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Information Technology and Libraries archives from September 1997
Visual access tools for special collections.
September 1, 1997... Since the early 1990s, a new class of visual access tools has been developed. These tools use proximity as a spatial cue to users regarding the relationships among items in a collection. This article discusses some of the theory underlying these...
Reference structures: stagnation, progress, and future challenges.
September 1, 1997... An assessment of the current state of reference structures in online public access catalogs (OPACs) is presented in a framework defined by stagnation, progress, and future challenges. "Stagnation" refers to the limited and inconsistent reference...
Advancing the digital map library.
September 1, 1997... The project described in this article enables users to create and customize electronic thematic maps through the Internet. The Pennsylvania County Mapper (http:// www.maproom.psu.edu/mapper/cbp) provides economic and social data, by county. This...
Digital libraries: a selected resource guide.
September 1, 1997... This electronic literature review is an introduction and summary of the state of the art for those who have not been intimately involved in the evolution of digital libraries. We have tried to identify the main issues in the field and to point...
Interinstitutional use of the Louisiana Online University Information System by academic libraries.
September 1, 1997... The Louisiana Online University Information System is a network that connects twenty-one academic libraries, sixty-six public libraries, the State Library of Louisiana, and eighteen K-12 school libraries. Network traffic currently is growing 30...
AutoMARC: manuscript control at East Carolina University using Excel and Visual Basic.
September 1, 1997... AutoMARC is software designed and written to solve a particular problem within Joyner Library, that of creating an online method of gaining control of the manuscript collections. The process occurred over a period of a year, with repeated testing...
1997 World Book Multimedia Encyclopedia. (Software Review)
September 1, 1997... Deluxe ed. IBM Corporation, 3200 Windy Hill Rd., WG16A, Atlanta GA 30339. Price: $79.95. System Requirements: Windows 95 or Windows 3.1 or higher; IBM or IBM-compatible PC, 486SX/25 MHz or higher, 8 MB or RAM (16 MB recommended); 10 MB free hard...
rtGuide version 1.0. (Software Review)
September 1, 1997... IRI, 314 South Third St., St. Peter, MN 56082; (507) 931-4083 or (800) 764-8697. Price: $150. Hardware requirements: IBM-compatible PC with 80386 or faster processor; Windows 3.1 or higher, Windows 95 or Windows NT; and Microsoft Word 6.0 or...
Microsoft Access 97. (Software Review)
September 1, 1997... Microsoft Corporation. One Microsoft Way, Redmond, WA 98052-6399; 1-800-426-9400. Price: No MSRP; retail price: $340, $110 for upgrade; volume pricing available. System requirements: 486 PC; Windows 95 or Windows NT 3.51 Service Pack 5; 12 MB RAM...
Dewey for Windows. (Software Review)
September 1, 1997... OCLC Forest Press. 6565 Frantz Road, Dublin, Ohio 43017-3395. Phone: 1-800-848-5878, ext. 6237 or 1-614-764-6237. Toll-free fax: 1-888-DEWEY 21 (1-888-339-3921). Internet: http://www.oclc. org/fp/Price: $400 for a single copy, site license is...