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_Current_Cites_
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Volume 3, no. 1
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January 1992
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Library Technology Watch Program
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University of California, Berkeley
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Edited by David F.W. Robison
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ISSN: 1060-2356
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Contributors:
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Teri Rinne, Vivienne Roumani, Lisa Rowlison, Mark Takaro, Roy Tennant
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Expert Systems
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Schank, Roger C. "Where's the AI?" AI Magazine 12(4) (Winter
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1991):38-49. This is an excellent article giving a non-technical
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perspective on the present state of artificial intelligence
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development. Mr. Schank presents four common viewpoints on what
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AI is, and gives his opinions on their misconceptions or their
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limited implementation value. He concludes the article with a
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discussion of what is necessary to produce "real AI." Mr. Schank's
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ideas do much to turn old conceptions of AI over on their backside,
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but the ideas are clear and well-reasoned. -- LR
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Information Transfer
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Butler, Brett. "The Electronic Library Program: Developing Networked
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Electronic Library Collections" Library HIGH TECH 9(2) (1991):21-30.
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Butler, director of development for Memex Research Institute, describes
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the Electronic Library Program. The E-Library, "conceived as a
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collection within a library organization, not an independent
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electronic replacement for a library," uses existing catalogs or
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published indexes, scanned published documents, etc. to create a
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large, publicly available indexed electronic image collection for
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access and retrieval. -- VR
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Grotophorst, Clyde W. "CLS: An ILL Management System for User-
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Generated Requests." Library Software Review 10(5) (September/
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October 1991):320-326. This article describes an ILL system that
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promises to reduce ILL costs drastically. By allowing the user
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to create ILL requests using an interface to common databases,
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the need for staff involvement in verification of bibliographic
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information, selection of location, etc. is minimized. -- VR
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Hyper- and Multimedia
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Tiefel, Virginia "The Gateway to Information: A System Redefines
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How Libraries Are Used" American Libraries 22(9) (Oct. 1991):858-
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860. A description of the Gateway at the Ohio State University.
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Composed of an online catalog, periodical indexes, CD-ROM databases
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and special databases, Gateway provides a common interface to these
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systems, allowing the user access to multiple sources with a single
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search query. Gateway also offers a library guide similar to the
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UC Berkeley Library's Hyperguide, but with the addition of an
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online catalog. An exciting development in the integration of
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hypermedia in bibliographic instruction and as catalog search
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engine. -- MT
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EDUCOM Review 27(1) (Jan/Feb 1992). An issue
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devoted to Multimedia in education featuring the following
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articles:
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* "Integrated Technologies: An Approach to Establishing Multimedia
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Applications for Learning" by Garland C. Elmore where multimedia
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projects from Integrated Technologies at Indiana University-Purdue
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University are described.
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* "Institutional Support for Improving Instruction with
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Multimedia" by Fred Hofstetter of the University of Delaware.
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Support for Multimedia projects is most effective when integrated
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throughout the institution. A coordinating group, the
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Instructional Technology Center, provides the leadership and
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instruction for an increasing number of campus instructional
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applications.
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* "Collaborative Design in a Networked Multimedia Environment" by
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Geraldine K. Gay and Robert J. Thomas describes the enhancement of
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an engineering curriculum through the use of networked multimedia
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for design projects.
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* "Imaging Systems: An Overview for Management" by Gene Sherron.
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Diverse imaging projects highlight the potential for organizational
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improvement of catalogs and filing systems. Digitized documents
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can enable simultaneous use and make document filing and retrieval
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more accurate and less time-consuming.
