The Electronic Library: Volume 12 Issue 3
Digital information organization and use
Table of contents
Fog on the Superdata Highway
Peter KrugerTo those living in small rural communities around Lyon in France, the TGV and autoroutes have had little impact other than to take away strips of agricultural land. Rather than…
Creation of problem‐oriented databases by downloading information from online social science systems
L. Chemberko, L Gromova, W. KhisamoutdinovInformation users find online access to bibliographic databases and other sources of information fast and convenient. INION RAN is developing new ways of disseminating search…
Availability and use of CDROM products in Nigerian libraries and information centres
Olatunde R. Adeniran, Thomas A. Adigun, Mathew I. Okoh, O.T. EyitayoA study was conducted to find out the types of CD products in Nigerian libraries and information centres, and the uses to which they are being put. The study also tried to find…
A comparison of pricing strategies for bibliographical databases on CDROM and equivalent printed products
Jennifer Rowley, David ButcherLibrary managers are often concerned to assess the most cost effective means of access to bibliographic data. This article considers comparative prices for bibliographic data on…
Effective information delivery systems: what's the secret?
Sandi KirkhamThis paper takes the view that the design of information systems which both do the job they were designed for and are culturally acceptable is rare, and that the problem does not…
COMPInfo: a prototype hypertext guide to company information sources
Siân Walters, Shirley CousinsCompany information is of considerable importance to the business community, but finding the right information is not easy. There are many possible information sources in a…
New technologies, new sources, new users — or only new words?
Nathalie DusoulierFor some twenty years now, the world of information, communications and publishing has been preparing itself for a new era — an era of technological advances, where the wildest…
‘Documentics’: the electronic management of technical documents
Marc FerrettiHow can technical documents be managed without actually having physical access to the data contained in them, and yet provide a means for updating this data and distributing it in…
News
The Technology Collaboration Agreement signed by SilverPlatter and CARL Corporation is symptomatic of the way boundaries between electronic delivery technologies are eroding…
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Emerald Publishing LimitedOpen Access:
hybridEditors:
- Prof. Jeonghyun Kim
- Assistant Prof Haihua Chen
- Ms Marie Bloechle