Program: electronic library and information systems: Volume 23 Issue 4

CD‐ROM usage and prospects: an overview

John Akeroyd

An overview of CD‐ROM and its development is presented to provide an introduction to this emerging medium. The technology itself is described including WORMs, and software…

CD‐ROM: an overview of US developments

Nancy Melin Nelson, Norman Desmarais

CD‐ROM technology, introduced to librarians in the US four years ago, has taken hold as a support tool for technical processing and public services activities. In the interim…

Survey of CD‐ROM users in the UK

Caroline Moore

This paper describes the background to and preliminary results of a survey of CD‐ROM users in the UK. Questions were asked about the type of organisation, equipment, CD‐ROM discs…

Planning and producing the British National Bibliography on CD‐ROM

Robert Smith, Tony McSean

The British National Bibliography (BNB) is now available on CD‐ROM. This paper describes the development of this database including the production and evaluation of a pilot CD‐ROM…

Using different CD‐ROMs on the same non‐dedicated workstation: some problems and solutions

Alun Hughes

The problems encountered in running CD‐ROM products on workstations not dedicated to a single application are examined. In particular, system configuration requirements are…

Image databases on microcomputers: a low‐cost solution to information storage

Steffen Knak‐Nielson, Susanne Ornager

Interactive video projects where a laser disc is linked to a microcomputer are a new trend in research on information transfer and library development. The high cost of these…

Developments in a CD‐ROM jukebox for the ADONIS system

Philip Barden

A brief introduction is given to the ADONIS system. An account is given of the way in which British Library Document Supply Centre (BLDSC) has utilised CD‐ROM jukebox technology…

Health and safety information on CD‐ROM

Shelia Pantry

The Health and Safety Executive in Britain (HSE) has linked with other producers of health and safety databases to develop a CD‐ROM database, OSHROM. OSHROM is produced by…

Financing CD‐ROM: the experience of a university medical library

Anne M.K. Collins

Databases on compact disc are immensely attractive, as once the system is in place the cost of searches is minimal; there are no telecommunication charges, no connect time charges…