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* "Can Multimedia Instruction Meet Our Expectations?" by Loretta
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L. Jones and Stanley G. Smith. A theoretical perspective on the
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impact of multimedia on education, weighing the costs and benefits
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of the medium in this setting. -- MT
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Networks and Networking
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"America Online Flap" EFFector Online 2(3) (January 7, 1992). EFF
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reports on the reaction of America Online following the report that
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someone had loaded "kiddie porn" GIFs on the system. Included in
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this article is a letter from Steve Case to AO members restating
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their policy on the privacy of e-mail messages, instant messages
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and private chat rooms. -- DR
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Butler, Brett "The Electronic Library Program: Developing Networked
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Electronic Library Collections" Library Hi Tech 34/9(2)
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(1991):21-30. As director of development for the Memex Research
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Institute at CSU Chico, Butler is one of the few people actually
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proposing the establishment of electronic library collections now.
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In this article he discusses the possibilities of creating
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electronic versions of library collections using a combination of
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image databases and indexes. Included here are hardware
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specifications, the economic issues, a collection development
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strategy, and a list of applications already being implemented. --
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DR
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Coalition for Networked Information. News and Views from the
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Director #2 (8/1-12/31/91)--available from PACS-L@UHUPVM1.BITNET
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in two parts. This CNI Director Paul Evan Peters' round-up of the
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last four months of activities related to "the network." Among the
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highlights: the NREN bill was passed, the Coalition Task Force met
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in November, and the Library of Congress Network Advisory Committee
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met in December. -- DR
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Computer Systems Policy Project "Expanding the Vision of High
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Performance Computing and Communications: Linking America for the
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Future: a report" (December 3, 1991)--Available via anonymous ftp
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to ftp.apple.com in the alug directory or from the Project at
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4921488@MCIMAIL.COM. The Computer Systems Policy Project is an
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affiliation of major US computer systems companies which has
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written this report summarizing its findings and recommendations
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on the High Performance Computing and Communications Initiative.
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In this report the Project shows how government investments in
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higher performance computing and communications can benefit both
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the industry and the public which uses the resulting products. The
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benefits they list are: better health care; lifelong learning;
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improved services for senior citizens, the disabled, and the
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housebound; enhanced industrial design and intelligent
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manufacturing technology; and broader access to public and private
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databases, electronic mail, and other unique resources. -- DR
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Godwin, Mike "The CompuServe Case: A Step Forward in First
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Amendment Protection for Online Services" EFFector Online 2(3)
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(January 7, 1992). CompuServe just won a libel suit in which Cubby
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Inc., held CompuServe responsible for libelous material on their
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system. Judge Leisure held that CompuServe is more like a
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bookstore than a publisher, and is therefore not responsible for
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the action. -- DR
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Hockey, Susan "Center for Electronic Texts in the Humanities"
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Posting on LIBRARY@INDYCMS.BITNET and EXLIBRIS@RUTVM1.BITNET
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(January 3, 1992). Hockey, the Director of the Center, provides
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and introduction to this new organization established by Rutgers
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and Princeton Universities to "become a national focus of interest
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for those who are involved in the creation, dissemination and use
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of electronic texts in the humanities, and it will act as a
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national node on an international network of centers and projects
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which are actively involved in the handling of electronic texts."
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-- DR
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Kalin, Sally W. "Support Services for Remote Users of Online Public
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Access Catalogs" RQ 31(2) (Winter, 1991):197-213. Kalin discusses
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some of the problems and issues facing library staff in the age of
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remote access OPACs. Covered here are such issues as Who Are
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Remote Users?, Expectations of Remote Users, Problems Encountered
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by Remote Users, and what support services should be offered for
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these users. -- DR
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Van der Leun, Gerard "EFF Opens Washington Office" Posting on
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eff-news@eff.org (January 15, 1992). The Electronic Frontier
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Foundation has opened a permanent office in Washington DC headed
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by Jerry Berman, former head of the ACLU Information Technology
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Project. Berman stated that one of his goals for the organization
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is to "enhance First and Fourth Amendment rights" of users of the
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NREN. Also included in this posting is an EFF activities update.
