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Collection Development, Carol Tenopir Sep 1990

Collection Development, Carol Tenopir

School of Information Sciences -- Faculty Publications and Other Works

Discusses CD-ROM publications and their importance to librarians trying to decide what product to buy. `CD-ROM Professional' magazine; `CD-ROM Collection Builder's Toolkit,' by Paul T. Nicholls; Buying guides; Directories; CD-ROM manifesto; Draft; Standards; Interfaces; Networking; Sales and support.


Multimedia Cd-Rom, Carol Tenopir May 1990

Multimedia Cd-Rom, Carol Tenopir

School of Information Sciences -- Faculty Publications and Other Works

Discusses multimedia CD-ROM, which combines sound and pictures with ASCII text on a single compact disc and can hold thousands of digitized photographs, maps, or other graphics plus sound and millions of characters of text. Discussion of Compton's MultiMedia Encyclopedia, which has won a number of awards; Description of the third edition of the Grolier Electronic Encyclopedia, which includes not only text but also pictures; Mention of the Microsoft product Mammals: A Multimedia Encyclopedia from National Geographic, which is an adaptation of a two-volume set of print books; Audubon Birds of America from CMC ReSearch Inc., which features Audubon's original …


What’S Happening With Cd-Rom, Part 2: Networks And More, Carol Tenopir Nov 1989

What’S Happening With Cd-Rom, Part 2: Networks And More, Carol Tenopir

School of Information Sciences -- Faculty Publications and Other Works

Networking on a large scale has been the single most significant development in the use of CD-ROM in libraries. Networking CD-ROMs are discussed. (Part 2 of a series)