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Keyless Entry: Building a Text Database Using OCR Technology
Clyde W. GrotophorstOptical character recognition (OCR) technology can be employed to produce an ASCII‐text database for mounting on computer systems. Current technologies and principles of scanning…
The Virginia Tech Library System (VTLS)
Deborah Hall McGrath, Carl R. LeeThe Virginia Tech Library System is an integrated library system supporting cataloging, authority control, serials control, circulation, reserve room, acquisitions, document…
Evolution of the Research Libraries Information Network
David Richards, Carol LercheThe Research Libraries Group, Inc. (RLG), a nationwide consortium of research institutions, operates the Research Libraries Information Network (RLIN), an information system and…
Computer Power Part 2: Electrical Power Problems and Their Amelioration
Bennett J. PriceComputers need clean, reliable, electrical power. The various faults of electrical power, such as spikes, sags, outages, noise, frequency variations, and static electricity, are…
The Evolving Personal Computing Environment: Getting the Word
Walt CrawfordWhen you make effective use of a personal computer, that use is likely to change over time in ways that may not be apparent. A look back as little as six months or a year earlier…
CD‐ROM Catalog Production Products
Linda Bills, Linda HelgersonLaser disk databases containing MARC records that can be retrieved, edited, and used to print cards and labels and/or to produce machine‐readable catalog records in some…
Truth in Automating: Case Studies in Library Automation
Jon Drabenstott, Sherman Hayes, Tjalda Belastock, John Laucus, David Cohen, Gary Ross, Barbara J. McNally, Jerilyn K. Oltman, Steve MarquardtContributors from five libraries address the expectations and realities of their automation projects, including: staff impact, costs and funding, time and schedules, users…
ISSN:
0737-8831Online date, start – end:
1983Copyright Holder:
Emerald Publishing LimitedOpen Access:
hybridEditors:
- Dr Dickson K.W. Chiu
- Dr Kevin K.W. Ho