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Librarians As An Online Sales Force, Carol Tenopir
Librarians As An Online Sales Force, Carol Tenopir
School of Information Sciences -- Faculty Publications and Other Works
The role of librarians in the online database market is discussed.
Online Without A Modem, Carol Tenopir
Online Without A Modem, Carol Tenopir
School of Information Sciences -- Faculty Publications and Other Works
This article introduces Faxtex, a series of database products by Searchcraft. Faxtex is being started for the purpose of leapfrogging over the primary three limitations in the industry namely, the need for a computer or a terminal, a modem and a password. Searchcraft's Faxtex service is a series of database products that have the potential to become the first truly mass-market, consumer-oriented database products. Faxtex requires only a touchtone phone to search textual databases. The user dials one of a series of 900 telephone numbers to connect to the Faxtex service. A combination of prerecorded and computer-synthesized voices leads the …