 24)
Meckler, c1991
Available at 6 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
Includes bibliographical references and index
Description and Table of Contents
Description
This text discusses the set up, management, hardware/software issues and copyright and licensing implications of installing a CD-ROM local area network in a library or information centre. It is designed for use by records managers, information systems analysts, office automation specialists and industrial librarians and starts by defining both networks and CD-ROM.
Table of Contents
- Local area networks definition, requirements, implications. Why put CD-ROM on LAN?
- CD-ROM on various types of network LANtastic, Ethernet, Arcnet, Token Ring, peer to peer, etc
- considerations for the system manager - issues to consider before selecting a LAN. What are the options? advantages and disadvantages of the various options
- hardware options - drive towers, multiplatter, CD-NET, CD server, daisy chaining individual drives, custom design technology's infomachine, Information Access Corp's Info Trac Reference Centre
- software options - LANtastic, Opti-Net, Network OS, etc
- alternatives to networking multiple products on same station - advantages and disadvantages
- future considerations - Pioneer's minicharger, unanticipated problems, what's on the horizon? - CD-I, audio, multimedia CD-ROMs are they workable?
- copyright and licensing issues.
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