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-- DR
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Optical Disc Technology
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Arnold, Stephen E. and Linda Rosen. Managing the New Electronic
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Information Products, 2nd ed. Sudsbury, MA: Riverside Data Inc.,
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1990. 200p. HD9696.O672.A75 1990 LSL In the first of two
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monographs devoted to CD-ROM collection development issues featured
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in this month's Current Cites, Arnold and Rosen seek to assist
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librarians in making informed decisions regarding CD-ROM
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acquisitions and management. The structure of the book follows the
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progression of the CD-ROM evaluation and purchasing process,
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starting a discussion of the critical first step of developing a
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strategic information plan. -- TR
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Corty, Brad "Disc-overing Laser" Wilson Library Bulletin 66(3)
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(November 1991):26-29. Carty provides an overview of the laserdisc
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industry and technology, explaining its many merits over the
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conventional videotape format. He outlines numerous arguments in
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support of including laserdiscs in library collections, urging
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librarians to place themselves one step ahead of marketplace
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trends. -- TR
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Nicholls, Paul T. CD-ROM Collection Builder's Toolkit: The Complete
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Handbook of Tools for Evaluating CD-ROMs. Weston, CT: Pemberton
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Press, Inc., 1990. 180p. Z692.O68.N53 1990 LSL Nicholls'
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collection development handbook for CD-ROM provides an overview of
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the medium and the documentary tools available to support CD-ROM
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collection development, evaluative descriptions of
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commercially-available CD-ROM databases, a directory of published
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CD-ROM product reviews and a selective bibliography of recent
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library applications literature. -- TR
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Nicholls, Paul T. "Sex, Lies and CD-ROM: The Seven Deadly Sins of
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CD-ROM Revisited" CD-ROM Professional 4(6) (November 1991):126-129.
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This article examines the so-called seven deadly sins of CD-ROM,
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coined in the late 1980s by a "vocal group of devil's advocates
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[who] dared to run against the stream and point up a number of
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shortcomings of CD-ROM in the midst of a generally mad climate of
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optimistic hoopla." The deadly sins are hardware compatibility,
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software compatibility, space requirements, training needs,
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scheduling and security, hidden costs, and licensing restrictions.
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Nicholls re-evaluates each of these sins, and concludes that while
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problems still remain, the initial barriers to CD-ROM
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implementation have been overcome. -- TR
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Rogers, Michael "Sony's Electronic Book: A New Library Format?"
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Library Journal 116(19) (November 15, 1991):26-28. Rogers
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introduces the latest release from Sony in his "Automation News"
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column. Weighing less than two pounds, the Data Discman Electronic
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Book Player is essentially a scaled-down, battery-operated CD-ROM
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workstation, and the electronic books are equally reduced CDs
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(approximately 3" as compared to the standard 4.25" discs).
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Acknowledging that a 3.4" screen may be hard on the eyes, Sony has
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added a video output jack that would allow the player to be hooked
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up to a TV just like a VCR. The Discman, bundled with three titles,
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retails for $549.95. -- TR
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General
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Langschied, Linda "The Changing Shape of the Electronic Journal"
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Serials Review 17(3) (Fall 1991):7-14. In this article Ms.
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Langschied gives a good review of the current state of electronic
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journals. The three commonly cited points in favor of e-journals
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(low cost; short or no publication lag; and interactive
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communication between scholars/writers) are reiterated and updated
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here. She includes an interesting treatment of the concern for the
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viability/ acceptance of e-journals and points to the pivotal role
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libraries and librarians may have in determining their future. --
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LR
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Surprenant, Thomas "Can we Afford to 'Have A Nice Day'?" Wilson
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Library Bulletin 66(4):82, 84. While the technological future
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seems boundless, who will pay? -- DR
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Current Cites 3(1)(1992) ISSN: 1060-2356
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Copyright (C) 1992 by the Library, University of
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California, Berkeley. All rights reserved.
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libraries. Libraries are authorized to add the journal to their
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